AP LITERATURE: Reading Schedule, Major Works Data Sheet Template, Literary 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 Terms, PT3 Section Two Practice
AP LITERATURE: Final Poetry Packet, Final Reading Schedule, MLA Template, Scholarship Opportunities, AP Credit Policies, Sample AP Lit Exam & Key, Notes on Existentialism & Absurdism, E-text of The Sandbox, E-text of Waiting for Godot E-text, Waiting for Godot Prompt / Major Works Data Sheets: Major Works Data Sheet Template, Literary 3×3 Examples, Past Open Essay Prompts, Suggested Works for Open Essay
AP SEMINAR: Digital Portfolio, PT2 Stimulus Materials & Directions, Purdue OWL (MLA), Citation Machine (MLA), Annotated Bibliography Template, IWA Rubric and Scoring Guidelines / Sample IWAs: Sample 1, Sample 2, Sample 3, Sample 4
research databases: EBSCO Host, Gale Databases, JSTOR, Google Scholar; other credible research sources: The Atlantic, The Economist, EPA, ERIC, Nature, The New York Times,The New Yorker, Pew Research, Science Direct, Scientific American
AP LITERATURE: Quarter Two Reading Schedule, Hamlet Notes, ‘Reading Shakespeare’ Packet, Act I Vocab, Hamlet E-text, Second Quarter Poetry Response Packet, MLA Template, Mythology Review List, Hamlet Essay Prompts
Hamlet Audioplay: Act I (≈:50), Act II (≈:37), Act III (≈:58), Acts IV-V (≈1:23)
AP SEMINAR: MLA Template, Purdue OWL (MLA), Citation Machine (MLA), Mock Performance Task #1, AP Capstone Digital Portfolio, PT1 Rubrics, Sample IRR, Annotated Bibliography Template (DOC)
research databases: EBSCO Host, Gale Databases, Google Scholar; other credible research sources: The Atlantic, The Economist, EPA, ERIC, Nature, The New York Times, The New Yorker, Pew Research, Science Direct, Scientific American
AP LITERATURE: Discussion Prep, Course Syllabus, Join the Remind Group, Jane Eyre Journal Directions & Turnitin Registration Instructions, Sample Journals, Jane Eyre E-text, Poetry Packet, MLA Template, Jane Eyre Vocab. Assignment, First Quarter Reading Schedule, Visual Thesaurus, LitFinder (password for at-home use is pinellas)
AP 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, Turnitin.com Registration Instructions, Tone Packet, Unit Topics Survey, 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)
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)
Seniors: AP Score Calculator, Major Works Data Packet (2016), MWDP (2015), MWDP (2014), MWDP (2013), Plagiarism Notes, Senior Research Task
Romeo and Juliet: MLA Template, Essay Prompt, Essay Outline & Rubric, Thesis Notes, Thesis Guidelines, Thesis Generator, Writing About Literature, E-text, Sample Essay, Help with Quote-Weaving, Help with Essay Writing / To Kill a Mockingbird: Journal Instructions, Turnitin.com Registration Instructions, Notes, Theme Log, Vocab Presentation Instructions, Vocab List/Assignments / Misc: Wheel of Feels, Literature Terms, 10 Types of Plagiarism, Proofreading Expectations
Seniors: Reading Schedule, Major Works Data Sheet Template, Open Response Lists, Literary 3×3 Instructions, Literary Time Periods Review, AP Score Calculator, The Stranger Journal Tips
Romeo and Juliet: Essay Prompt, Essay Outline & Rubric, Thesis Notes, Thesis Guidelines, Thesis Generator, Writing About Literature, E-text, Theme Log, Sample Essay, Help with Quote-Weaving, Help with Essay Writing / To Kill a Mockingbird: Notes, Colormarking, Help with Colormarking, Theme Log, Vocab Presentation Instructions, Vocab List/Assignments, Journal Instructions / Misc: Wheel of Feels, Literature Terms, Proofreading Expectations
Seniors: Reading Schedule, MLA Template, Major Works Data Sheet Template, Open Response Lists, Literary 3×3 Instructions, Literary Time Periods Review, AP Score Calculator, The Stranger Journal Tips, Sonnet Handout, Practice Exam #1 (key for multiple-choice section), Practice Exam #2 (multiple-choice section only, key included) / Fairy Tale Lit-Crit: Literary Criticism Sheets, MLA Template, “Little Red Riding Hood”, “The Snow Queen”, “The Princess and the Pea”, “The Little Gingerbread Man”, “Puss in Boots”, “The Ugly Duckling”, “Jack and the Beanstalk”, “The Three Bears”, “The Three Little Pigs”, “The Little Mermaid”, “The Emperor’s New Suit”,“Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp”
Scene Performances: RJ Audioplay, Tips for Reading Shakespeare, Scene Performance Project Info, Scene List/Signup / RJ Essay: Essay Prompt, Thesis Notes, Thesis Guidelines, Thesis Generator, Writing About Literature, RJ E-text, Theme Log, Sample Essay, Help with Quote-Weaving, Help with Essay Writing / Misc: SAT Vocab #3 / To Kill a Mockingbird: Notes, Colormarking, Help with Colormarking, Theme Log, Vocab Presentation Instructions, Vocab List/Assignments
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
Seniors: Reading Schedule, Poetry Response Packet, MLA Template, Mythology Review List, 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, Thesis Notes, Paper Outline and Rubric, Thesis Prompt, Original Ending, Theme-Specific Overviews, Theme-Specific Questions, Weekly Learning Goal Self-Evaluation Scale (W.8); Turnitin.com Journal: Proofreading Expectations, GE Ch. 20-39 Turnitin Journal, Ch. 40-59 Turnitin Journal, Turnitin Registration Instructions
Animal Farm: Vocab List, Notes
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)