Week 4:3 (Apr. 3-7)

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AP LITERATURE: Poetry Packet, Reading Schedule, MLA Template, Notes on Existentialism & Absurdism, E-text of Waiting for Godot, Waiting for Godot Prompts, Poetry Essay Rubric / 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, Purdue OWL (MLA)

Individual Written Argument: PT2 Stimulus Materials & Directions, IWA Rubric, IWA Final Checklist & Self-Evaluation

Individual Multimedia Presentation: IMP Directions, IMP Rubric, IMP Scoring Guidelines, Sample A, Sample B, Sample C, Sample D

Week 4:1 (Mar. 21-24)

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AP LITERATURE: Final Poetry Packet, Final Reading Schedule, MLA Template, Death of a Salesman E-text, Scholarship Opportunities, AP Credit Policies, Sample AP Lit Exam and its Key

AP SEMINAR: Digital Portfolio, Stimulus Materials & Directions, Stems for Discussion Questions, Purdue OWL (MLA), Citation Machine (MLA), Annotated Bibliography Instructions (PDF), Annotated Bibliography Template (DOC), 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

Week 1:2 (Aug. 15-19)

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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)

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 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 2:3 (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)