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Course Description
This course is designed to comply with the curricular requirements
described in the AP English Course Description and will present an
in-depth study of great literature from around the world. Writing is
emphasized throughout, and frequent essays, both analytical and
personal, will be assigned along with two major research papers.
Students are expected to have mastered composition skills such as
writing with a thesis and research paper techniques. Students must also
have excellent reading skills in order to handle the significant amount
of required reading. It is strongly recommended that students also take
the advanced placement exam; however, the primary objective of this
course is for you to become better critical thinkers, readers and
writers. |
Assignments
Rubrics for the
year
(3) The Week of August 30 - 3 classes
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9/2 3rd:
Discussion Over
Lost in the Funhouse
 | Assignment for Next Class: None |
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09/5/08:
Summer AP
Essays due.
We do not have class this day.
You MAY NOT use late days for this assignment. |
(4) The Week of September 6 - 4
classes
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9/6 1st:
Essay Work over Summer AP Essays.
Set up AP Potluck Dinner.
 | Assignment for Next Class: None |
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9/7
4th: Essay Work over Summer AP Essays.
 | Assignment for Sunday:
Peer Reviews for Summer Essays
(Choose essay
#1 from the person listed above you and essay #2 from the person listed
below you in the
archives) & Email to me and your reviewee
when done. Please make comments using Word (see
here for a tutorial) and grade the essay using the
generic rubric in
the archives with a short overall comment at the end.
Please return your summer reading novels. |
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9/9 2nd: Essay Work over Summer AP Essays.
Review rubrics and expectations for class discussions, presentations,
Essential Literary Terms homework .
 | Assignment for Next Class: Read Pages 8 to
12 in Hamilton +
Chapter One &
The Most Dangerous Game, page 67, in Perrine |
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9/10 5th:
Chapter Summary & Presentation
for
Chapter One Perrine & The Most Dangerous Game, page 67.Azuero Jorge
Casasfranco Marcela. Discussion of commercial and literary fiction + Fiction Literary Forms
 | Assignment for Next Class:
Read Hunters in the Snow, page 86 |
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09/12/: Peer Reviews for Summer Essays
due.
We do not have class this day. |
(4) The Week of September 6 - 4
classes
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9/6 1st:
Essay Work over Summer AP Essays.
Set up AP Potluck Dinner.
 | Assignment for Next Class: None |
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 | 9/7
4th: Essay Work over Summer AP Essays.
 | Assignment for Sunday:
Peer Reviews for Summer Essays
(Choose essay
#1 from the person listed above you and essay #2 from the person listed
below you in the
archives) & Email to me and your reviewee
when done. Please make comments using Word (see
here for a tutorial) and grade the essay using the
generic rubric in
the archives with a short overall comment at the end.
Please return your summer reading novels. |
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9/9 2nd: Essay Work over Summer AP Essays.
Review rubrics and expectations for class discussions, presentations,
Essential Literary Terms homework .
 | Assignment for Next Class: Read Pages 8 to
12 in Hamilton +
Chapter One &
The Most Dangerous Game, page 67, in Perrine |
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 | 9/10 5th:
Chapter Summary & Presentation
for
Chapter One Perrine & The Most Dangerous Game, page 67.Azuero Jorge
Casasfranco Marcela. Discussion of commercial and literary fiction + Fiction Literary Forms
 | Assignment for Next Class:
Read Hunters in the Snow, page 86 |
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09/12/: Peer Reviews for Summer Essays
due.
We do not have class this day. |
Long
Term Assignments.
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09/5:
Summer AP
Essays due.
We do not have class this day.
You MAY NOT use late days for this assignment.
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09/12: Peer Reviews for Summer Essays
due. We do not have class this day.
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9/23 5th:
Mid-Point Discussion of
The Invisible Man (to
Chapter 14, page 296).
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10/29 3rd:
Final Discussion of The Invisible Man.
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10/31:
First Quarter Outside Novel and AP Essay due.
We do not have class
this day.
You MAY NOT use late days for this assignment.
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11/7/:
Peer Review for Quarter One AP Essay.
We do not have class
this day. |
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11/21:
First Quarter Formal Essay + Self
Check List Due. Please submit this to
Turnitin AND by email to me.
We do not have class
this day.
You MAY NOT use late days for this assignment.
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11/28:
TWO Peer Reviews using the
Peer Review
Format.
We do not have class
this day. |
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12/1 4th:
Mid-point discussion of
Scarlet Letter
(to
chapter 12) |
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12/05/09: OPTIONAL: Rewrite of First Quarter
Formal Essay due. You only need to rewrite the Introduction, One
Argument and the Conclusion - grades for rewrite will be averaged with
original essay grades.
You MAY NOT use late days for this assignment.
Please send via email.
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12/12:
Second Quarter Outside Novel
and AP Essay due.
We do not have class this day.
You MAY NOT use late days for this assignment.
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12/13
1st: Final Discussion of Scarlet Letter.
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12/19/10: Second
Quarter Formal Essay due. Please submit to
Turnitin AND by email to me. You MAY NOT use late days for this assignment.
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