Study Plan for English Exam

Weekend 5/11-5/13 

•  Begin to type notes and assignments. This includes Drama elements.
• Type up previous MacBeth homework assignments.       - 1.7.34-52 paraphrase         - 2.1-2.2 staging annotations and narrative description         - Macbeth inference chart         - 4.3 questions         - 5.1 annotations, focusing on connections to previous scenes         - Final scenes notes and paraphrase         - Whole-play annotations

• Read and Annotate MacBeth Act 5, Scene 1, paying close attention on previous images, plot points, and characters
• Sunday- Study for wordly wise quiz, keeping in mind that it is in a different format. Fill in the blank dealing w/ MacBeth. Fill in the blank dealing w/ literary elements. Go on Quizlet.com and create a practice quiz. 
• Remind myself to bring my Norton Book home

Wednesday 4/16

1. Gather all of my essential exam papers into my exam binder- Literary Analysis, Research paper, Nervous Conditions, poetry, MacBeth
2. Make a list or chart that shows ideas of what I can write for the literary analysis essay.  Ideas to think about: Where was I at the beginning of the year? What did we focus on each quarter? What connects the units we have studied? How did it affect how I think today? Read over my literary analysis essay I turned in to familiarize myself with the format. Also consider the rhetorical situation. See pages 143-152 in my Norton Book for further info on literary analysis.
3. Remember what the definition of thesis is: A support or claim with evidence from the book. IT is arguable so that you can argue on side or another. Not opinionated, but it is your interpretations and your thoughts.
4. Ask Dr. D about whether we should include a thesis in our literary analysis essay on the exam

Thursday 4/17 

1. Type up Key Features of a literary analysis that I wrote on looseleaf
2. Type up the style features notes I took on Jan 4
3. Type up the working with quotations notes i took
4. Type up the Research process (focus, find, filter, communicate, reflect, etc) Ask Dr. D- will this be on exam?

Friday 4/18

1. Make flashcards for poetry vocabulary. Review Poetry test. Think: What do I need to work on? What may reappear on the exam?
2. Make flashcards for Drama vocabulary.
3. Go over (and possible retype or rewrite) "Read like a Reader/ Write Like a Writer"- This will make another appearance on our final.
4. Look over elements of fiction???--> ask Dr. D if this is important

Saturday 4/19

1. Nervous Conditions: Review test, characters, really study anything that I got wrong on test, What makes post-colonial literature?* How might the psychological setting affect characters in the book? What are all the characters anxieties?
2. Practice paraphrasing. There is something on her webpage.

Sunday 4/20

1. MacBeth: Review everything that we have done in MacBeth. Reread passages if you do not understand. Try to think about motifs, theme, etc. and go over the Drama vocab. 
2. Look through poetry booklet

Monday 4/21 (Half day, Math exam this day)

1. Flip through everything in english section. Put stickies on anything I need to review.
2. Practice poetry vocab and drama vocab.
3. Highlight/mark/sticky note anything that I need to spend more time on.

Tuesday 2/22 (Half day, Biology & World History today, Day before English Exam)

1. Make sure you are efficient and know everything. Ask friends if you need any help.
2. Review ALL vocabulary cards.
3. Review EVERY PAGE.
4. Don't forget about literary analysis essay that I will have to write.

Don't stress, you can do it!              Take lots of breaks.             Don't study for more than 30 minutes straight.