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​Glad you are here. Welcome.

Here you will find links to electronic texts for some of our stories, and sometimes I will direct you here for additional resources.

When in doubt, read.

Here are the Access Codes for Google Classroom:
Make sure you are joining the correct class--
Period 5, AP Lit    bldzt4s
Period 6, AP Lit    ppalkur
Period 7, American Lit    ​kf6vbmu
Hello New Students. If you are having trouble logging into Classroom, I will post assignments here for the first few days of the semester.

AP Lit, Periods 5 and 6

​Due Before Class, Friday, August 20
Read and annotate "The Writer" by Richard Wilbur
Read, enjoy, analyze, annotate, propose a thesis statement. Refer to these two documents:
"The Writer" by Wilbur
What I Look For in Annotation
American Literature, Period 7

Due Before Class, Monday, August 23
Read and annotate the first two poems: "I Hear America Singing" by Walt Whitman, and "I, Too" by Langston Hughes
Annotate the poems and write a thesis sentence. Refer to these two documents:
Hughes and Whitman Poems Annotations due Mon Aug 23
What I Look For in Annotation


​Remember...

Remember, you are the most connected human generation ever.
Call a classmate. They can inform you and even send photos of assignments to you.
Seven easy digits: HW Bah? Much of the literature we study is online.
A title and an author's name will get you far. Use the phrase "full text" in your search,
for example: "Conrad Secret Sharer full text." When I was in high school, 
if I didn't have an assignment or a book, I often had to go somewhere.
When Corona Virus 19 is gone, these are some things you can look forward to doing:
Visit a classmate, the library, a bookstore (while we still have them).
Until then, you can access the library and friends electronically.
Figure out how to use the technology to best solve the problem you are having.
You can tell me how you solved the problem of not knowing what the homework was.
But even "good reasons" for not doing your homework usually carry a component of
"leaving it until the last minute," so don't spend too much time preparing excuses unless you 
had a multiple day, actual disaster, or family upheaval. 

​Be there, aloha.

​Welcome.

Materials

You are in a college level, honors, AP course. Bring your stuff:
  • Your book, handouts, etc.
  • Lined, college rule, loose leaf paper (not the kind that has the reinforced edge) in a--
  • Binder
  • Blue or Back Ink (I recommend erasable ink). Have several pens appropriate for class.
  • Pencil for scantron tests and notes (Please do not write essays in pencil.)
  • Highlighters, two colors
  • Post-its. You will need to use the post-its to make annotations in your texts. Have plenty. Sometimes I check your reading by checking your annotations.

I know I have probably left something off the list, but this is a start. And if you want to be a good citizen, bring two boxes of tissues for us to share.

​Reading Schedule for The Secret Sharer
by Joseph Conrad


Before class TBA
Read up to "When we sighted Java Head..." (p.16)

Before class TBA
Finish Section I (p. 25)

Before class TBA Finish the novella, (read pages 25--49)
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Here are a few links that might be useful.
Syllabus:
Expectations:
The District's Student Parent Handbook:
studentparenthandbook2016-17.pdf
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Links Page
On the "Links" page, I  include articles I think are interesting or in some way connect to class discussions, texts we have read, studying, or the school or college experience. One 
article explains why I don't allow listening to music while reading or writing in class.
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​Take a look at these articles on the "Links" page.
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