5/13 and 5/14

Attendance
Prayer
Return Things
Romeo and Juliet Test Remediate (see directions below)
War of the Worlds Review (time permitting)

Homework:

WofW test 5/17 or 5/18

Ch. 24 Test 5/19 or 5/20

Romeo and Juliet Test Remediation due next class

Reading Check and Study and Discussion Questions on page 238 of AinR for "The Death of a Tree" due next class.

Romeo and Juliet Exam Remediation
Using class time and time at home, you may remediate part of your exam grade by explaining the thought process that led you astray on your Romeo and Juliet test. By explaining all of the questions that you answered incorrectly, you earn back half of the credit you missed out on. For example, if you scored 90 out of 100, you will submit 10 explanations for a grand total of 5 points; therefore, you can remediate your grade to a 95.
Step 1: Review your ScanTron and write down the following information:
1. The numbers of the questions you missed.
2. The “wrong” response that you put on the ScanTron
3. The correct answer as provided by the ScanTron
Step 2: Review the Romeo and Juliet exam and write down the following information:
1. The entire question that you missed. For questions on identifying quotes, you must write down the entire quote.
2. Write down the entire answer of your incorrect response.
3. Write down the entire answer of the correct response.
Step 3: Submit a typed document with the following information:
1. The number of questions that you missed on the exam.
2. The number of points you stand to earn from this assignment.
3. For each question, write an explanation that includes the following in full sentences:
a. The full text of the question.
b. The wrong answer that you selected, both the letter and the entire answer.
c. The correct answer for the test item.
d. Why you think you selected the wrong answer.
e. A study habit or test-taking strategy that would have helped you choose the correct answer.
For example:
1. Questions I missed on the exam: 1
2. Points I stand to earn: .5
3. Question #44. Identify the speaker of the following quote:
“There is thy gold, worse poison to men’s souls,
Doing more murder in this loathsome world
Than these poor compounds that thou mayst not sell.”
I selected (C), Friar Laurence, for this question, but the correct answer was (B), Romeo. I think I chose Friar Laurence because I saw the word poison, and I know that Friar Laurence was known for his ability to mix potions. To answer the question correctly, I could have more conscientiously translated the first line, “There is thy gold.” Understanding that this meant the speaker was paying somebody for a poison, I would have been reminded that Romeo had to bribe the apothecary because selling poison was illegal in Mantua.