Saturday, May 12, 2012

Study Plan

Feel free to tweak this to fit your schedule and timeframe. This is a suggestion, not a guarantee to a pass.

Day 1-



Day 2-

  • Test- Barron's Test A
  • Review REA I. Make true statements out of the detailed Explanations of Answers. Google what you are not familiar with even if it was a wrong answer choice. Make good notes that will help you on review day. 
  • Review topic for today is Shakespeare. Continue working on quizlets, reading textbooks, and exploring Wikipedia. Wikipedia Shakespeare and his major plays. Spend some time today exploring Shakespeare his plays and sonnets. Consider watching movies based on his plays. 
  • Practice

Day 3-

  • Test- Take REA II
  • Take the Official practice questions
  • Review this is day one for Vocabulary building. Use quizlets, textbooks, notes and blog posts to work on key vocabulary. Use numonics and other memory techniques to help you cement these terms and examples in your mind.
  • Practice

Day 4-

  • Test- Barron's Test B
  • Review REA II Make true statements out of the detailed Explanations of Answers. Google what you are not familiar with even if it was a wrong answer choice. Make good notes that will help you on review day. 
  • Review topic for today is Answering Multiple Choice Questions. Use your Barron's Textbook and REA to get tips and tricks. Remind yourself of the strategy behind test taking.  
  • Practice
    • Quizlets

Day 5-

  • Test- CLEP Official
  • Read Exam Description
  • If you have a good score 50+ ideally closer to 60 or higher call and make an appointment for testing. Make sure to ask what you need, what you need to bring, how things work, location, etc. 
  • Review topic for today is Fiction and non-fiction. Use your REA, Barron's and Wikipedia to refresh your memory. Consider watching some movies. Use youtube or Itunes to watch preview or add information. 
  • Practice-

Day 6-

  • Test- Take REA III 
  • Review the topic for today is Drama. . Use your various textbook and Wikipedia to gain a firm grasp of the look of the various periods, the artists, and the major works. Put an emphasis on those pieces covered in the quizlets. 
  • Practice

Day 7-

  • Test - Barron's Test C
  • Review REA III Make true statements out of the detailed Explanations of Answers. Google what you are not familiar with even if it was a wrong answer choice. Make good notes that will help you on review day. 
  • Review the topic for today are the Must Know quizlets. Make sure you know not only the information on the quizlet but you really KNOW the pieces and terms. Wikipedia, and google the terms and works. Make them yours 100%.
  • Practice

Day 8-

  • Test - Review CLEP Official Make true statements out the correct answers. Google what you are not familiar with even if it was a wrong answer choice. Make good notes that will help you on review day. 
  • Review this is last day for Vocabulary building. Use quizlets, textbooks, notes and blog posts to work on key vocabulary. Use numonics and other memory techniques to help you cement these terms and examples in your mind.
  • Practice

Day 9-

  • Review notes. Mind map, create numonics, make sketches. Make the notes you took 'stick'. Continue to research the areas you feel weak in. 
  • Make sure you get enough sleep and are in prime condition for test day.
  • Practice

Day 10-

  • Test Day
  • Make sure you have everything you need. Cash, ID, Credit Card, a good breakfast.
  • Let me know you are going so I can pray for you.


This can be shortened or lengthened to fit your time frame. If you want a special study session with me just let me know and we'll have a meet up.

Have fun studying.

End of the year

Congratulations on finishing the year strong.

It has been an honor to get to work with each of you.
Have a great summer.

Friday, April 27, 2012

Homework


Read and Analyze
Read 2-3 of the excerpts under the tag "passages". Use online study guides and Wikipedia links to gain understanding.

Test
Review your last practice test creating true statements. 

Vocabulary
Finish the  Barron's glossary

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Homework Due April 25, 2012

Read and Analyze
Read enough of the following excerpts to grasp the style of the following works. Use the study guides and Wikipedia links to gain understanding.

The Yellow Wallpaper excerpt study guide wiki
Sound and the Fury excerpt study guide wiki
Walden excerpt study guide wiki
Civil Disobedience excerpt study guide wiki
The Waste Land excerpt study guide wiki

Walt Whitman wiki

Test
Prepare for the quarter final. Focusing on the 'Must Know' vocabulary and literary works we have been discussing in class. Link to list

Vocabulary
Review T's and U's in Barron's glossary

Thursday, April 12, 2012

homework Due April 18, 2012

Also determine if the essay is (any one essay may also be more than one)
Personal
Formal
Descriptive
Narrative
Expository
Didactic
Character Sketch
Biographical
Philosophical
Critical

Is the essay humorous, graceful, rambling, conventional or unconventional, stiff or free etc.

Test
Retake REA test III
Take test at your 'peak'
Email me with the score before class with 10 things you had problems with. MUST BRING BOOK TO CLASS.

Vocabulary
Review R's and S's in Barron's glossary

Review for Quiz
Review the terms and authors we discussed in class over the last four weeks.