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AP Language & Composition

Unit 10: Reading Film as Literature
Unit 10 Film Supplementals
(If you did not already get this in class, print both and put in your binder)

Unit 9: Synthesizing Logical Fallacies
Unit 9 Multiple-Choice practice test

Unit 8: The Great Gatsby
"A Man for Our Times" article on Jay Gatsby
"The Ways We Lie" by Stephanie Ericsson

Unit 7: Multiple Choice and Synthesis Questions
Multiple-Choice Questions Overview
Synthesis Question Overview

Unit 6: To Read or Not To Read Huckleberry Finn part 1
Unit 6: Huck Finn part 2

Huck Finn App for iPod and iPad
Huck Finn audiobook for iPod

Unit 5.5: Product Writing

Unit 5: Living Deliberately (An Thoreau-ly Enjoyable Unit)

Unit 4: Arguing for the Poor part 1
Unit 4: Arguing for the Poor part 2

Unit 3: Adultery, Rhetoric, and a Red Letter (Scarlet Letter)
Unit 3: Questions for The Scarlet Letter in Word format

Unit 2: Sin and Syntax [Edwards, Hughes, and MLK]
Rhetoric Questions for "Salvation" and "Letter from Birmingham Jail" in Word format (for those who need to type answers)

Unit 1: Beginning the Argument

"Me Talk Pretty One Day" and "Superman and Me" readings

Sedaris and Alexie AP questions

Year-Long Handouts

120 Rhetorical Terms and Glossary [We'll complete 5 per week]
120 Rhetorical Terms in Word format

AP Generic Rubrics [we'll use these all year]

Quizlet Study Tools for our 120 Terms

S.O.A.P.S. Handout

How Do I Format My Paper? Handout

Class Rules and Policies

Online Textbook book for Juniors
Username: dodea11stude
Password: You wrote this down in your planner

Honors 10 World Literature

Unit 10: "I'm on a Boat!" (Life of Pi unit)

Unit 9: A Dark Night of the Soul

Power of One Discussion Questions

Unit 8: Things Fall Apart
Unit 8 pages 10-22

Unit 7: All Quiet on the Western Front
Unit 7 supplement: War Letters Home

Unit 6: A Doll's House
A Doll's House audio from iTunes (not very good, in my opinion)

Unit 5.5: Between Two Units (Where I'm From)

Unit 5: A Tale of Two Cities
Unit 5: pages 18-25
Unit 5: Pages 26-34
Microwriting: New Yorker Caption Contest for AToTC
CliffsNotes Summaries for Book III (Thanks, Alicia!)

Writing Formally (Thesis Statements, etc.)

A Tale of Two Cities full-text
A Tale of Two Cities on iTunes for your iPod
A Tale of Two Cities audiobook
A Tale of Two Cities iPhone App
A Tale of Two Cities Oprah Book Club Information

Unit 4: The Best Unit in All Possible Worlds (Candide)
Candide in-class reading packet

Unit 3: Tartuffe and Small Yet Powerful Writing

Unit 2: The Tempest and the Traits
The Tempest Questions
(must type if you have unclear writing)

Tempest: Animated Version part 1 part 2 part 3

Tempest Podcast-"Wreck of Sea Venture"
Tempest Full-Text and explanations
Tempest Free Audiobook
Tempest iPhone App
Writing about Literature Help

Readings for Quarter 1

Unit 1: Beginning with a Renaissance
Unit 1: UPDATED Dates

Class Rules and Policies

Article: "Is Google Making Us Stupid?"

10IH Course Syllabus (Mr. Hogen handed this out at the start of the year)

Course Syllabus for Quarter 1
Course Syllabus for Quarter 2
Course Syllabus for Quarter 3
Course Syllabus for Quarter 4

How Do I Format My Paper? Handout

Writing Formally Thesis Statements and Beyond

6+1 Scoring Guide

AP Government & Politics

Unit 5 & 6: Civil Rights & Interest Groups

Unit 4d: Institutions (Federal Courts)
Unit 4c: Institutions (The Bureaucracy)
Unit 4b: Institutions (Presidency)
Unit 4a: Institutions (Congress)
Unit 3: Public Policy
Unit 2: Political Beliefs/Political Behaviors
Unit 1: Constitutional Underpinnings
Important Court Cases sheet
Reading the 27 Amendments
Checks & Balances graphic
Are You Conservative or Liberal?

AP Government and Politics Course Introduction

Language Arts 11

Unit 10: The Great Gatsby
Unit 9- Race and the Harlem Renaissance

Book Talks (updated)
Ms. Downs' wiki page for Book reviews

Unit 8: I Will Survive...Will You? (Lord of the Flies)
Unit 7: If Birds Could Talk (Women in Society unit)
Unit 6: With Friends Like These...Who Needs Enemies?
Unit 5: Chew on This
Chew on This reading questions (download and type if you have sloppy handwriting)
Unit 4: My Barbaric Yawp to the World (Walt Whitman)

Unit 3: Religion and Romanticism
"Good Country People" handout
Unit 2: The Crucible UPDATED DATES
Unit 2: The Crucible part 1 part 2
Article: "Is Google Making Us Stupid?"
Unit 1: Beginning the Exploration
Where I'm From poetry Assignment and examples

6+1 Scoring Guide

Root Word List We'll use this throughout the year.
Root Words Study Stack Bookmark this page to review for our weekly root word quizzes.

How Do I Format My Paper? Handout

Online Textbook book for Juniors
Username: dodea11stude
Password: You wrote this down in your planner

Helps

Tutoring
AP Language & Composition

Quizlet Study Tools for our 120 Terms
Quia.com Rhetorical Terms
120 Rhetorical Terms and Glossary
120 Rhetorical Terms in Word format

Rhetorical Terms Chart (You may want this list in addition to ours)
100 Key Terms in AP Language & Composition
Ethos, Pathos, Logos and Logical Fallacies
Handbook of Rhetorical Devices (some are a bit esoteric)

AP Government
HippoCampus An excellent tutorial on AP Government and much more
The Constitution tutorial
15 half-hour video programs
Democracy in America 15 half-hour video programs
Key Terms Flash Cards: Unit 1-Constitutional Underpinnings
Key Terms Flash Cards: Unit 2-Political Beliefs/Behaviors

Key Terms Flash Cards: Unit 3-Public Policy
Key Terms Flash Cards: Unit 4-Institutions
Key Terms Flash Cards: Unit 5-
Key Terms Flash Cards: Unit 6-

Key Legislation Flash Cards
Key Court Cases Flash Cards

Writing Sites
Online Writing Lab Perhaps the best site for grammar and writing help. Go here first.

Grammar Bytes! Interactive Grammar Review

Textbooks
Online Textbook book for Juniors
Username: dodea11stude
Password: You wrote this down in your planner

Online Textbook book for Sophomores
Username: dodea10stude
Password: You wrote this down in your planner

Essential Reference Information
Works Cited Page: EasyBib
Bartleby Full-Text Books Online
Encyclopedia Britannica
The Elements of Style Strunk & White
Book of Quotations

College Resources
ACT / SAT
Frontline: "Secrets of the SAT"
Quia.com's 100 Most Common SAT Words A great site that includes flashcards and games to help you know these words

 
Frivolous Fun
Colorblind Test Are you colorblind?
About Colorblindness
Me

 

 
 
 

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