Week 5:2 (Mar. 10-14)

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Seniors, for Monday’s “Fairy Tale Literary Criticism”, select one of these fairy tales: “Snowdrop” (Snow White), “Rapunzel”, “Rumpelstiltskin”, “Ashenputtel” (Cinderella), “Hansel and Grethel”, “Briar Rose” (Sleeping Beauty), and then select one of the schools of criticism (e.g. Jungian, Freudian, Marxist) included in this Literary Criticism PDF.  Study the notes and carefully read the story through that lens, using the leading questions as the basis for your analysis.  Write a brief (5-ish paragraphs) essay (in MLA format) in which you analyze the meaning of the narrative; print it for class on Monday. Here are the reading schedule, Atonement prompts, a Senior Activity Calendar if you need them.

Freshmen, complete one journal question daily: RJ Act I Journal Questions #5-28 and RJ Act II Journal Questions (typed responses submitted to Turnitin.com), Turnitin Registration Instructions, RJ Vocab List, RJ E-Text with Line Numbers, RJ Audio-play, RJ Theme Log, Two Days, Tuesday’s Film Adaptation Comparison Analysis

Week 4:2 (Jan. 27-31)

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Seniors: Reading Schedule (3:5-4:5), Practice Poetry Prompt for 4:2, Poems for Poetry Response, MLA Template

Freshmen:  Short Story Vocab List, Vocab Presentation Instructions, Proofreading Expectations, Usage Notes, Journal Expectations, Lit Terms, “Poison” Journal Questions, “Harrison Bergeron” Journal Questions, RJ Prologue, RJ Vocab (All), RJ Notes

Week 4:1 (Jan. 21-24)

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Seniors: Reading Schedule for 3:5-4:5, Practice Poetry Prompt for 4:1

Freshmen: Honors Syllabus, Personal Paragraphs, Short Story Vocab List, Vocab Presentation Instructions, Proofreading Expectations, Usage Notes, Literature Terms, Journal Expectations, Journal Questions on “Poison”, Romeo and Juliet Prologue

Week 3:5 (Dec. 16-20)

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Seniors: Reading Schedule for 3:5-4:5, Poems for the 3rd Six Weeks, MLA Template, Notes on Heart of Darkness and Modernism, Heart of Darkness Packet, Tips for the AP Lit Multiple Choice; Videos: Victorian Era, Realism, Modernism

Freshmen: Literary Analysis Task #2, SAT Vocab #2, SG Articles & Questions, Colormarking #7 and 8, Fall Exam Study Guide, SG E-Text;  GE Essay: E-Text, Essay Outline & Rubric, Citing & Weaving Examples, MLA Template; Journal Assignments: GE Ch. 20-29, GE Ch. 30-59, AF Ch. 1-5, AF Ch. 6-10, Turnitin Journal Segment; Misc: Proofreading Expectations, Journal Expectations, Usage Notes, Literature Terms, Turnitin Registration Instructions, Help with Writing About Literature

Week 3:3 (Dec. 2-6)

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SENIORs Watchmen Journal, Watchmen Sketches, Watchmen Prompts, Watchmen Essay Rubric, Watchmen Notes, Reading Schedule for 3:1-4

FRESHMEN   Animal Farm: Animal Farm Vocab List, AF Notes, Theme Log; Great Expectations: E-Text, Essay Outline & Rubric, Citing & Weaving Examples; Journal: GE Ch. 20-29, GE Ch. 30-59, AF Ch. 1-5, AF Ch. 6-10, Proofreading Expectations, Journal Expectations, Usage Notes, Literature Terms; Turnitin Registration Instructions

Writing a Thesis Statement: Thesis/Essay Prompt (general directions handout), Thesis Tips (theme-specific summaries), Thesis Questions (theme-specific thought-provoking questions), Thesis Notes (given 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)

Week 2:5 (Oct. 28-Nov. 1)

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Seniors, to clarify, the journal is due by 11:59 PM Wednesday; the essay is due by 11:59 PM Saturday:  Reading Schedule 2:1-6, 2nd Six Weeks’ Poetry Packet, MLA Template, Hamlet Notes, Tips for Reading Shakespeare, Hamlet Response Journal, Hamlet Essay Prompts, Hamlet Essay Rubric

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Hamlet Audioplay: Act I (≈:50), Act II (≈:37), Act III (≈:58), Acts IV-V (≈1:23)

Freshmen: GE Journal Questions for Ch. 1-10, GE Journal Questions for Ch. 11-20 (1st period, 2nd period, 4th period, 5th period, and 6th period), GE Journal Questions for Ch. 20-29, Woven and Cited Quote Examples, GE Theme Log, GE E-Text (Whole Novel), GE Audiotext, GE Graphic Novelization for Ch. 26-31, SAT (“PB”) Vocab #1

Week 2:2 (Oct. 7-11)

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Seniors: Reading Schedule 2:1-6, Tone Words, 2nd Six Weeks’ Poetry Packet, MLA Template, Frankenstein Response Journal, Frankenstein Audiotext, Hamlet Prop Assignment, Hamlet Response Journal

Freshmen: Proofreading Expectations, GE Vocab List, Theme Log, GE Journal Questions for Ch. 1-10, GE Journal Questions for Ch. 11-20 (1st period, 2nd period, 4th period, 5th period, and 6th period), GE Audiotext, GE Graphic Novelization Ch. 14-18, Literary Analysis Task (of Ovid’s “Phoebus and Daphne” and Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream), PSAT Tips

Week 1:5 (Sept. 16-20)

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Seniors, this is a pretty busy-looking week, but if you follow the reading schedule and complete the journal responses as you read through the novel, you’ll be fine.  Remember to always follow MLA format in your poetry responses.  The physical composition book (the vocab assignments) will not be due until the end of next week, but you should try to wrap up the JE assignment assignment and move on to the Frankenstein vocab if you haven’t already.  Take note: we’ll be doing something really useful (i.e. beneficial for Friday’s assessment) in class on Tuesday.  Here’s a nifty online-only handout that gives you 10 tips for the AP Lit multiple choice portion.  And here’s a link for Paradise Lost.

Freshmen: Great Expectations Notes, Great Expectations Vocab List, Great Expectations Theme Log, Great Expectations Audiotext, Theme Writing #2, Colormarking #4, Great Expectations Graphic Novelization Ch. 1-2; Journal: Journal Expectations, Proofreading Expectations, Usage Notes, Literature Terms, Theme Writing #1, “The Scarlet Ibis” Questions, “The Cask of Amontillado” Questions

Week 4:4 (Feb. 11-15)

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Freshmen: Sophomore Registration Form, SPHS Curriculum Guide, Class of 2016 Graduation Requirements; Journal Contents: Literature Terms, “Poison” Journal Questions, “Harrison Bergeron” Journal Questions, RJ Prologue Colormarking, RJ Theme Writing & RJ Journal Questions #1-4; Others: RJ Vocab List, RJ Notes, Perfect Mate, RJ Theme Log, Love Connection

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Seniors: 4:3-5 Reading Schedule, Poem Packet, HD Notes