Materials List 2016-2017

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Materials List

Honors American, AP Literature, and AP Language

Mrs. Jones

1. 3-Ring Notebook (2-3 inches)

*You can share with another class, but you will need at least 2+ inches for the handouts I give.

2. Pens (blue/black) and Pencils

*Students should bring one of each every day.

3. 3-4 packs of loose College-Ruled Paper

4. 2-3 Highlighters

*Any color. Yellow usually works the best on photocopied articles.

5. Spiral Bound Reading Journal

*College-Ruled preferred.

6. Sticky/Post-It Note Tabs  

*We will use these to mark and annotate novels.

Before the First Day

1. Summer Reading *Due Friday, August 12th

+10 on each assignment turned in on/before the first day of school.

2. Bring all Summer Reading books to class and materials.  

3. Check out the class website. I have already posted the calendar and syllabus.

http://floydmodelhigh.sharpschool.net/directory/english/mrs__jones

4. Get Organized Using Technology

• Download the Google Classroom App
• Add your @floydstudent.net email to your phone Gmail
• Follow my Google Calendar / Sync with Phone Calendar

Parents

• Follow my parent blog at http://mhselaparentblog.blogspot.com/
• Email (rajones@floydboe.net)  is the best way to reach me during the day.

Week of November 16th.....

Honors American Literature:
We had a blast at the Booth Museum. It was so great and the students got to hear Sam Renken read some of his Cowboy poems. Students will now write their own Cowboy poem, essay, narrative poem or short story based on what we learned on our visit.

AP Literature:
We are going to begin our discussion of looking at Literature through a critical lens. The first approach we are going to explore is Feminism as we read The Awakening. We will read some of the foundation documents of the Feminist movement in literature.

Week of November 9th....

Honors American Literature and AP Literature:

This week, we will have our Units 5-8 Vocabulary quiz. Also, Honors American Literature will be taking our field trip on Thursday to Booth Western Art Museum.


Regular American Literature:
We will begin our discussion of Puritan poetry.

Week of November 2nd....

Honors American Literature and  American Literature:

We will continue to watch and discuss The Crucible as needed to complete our understanding of how different versions treat the themes of the play different.

AP Literature:
We will finish our first major unit by practicing AP multiple choice questions and discussing grades and rewrites. Students have about a month to pay their AP deposits for tests they want to take.

Week of October 26....

Honors American and American Literature:
This week, we will be watching and discussing aspects of The Crucible. Students will be expected to discuss the character traits of the three main characters and understand how hysteria works to create a situation like the Salem Witch Trials.


AP Literature:
We will continue our study of Heart of Darkness and Things Fall Apart by having a Fishbowl of Socratic discussion at the beginning of the week. Then, students will write a unit essay that will be a test grade over both novels and complementary texts read during the unit.

Week of October 19th....

One Book, Many Voices Author Visit

This week, we will have the author of the One Book Many Voices selection come and visit. She will read excerpts from her book and take questions from the students. Below, George Ella Lyons speaks to a group of students.

Honors American Literature:
Students will have an opportunity to go to the Booth Western Art Museum on November 12th. I have sent home permission slips. Please sign those and have your student return with $12.00 for the trip. This week though, we will begin to prepare to read and watch The Crucible by completing a DBQ on McCarthyism and The Crucible: What are the parallels? Students will have an opportunity to examine documents to answer this question.

American Literature:
We will be focusing on close reading and synthesizing information this week as we work through The Crucible and McCarthyism packet. Students will be asked to discuss some of the parallels they see between the Salem Witch Trials in 1692 and McCarthy's "witch hunt" for Communists in the 1950's.

AP Literature:
Please remember to encourage your student to take AP exams. Deposits are due to Mrs. Jones in room 177 by Friday, December 11th. You may give your payment to the front office. They will make sure it reaches me.

This week, we are starting to read Things Fall Apart as well as practicing the writing portion for the AP exam.

Week of October 12th......

Honors American Literature:
We will be discussing the sonnet form and apply that knowledge to Puritan poetry, "To My Dear and Loving Husband" and "Huswifery." Students will also have the opportunity to write their own sonnets.


American Literature:
We will focus on Hawthorne's famous novel, The Scarlet Letter. We will focus on how Hawthorne uses symbolism and get a sense of how the Puritans saw crime and punishment by writing a Point of View journal entry.

AP Literature:
Now that we have a better understanding of British Imperialism, we are going to read two pieces, "Civil Peace" and "Shooting an Elephant" to discuss the implications of British Imperialism on those colonized and the colonizers themselves.