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Shakespeare by Milton Glaser
Senior Writing Requirements 
1) Personal Credo
Link to the "This I Believe" audios at National Public Radio
Link to writing instructions for the "This I Believe" essay
2) Research Project
British Authors Research Assignment
British Authors Research Paper Prewriting Sheet
Research Notecards
6th-7th Period Research Choices
3) Critical Stance Essay
4) Business or Personal Correspondence
5) Editorial
AP Literature and Composition
AP LIT SUMMER READING:
  
Read and annotate (mark up, highlight, write questions and thoughts in the margins, etc.) each novel. Be able to identify major conflicts, settings, characters, and themes of each selection. What are the "BIG ideas" each author is presenting? How would you describe the tone of each novel? How would you describe each author's style? Be prepared to discuss and/or write on each of these.
AP LIT COURSE PLANNING:
Course Syllabus
Monday, November 7-Wednesday, November 9: Assign Kite Runner Discussion Groups, Jane Eyre film
Thursday, November 10: Kite Runner Discussion Groups
Kite Runner Discussion Groups and Assignment
Thursday, November 10: Frankenstein due
Friday, November 11: Unit 9 Vocabulary Test (MOVED TO MONDAY NOV. 14)
Monday, November 28: Double-entry journals due
Tuesday, January 3: Double-entry journals due
JANE EYRE :
Background PowerPoint
VOCABULARY:
Unit 10 Terms and Definitions
Unit 10 Completing the Sentence
Unit 10 Synonyms and Antonyms
Unit 10 Choosing the Right Word
AP LIT RESOURCES:
Double-entry Journal Requirements
Metrical Terms
Click here view the Poetry Out Loud resources!
Essay Rubric
TP-CASTT Method for Analyzing Poetry
SOAP-Stone Reading Strategy
DIDLS
Ratiocination Editing Process
English 4
ENGLISH 4 ASSIGNMENTS (Year-long: 1st, 4th, and 5th periods):
Monday, November 7: Pg. 223 Writing Activity (today's assignment: Prewriting 1)
Tuesday, Novermber 8: Essay Prewriting 2 (organize information)
Wednesday, November 9: Essay Prewriting, cont.
ENGLISH 4 ASSIGNMENTS (Semester 1: 6th-7th block):
Monday, November 7: Assigned Research Paper topic, Act 3 Macbeth, questions for Act 3
Tuesday, November 8: Meet in the library for British Author Research (Product: top 3 choices with rationales)
Wednesday, November 9: Meet in the library for British Author Research (Product: Notecards)
ENGLISH 4 RESOURCES:
Unit One Vocabulary Definitions
Unit One Vocabulary Completing the Sentence
Unit One Vocabulary Synonyms and Antonyms
Unit One Vocabulary Choose the Right Word
ENGLISH 4 RESOURCES:
Course Syllabus
Literature book on-line
"How to Avoid an F at Midlands Tech"
MLA Resources
MLA Stylesheet Page One
MLA Stylesheet Page Two
Owl at Purude MLA Formatting Guidelines
General Resources
Thesis Statements
Creating Tantalizing Titles
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