Week 1:3 (Aug. 22-26)

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AP LITERATURE: Reading Schedule, Jane Eyre Journal Directions & Turnitin Instructions, Sample Journals, Jane Eyre E-text, Open Essay Rubric (for Siddhartha Essay), Poetry Packet, MLA Template, Jane Eyre Vocab. Assignment, Frankenstein Journal, Frankenstein E-text, Visual Thesaurus, LitFinder (password for at-home use is pinellas)

AP SEMINAR: Course Syllabus, Mock Research Task, Line of Reasoning, Lenses Handout, Plagiarism Notes, Turnitin Registration Instructions, MLA Template, Purdue OWL, World Book Encyclopedia (username: pinellas, password: schools), Texting Drivers Packet

research databases: Gale Databases (password for at-home use is pinellas), Google Scholar, EBSCOhost (coming in September), JSTOR (coming in October)

Week 1:1 (Aug. 10-12)

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  • Blue GETs or ► on the agenda indicate a handout or notes being given in class.
  • Green ►s or ★ indicate classroom activities (e.g., groupwork, lectures, lessons).
  • Red words like DUE or QUIZ 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.

AP English Literature & Composition: Summer Packet, Discussion Prep, Course Syllabus, Join the Remind Group, Jane Eyre E-text

AP Seminar, when we meet for class in the library, please bring with you a research topic of your choosing on an index card: What Is Seminar?, Seminar Survey, Lenses Handout, Plagiarism Notes, Join A Day’s Remind Group, Join B Day’s Remind Group, Library Research Methods, Library Resources, Police/Robots Packet, SPHS Photo Task, Citation Machine, World Book Encyclopedia (username: pinellas, password: schools)

Research Databases: Gale Databases (password for at-home use is pinellas), Google Scholar, EBSCOhost (coming in September), JSTOR (coming in October)

Week 2:6 (Nov. 30-Dec. 4)

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Seniors: Reading Schedule, Poetry Response Packet, MLA Template, Pinellas Education Foundation; Watchmen: Turnitin Journal, Symbol Sketches, Notes on the Graphic Novel and Postmodernism, E-text, The Doomsday Clock, Understanding Comics

Great Expectations: Theme Log, GE E-text (Whole Novel on One Page), GE Audiotext, Weaving and Citing Examples, Paper Outline and Rubric, Original Ending, Weekly Learning Goal Self-Evaluation Scale (R.910.2), MLA Template; Turnitin.com Journal: Proofreading Expectations, Ch. 40-59 Turnitin Journal, Turnitin Registration Instructions

Animal Farm: Vocab List, Notes, Theme Log

Writing a Thesis Statement: GE Thesis Prompt, 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), GE Theme-Specific Overviews, GE Theme-Specific Questions

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 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 1:7 (Sept. 29-Oct. 3)

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Seniors: Reading Schedule, Poetry Response Packet, MLA Template for Poetry Responses, Frankenstein Response Journal, Frankenstein E-text, Jane Eyre Vocab Assignment, Frankenstein Vocab Assignment,“Rime of the Ancient Mariner” E-text, Tone Words, Hamlet Prop Assignment

Freshmen: Proofreading Expectations, Turnitin.com Registration Instructions

Great Expectations (Honors): Notes, Vocab, Theme Log, Audiotext, Ch. 1-10 Journal Questions, Graphic Novelization for Ch. 11-13, Literary Analysis Task #2 (GE Ch.1-14)

Of Mice and Men (2nd Period): Notes, Vocab, Theme Log, Ch. 1-2 Journal Questions, Literary Analysis Task #2 (MM Ch.1-3)

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 2:3 (Oct. 14-18)

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Seniors: Reading Schedule 2:1-6, Frankenstein Journal, Frankenstein Audiotext, Tone Words, Mythology Quiz Preview

Freshmen: PSAT Tips, Literary Analysis Task (an in-class piece asking students to analyze how Shakespeare transformed Ovid’s story of “Phoebus and Daphne” in A Midsummer Night’s Dream)