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

Pre-APEnglishIIVisualSyllabusBrochureWithBitmoji.pptx.pdf

Syllabus

Literary Terms

literary_terms_document.pdf

College Board

oxford_dictionary_of_literary_terms.pdf

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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Mitch Albom - Tuesdays with Morrie.pdf

Audiobook on YouTube


TWM Pre-Reading ActivitiesIntro Activity

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.


TWM Pacing Guide

Keep up with read by dates and activities to come.

TWM Pacing Guide.docx
Morrie's Interview with Ted Koppel

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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TheHobbit-J.R.R.Tolkien-BOOK.pdf
The-Hobbit-LitChart (1).pdf

Second Quarter

Dystopia, Utopia, and Poetry

Novel Study: The Great Gatsby

the-great-gatsby- PDF.pdf

The Great Gatsby

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby Audio

commonlit_the-roaring-twenties_student.pdf

The Roaring 20s

commonlit_is-there-a-cheater-s-high_student.pdf

Cheater's High?

TheGreatGatsbyPairedPoemsActivity.doc

Paired Poetry

Gatsby Individual Projects.docx

Gatsby Project

The-Great-Gatsby-LitChart[15159].pdf