Week 1:4 (Aug. 28-Sept. 1)

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Pre-IB English 2: Plagiarism Notes“Harrison Bergeron” Assignment“Harrison Bergeron” E-textVonnegut BackgroundGordimer Background“Once Upon a Time” Assignment, “Once Upon a Time” E-textProse Vocabulary“A Good Man Is Hard To Find” E-text, O’Connor BackgroundComp. Book Task #1, Proofreading Expectations, Usage Notes, Prose Vocab / Write Score: Student Login, Test Features, Writing Rubric

AP Research: Tasks #1-4Purdue OWLResearch Methods, Inquiry Proposal Form (PDF), PREP Task #5, PREP Task #6 / Medium Samples: Hard ScienceHumanities/HistoryHumanities/ArtsSocial Science / Search Databases: EBSCO HostGale DatabasesJSTORGoogle Scholar

AP LiteratureJournal Instructions & Turnitin Registration DetailsFirst Quarter Poetry PacketMLA Template (for Poetry Responses), First Quarter Reading ScheduleFrankenstein E-textFrankenstein Vocab Assignment

Week 1:3 (Aug. 21-25)

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Pre-IB English 2: Plagiarism Notes“Harrison Bergeron” Assignment“Harrison Bergeron” E-textVonnegut BackgroundGordimer Background“Once Upon a Time” Assignment, “Once Upon a Time” E-textProse Vocabulary“A Good Man Is Hard To Find” E-text, O’Connor BackgroundComp. Book Task #1

AP Research: Research Prep Packet (Tasks #1-4)Research Process Visualization InstructionsPurdue OWLResearch MethodsResearch TermsSearch Databases: EBSCO HostGale DatabasesJSTORGoogle Scholar

AP LiteratureJane Eyre Journal & Turnitin Registration InstructionsJane Eyre E-textSample JournalsFirst Quarter Poetry PacketMLA Template (for Poetry Responses), First Quarter Reading ScheduleSiddhartha Open Essay Rubric, Frankenstein E-textFrankenstein Vocab

Week 1:2 (Aug. 14-18)

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Pre-IB English 2: Course SyllabusPlagiarism Notes“Harrison Bergeron” Assignment“Harrison Bergeron” E-textVonnegut BackgroundGordimer Background“Once Upon a Time” Assignment

AP Research: Course Syllabus, Research Prep Packet (Tasks #1-4), Presentation Rubric, Research Process Visualization Instructions, Purdue OWL, 5 Sample Presentations, Research Methods, Research Terms / Assigned Readings: What Research Is Not & What Research Is, LanguageThe Human Mind / Search Databases: EBSCO HostGale DatabasesJSTORGoogle Scholar

AP Literature: Course SyllabusDiscussion Prep, Jane Eyre Journal & Turnitin Registration InstructionsJane Eyre E-textSample JournalsFirst Quarter Poetry PacketFirst Quarter Reading Schedule

Week 1:1 (Aug. 7-11)

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  • Blue letters/symbols on the indicate a handout or notes being given in class.
  • Green symbols indicate classroom activities (e.g., groupwork, lectures, lessons).
  • Red letters/symbols indicate an assignment due date or assessment.

Welcome to a new school year! I’ve posted the week’s agenda for all to see. This is a weekly occurrence, usually done on Thursday afternoon for the week which follows. Please refer to the key above to make clearest sense of the agenda. You can also click on the agenda board for a larger zoom-able image. Below, you’ll find downloadable versions of this week’s in-class handouts along with a few other helpful documents.

Pre-IB English 2: Course SyllabusPlagiarism Notes

AP Research: Course SyllabusResearch Prep Packet (Tasks #1-4)EBSCO HostGale DatabasesJSTORGoogle Scholar

AP Literature: Course SyllabusSummer Packet, Discussion PrepJane Eyre E-text

Week 4:6 (Apr. 24-28)

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AP LITERATURE: Reading ScheduleMajor Works Data Sheet TemplateLiterary 3×3 Examples, Past Open Essay Prompts, Suggested Works for Open Essay

AP SEMINAR: Room for Debate “When Do Consumer Boycotts Work?” (see Remind messages for instructions), AP Seminar Glossary TermsPT3 Section Two Practice

Week 4:5 (Apr. 17-21)

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AP LITERATURE: Poetry PacketReading ScheduleMLA Template, “The Myth of Sisyphus” / Major Works Data Sheets: Major Works Data Sheet TemplateLiterary 3×3 Examples, Past Open Essay Prompts, Suggested Works for Open Essay

AP SEMINAR: Digital Portfolio, Purdue OWL (MLA) / Individual Multimedia Presentation: IMP DirectionsIMP Rubric, IMP Scoring Guidelines, Sample A, Sample B, Sample C, Sample D