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English II Final Exam
This post contains several resources related to the final exam:
Policies and procedures
- Exemptions: I will be following the school's exemption policy. Please check on Skyward to make sure you have at least an 87 semester average and no more than three unexcused absences (XAB, UPU, UNN, UTU, and A codes). Every three tardies count as an absence.
- Moving the time of your exam: You may request to take this exam at a different time than that regularly scheduled by filling out this form. Please note that this is only a request. I will post a roster of when students are scheduled to take the exam. If you do not show up for your scheduled exam time, you may receive a failing score for the exam.
- Notes: You may use any of your handwritten notes on Parts II and III of the exam. You may not use notes on Part I.
The content of the final exam
- Multiple Choice (20% of exam score)
- 40 questions, each giving you a vocabulary word from lists 10-18 and asking you to choose the best definition or to choose the sentence which uses the word correctly.
- Short answer (40% of exam score)
- You will be given a source from the Internet (an article, blog post, etc.) and asked to evaluate the source's credibility and bias.
- You will be given some facts a student has collected about a research topic and asked to organize them into an outline.
- You will be given a passage from Henry IV, Part I and asked to explain the significance of its imagery.
- Essay (40% of exam score)
- Choose one of two provided thematic questions about The Catcher in the Rye. Then write an essay explaining how the novel deals with this question, using at least two quotations and two references to comments made by your peers during book club meetings.
How to study for the final exam
- Here's a link to a model final exam. We will be reviewing for the final in class on Monday, May 23. If you would like to arrange additional review sessions, please see Mr. Proctor. It is particularly useful to review in small groups, so you may want to coordinate with a friend.