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Week 3:6 (Feb. 9-13)

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Seniors: Reading Schedule, MLA Template, Third Quarter Poems, Lady Windemere’s Fan Examples Essays, Earnest Close Reading Questions, Prose Essay Rubric

Freshmen: Vocab Presentation Instructions, Proofreading Expectations, Usage Notes, Weaving and Citing Examples, Journal Expectations, Literature Terms, SPHS Curriculum Guide, State Assessment Practice Tests, RJ Vocab List, RJ E-Text, RJ Audioplay, RJ Theme Log, Perfect Mate, Love Connection, Tips for Reading Shakespeare, RJ Act I Journal Questions #5-28

Week 3:5 (Feb. 2-6)

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Seniors: Reading Schedule, MLA Template, Third Quarter Poems

Freshmen: SPHS Curriculum Guide, Prologue Colormarking, RJ Vocab List, Vocab Presentation Instructions, RJ Notes, RJ E-Text, RJ Audioplay, RJ Theme Log, Perfect Mate, State Assessment Practice Tests

Freshmen Journal: Proofreading Expectations, Usage Notes, Weaving and Citing Examples, Journal Expectations, Literature Terms, SG Journal for Parts 1-2, SG Journal for Parts 3-4, RJ Act I Journal Questions #1-4

Week 3:4 (Jan. 26-30)

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Seniors: Reading Schedule, MLA Template, Third Quarter Poems, Practice Prose Prompt

Freshmen: Proofreading Expectations, Usage Notes, SG Theme Log, SG Notes, Write Score Login, SPHS Curriculum Guide, Weaving and Citing Examples, Vocab Presentation Instructions

Freshmen Journal: Journal Expectations, Literature Terms, SG Journal for Parts 1-2, SG Journal for Parts 3-4, RJ Act I Journal Questions #1-4

Romeo and Juliet (Coming Soon): Prologue Colormarking, Vocab List, Notes

Week 3:3 (Jan. 20-23)

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Seniors: Reading Schedule, MLA Template, Third Quarter Poems, “Modern Love” Poetry Prompt

Freshmen: Personal Paragraphs, Proofreading Expectations, Usage Notes, SG Theme Log, SG Notes, Write Score Login

Freshmen Journal: Journal Expectations, Literature Terms, Journal for Parts 1-2 (should be completed by 1/20), Journal for Parts 3-4 (should be completed by 1/26)

Romeo and Juliet (Coming Soon): Prologue, Vocab List

Week 3:2 (Jan. 12-16)

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Seniors: Previous Reading Schedule (up to Jan 15th), New Reading Schedule (Jan. 15th-), MLA Template, Poems for Third Quarter, HD Handout (for Exploration of Theme), Practice Poetry Prompt, Pinellas Education Foundation Scholarship (by 11:59 PM Thursday)

Freshmen: English 1 Honors Syllabus, English 1 (2nd Period) Syllabus, Personal Paragraphs, Usage Notes, Proofreading Expectations, Journal Expectations, Gawain Articles, SG Theme Log, SG Notes, SG Journal Parts 1-2, Literature Terms, Write Score Login

Week 3:1 (Jan. 6-9)

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Seniors: Reading Schedule, MLA Template, Poems for Third Quarter, HD Notes, HD Handout (for Exploration of Theme), Prose Essay Rubric, “7 Types of Plot” Notes

Freshmen: English 1 Honors Syllabus, English 1 (2nd Period) Syllabus, Personal Paragraphs, Usage Notes, Journal Expectations, Gawain Articles & Questions, SG Theme Log, SG Notes, SG E-Text

Week 2:8 (Dec. 15-19)

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Exam Week: Exam Week Daily Schedule, How to Determine Your Semester Grades

Seniors: Reading Schedule, What AP Readers Long to See, Notes on Heart of Darkness and Modernism, Poems for Third Quarter, Help with Multiple Choice, AP Lit Exam Study Guide, Heart of Darkness Handout from Last Friday

Freshmen: Animal Farm Ch. 1-5 Journal, Animal Farm Ch. 6-10 Journal, Proofreading Expectations, Usage Notes, SAT Vocab #2, English 1 Honors Exam Study Guide, English 1 (2nd Period) Study Guide

Week 2:7 (Dec. 8-12)

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Seniors: Reading Schedule, Poems for Third Quarter, Watchmen Notes, Watchmen Journal, Watchmen Prompts, Watchmen Essay Rubric, What AP Readers Long to See, Notes on Heart of Darkness and Modernism, Heart of Darkness Friday Handout; Videos: Victorian Era, Realism, Modernism

Freshmen: Paper Outline and Rubric, MLA Template, Weaving and Citing Examples , Animal Farm Ch. 1-5 Journal, Animal Farm Ch. 6-10 Journal, Animal Farm Vocab List, Informational Texts Analysis Task (Sources #1-3), Turnitin Registration Instructions, Proofreading Expectations, Usage Notes, Literature Terms, Writing About Literature, SAT Vocab #2, Theme Log, Sample GE Essay

Exams: Exam Schedule for Next Week, English 1 Honors Exam Study Guide, English 1 (2nd Period) Study Guide, AP Lit Exam Study Guide

Week 2:6 (Dec. 1-5)

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Seniors: Reading Schedule, Watchmen Notes, Watchmen Journal, Symbol Sketches, Watchmen Prompts, Watchmen Essay Rubric, First Semester Exam Schedule

Freshmen: Turnitin Registration Instructions, Proofreading Expectations, Theme Log, Weaving and Citing Examples, Paper Outline and Rubric, MLA Template, First Semester Exam Schedule

Animal Farm: Vocab List, Notes, Ch. 1-5 Journal, Ch. 6-10 Journal

Week 2:5 (Nov. 17-21)

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Seniors: Reading Schedule, Poetry Response Packet, MLA Template, Mythology Quiz Preview, Heart of Darkness Practice Prompt

Watchmen: Notes, E-text, Journal, Sketches, Essay Prompts

Freshmen: Turnitin Registration Instructions, Proofreading Expectations, Theme Log, Weaving and Citing Examples, Thesis Notes, Paper Outline and Rubric, Vocab Presentation Instructions, MLA Template, Freshman Guidance Papers

Great Expectations: E-Text, Audiotext, Ch. 40-59 Journal, Original Ending, Theme-Specific Overviews, Theme-Specific Questions, Thesis Prompt

Of Mice and Men: Notes, Theme-Specific Questions, Thesis Prompt

Animal Farm: Vocab List, Notes, Ch. 1-5 Journal, Ch. 6-10 Journal

Writing a Thesis Statement: Thesis Notes (from in class), Thesis Help (getting your ideas together), Thesis Development (forming your ideas into a sentence), Subordinate Conjunctions (forming complex sentences with useful words), Thesis Generator (if you can’t quite get your ideas into a sentence), Thesis Builder (another thesis generator if you’re having trouble fitting it all in one sentence)

First Semester Exam Schedule