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Week 2:3 (Oct. 24-28)

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AP LITERATURE: Reading Schedule, Poetry Response Packet, MLA Template

WATCHMEN: Turnitin Journal, Symbol Sketches, Notes on the Graphic Novel and Postmodernism, E-text, The Doomsday Clock, Understanding Comics (large PDF)

AP SEMINAR: AP Capstone Digital Portfolio, Practice Speech Assignment, Team Multimedia Presentation and Defense Checklist & Rubric

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

Week 4:8 (May 9-13)

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Seniors: AP Score Calculator, Plagiarism Notes, 10 Types of Plagiarism, Senior Research Task, Quoting/Paraphrasing/Summarizing / Format: MLA Guide, MLA Template.rtf, APA Guide, APA Template.rtf, Citation Machine / Research: Gale (password: pinellas), Google Scholar

Romeo and Juliet: MLA Template, Essay Prompt, Essay 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, SAT Vocab #4

Week 4:6 (Apr. 25-29)

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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

Week 4:5 (Apr. 18-22)

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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

Week 4:4 (Apr. 11-15)

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Seniors: Reading Schedule, Notes on Existentialism and Absurdism, Waiting for Godot Prompts, Waiting for Godot E-text, Practice Exam #1 (key for multiple-choice section) / Major Works Data Sheets: Major Works Data Sheet Template, Literary 3×3 Examples, Past Open Essay Prompts, Suggested Works for Open Essay / Fairy Tale Lit-Crit: Literary Criticism Sheets, MLA Template, Eliminating Wordiness from Your Writing, “Jack and the Beanstalk”, “The Three Bears”, “The Three Little Pigs”, “The Little Mermaid”, “The Emperor’s New Suit”,“Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp”

Freshmen Journals: Act I (#22-28), Act II, Act III, Act IV / RJ 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

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 2:5 (Nov. 16-20)

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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)