This Week’s Schedule
Today:
Literary Devices Review Game
Open Question Time
Quiet Self-Study (if time)
Review Game Groups
1. Matthew, Annabel, June: Act 1
2. Joel, Christopher, Brian: Act 1
3. Molly, Michelle, Clara, Amy: Act 2
4. Anna, Min Woo, Joseph, Terry: Act 2
5. Janice, Jennifer, Jin, Christine: Act 3
6. Kane, Johnny, Peter: Act 3
Stuff You Might Want to Study
1. Acts 1-3 of Julius Caesar...know them backwards and forwards.
2. Literary devices: protagonist and antagonist, direct and indirect characterization, foreshadowing,
allegory, metaphor, irony (all three kinds), THEMES!
3. Be able to explain HOW these literary devices work in the short story and WHY THEY ARE
IMPORTANT.
Ms. Sanders’ Exam Advice
This is the wisdom I have collected from over ten years of taking exams...now I pass it on to you.
When Studying
Wear a perfume or have some kind of smell that you like (hand lotion, etc.) while you are studying. Your
brain will make links between the smell and your study material.
Wear that same perfume the day of the exam.SMELL IS A GREAT MEMORY AID.
Supper the Night Before the Exam
Eat pasta for dinner and good quality dark chocolate for dessert. These foods give your brain
the energy it needs to process facts.
Night Before:
SLEEP.The night before the exam is the WORST time to cram. Your brain needs sleep to move knowledge
from short term to long term memory.If you stay up all night, you won’t retain anything.