Thursday, January 9, 2014

Thurs. Jan 9, 2013 Oryx and Test Info

Today, I finished providing summary notes on Oryx and Crake. If you were not here and want to view the Powerpoint before finals, come in at lunch or in the morning and I will put it on for you. You can also go online for summaries and character descriptions (which was what was presented today). All the information I used for this was from the Internet so go there and search out characters, setting, and themes.

I then did an overview of the test for you which I am pasting below:


A30 Final Exam

Time to write: three hours

Three Sections:

1.       Multiple choice (consists of three texts)

a.       Draft (asking you questions to show that you understand grammar and mechanics, and how to make a text better (language choices, parallelism, tone, etc). 10 questions

b.       A short story or an excerpt from a short story or novel (asking you questions to show that you can read, comprehend, and interpret). 15 questions

c.        A poem or a visual to interpret (asking you questions to show that you can read, comprehend, interpret and infer). 5 questions

 

2.       Five paragraph essay (using three text references)

·         This is a formal essay

·         You can refer ONLY to Canadian short stories, essays, poems, or plays addressed in class

·         You will be given a choice between two questions

·         The questions will be tied to the categories we have been working under in this term

 

·         Basically, you will have your thesis and main points presented in your introduction (along with introducing the three texts by title, genre, and author); you will have one text reference in each paragraph

·         A short conclusion that is a restatement of your thesis and main points

 

3.       A Five paragraph essay (using only one text)

·         You can only use a Canadian full-length play, OR a Canadian novel (INS or Oryx and Crake)

·         You will have a choice of two questions (you will choose one)

·         Introduction must have an introduction of topic as part of an attention-getter

·         The conclusion must have a clincher/reflection that shows you are thinking outside of the confines of the question you’ve answered

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