Pre-AP English II
AGENDA
Texts
To prepare for Pre-AP:
Tuesdays with Morrie
The Hobbit
The Great Gatsby
Julius Caesar
These will be available online in PDF form. If you do not want a PDF, I suggest you buy a copy for yourself.
Beginning of the Year Docs
Syllabus
Literary Terms
College Board
Oxford Dictionary
First Quarter
Figurative Language, Poetry, Short Stories, and Memoirs
Novel Study: Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
Tuesdays with Morrie
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Audiobook on YouTube
Directions: First, open a Word document. Next, find a school appropriate song that talks about loss. Copy/paste the lyrics into your Word document. Then, under the lyrics, write a paragraph about why you liked the lyrics, and how they connect to the idea of loss. Your second paragraph must connect the lyrics to your life in a meaningful way. When you are done, title the document with your last name-TWMIntro.
Keep up with read by dates and activities to come.
This video link you to part 1 of 9. It is on a playlist. The other parts of the video will follow this one.
Modern Fantasy and Poetry
Novel Study: The Hobbit
The Hobbit
J. R. R. Tolkien
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The Hobbit: AUDIO and TEXT
Follow along and listen.
http://esl-bits.net/ESL.English.Learning.Audiobooks/The.Hobbit/inn%C3%A9acs.html
Second Quarter
Dystopia, Utopia, and Poetry
Novel Study: The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby Audio
The Roaring 20s
Cheater's High?
Paired Poetry
Gatsby Project