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Week 1:6 (Sept. 16–20)

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Pre-IB English 2: Transitions Toolbox, Wheel of Feel, Common Themes, Narrative Task, “A Good Man Is Hard To Find” E-text, O’Connor Background, “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” E-text, Le Guin Background, Note-taking Task

AP Research: Syllabus, PREP Tasks #1-3, PREP #4, PREP #5, PREP #6, PREP #7, Purdue OWL, Annotated Bibliography Template, CRAAP Test, Research Methods, Inquiry Proposal Form (PDF version), Presentation Rubric, Research Process Visualization Instructions, How to Make an Elevator Pitch / Search Databases: EBSCO Host, Gale Databases, JSTOR, Google Scholar

AP Literature: Reading Schedule, Quarter 1 Poetry Packet, MLA Template (for Poetry Responses), Frankenstein E-text, Frankenstein E-text, Frankenstein Journal, Paradise Lost Summaries & E-text, Intro to Paradise Lost, Wheel of Feel, Annotation Guide (for Ch. 15–17)

Week 1:5 (Sept. 9–13)

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Pre-IB English 2: Transitions Toolbox, “Harrison Bergeron” E-text, “Once Upon a Time” E-text, Stated & Implied Theme, Prose Vocabulary, Proofreading Expectations, “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” E-text, Wheel of Feels, Common Themes, Narrative Task, “A Good Man Is Hard To Find” E-text, O’Connor Background, “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” E-text, Le Guin Background, Note-taking Task

AP Research: Syllabus, PREP Tasks #1-3, PREP #4, PREP #5, PREP #6, PREP #7, Purdue OWL, Annotated Bibliography Template, CRAAP Test, Research Methods, Inquiry Proposal Form (PDF version), Presentation Rubric, Research Process Visualization Instructions / Search Databases: EBSCO Host, Gale Databases, JSTOR, Google Scholar

AP Literature: Reading Schedule, Sample Journals, Quarter 1 Poetry Packet, MLA Template (for Poetry Responses), Frankenstein E-text, Frankenstein E-text, Frankenstein Vocab Assignment, Frankenstein Journal, Paradise Lost Summaries & E-text, Intro to Paradise Lost

Week 1:4 (Sept. 4–6)

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Pre-IB English 2: Transitions Toolbox, “Harrison Bergeron” E-text, “Once Upon a Time” E-text, Stated & Implied Theme, Prose Vocabulary, Comp. Book Task #1, Proofreading Expectations, Colormarking #2, “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” E-text, Wheel of Feels, Common Themes, Narrative Task, “A Good Man Is Hard To Find” E-text, O’Connor Background, “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” E-text, Le Guin Background, Note-taking Task, Write Score Login

AP Research: Syllabus, PREP Tasks #1-3, PREP #4, PREP #5, PREP #6, Purdue OWL, Annotated Bibliography Template, CRAAP Test, Research Methods, Inquiry Proposal Form (PDF version), Presentation Rubric, Research Process Visualization Instructions / Medium Samples: Hard Science, Humanities/History, Humanities/Arts, Social Science / Search Databases: EBSCO Host, Gale Databases, JSTOR, Google Scholar

Week 1:3 (Aug. 26–30)

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Pre-IB English 2: Colormarking #1, Transitions Toolbox, “Harrison Bergeron” E-text, “Once Upon a Time” E-text, Stated & Implied Theme, Prose Vocabulary, Comp Book Task #1, Proofreading Expectations, Colormarking #2, “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” E-text, Wheel Of Feels, Common Themes, Narrative Task

AP Research: Syllabus, PREP Tasks #1-3, PREP #4 (Make a Copy), Purdue OWL, Annotated Bibliography Template, CRAAP Test, Sample Student Presentations, Presentation Rubric, Research Process Visualization Instructions, Research Methods, Research Terms, Inquiry Proposal Form / Search Databases: EBSCO Host, Gale Databases, JSTOR, Google Scholar

AP Literature: Quarter 1 Reading Schedule, Jane Eyre E-text, Jane Eyre / Siddhartha Journal, Sample Journals, Quarter 1 Poetry Packet, MLA Template (for Poetry Responses), Frankenstein E-text

Week 1:2 (Aug. 19–23)

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Pre-IB English 2: Syllabus, Colormarking #1, Transitions Toolbox, “Harrison Bergeron” E-text, Vonnegut Background, “Once Upon a Time” E-text, Gordimer Background, Stated & Implied Theme, Prose Vocabulary, Comp Book Task #1, Proofreading Expectations

AP Research: Syllabus, PREP Tasks #1-3, Purdue OWL, Annotated Bibliography Template, CRAAP Test, Sample Student Presentations, Presentation Rubric, Research Process Visualization Instructions, Research Methods, Research Terms / Assigned Readings: What Research Is Not & What Research Is, Language, The Human Mind / Search Databases: EBSCO Host, Gale Databases, JSTOR, Google Scholar

AP Literature: Syllabus, Discussion Prep, Jane Eyre E-text, Jane Eyre / Siddhartha Journal, Sample Journals, Quarter 1 Poetry Packet, MLA Template (for Poetry Responses)

Welcome to a new school year! I’ve posted my classes’ agendas, and you can expect this on a weekly basis (usually done on Thursday afternoon for the week which follows). Please refer to the key to the left to make clearest sense of the agenda. You can also click on the schedule for a larger zoom-able image of the board. Below, you’ll find downloadable versions of this week’s in-class handouts along with a few other helpful documents.