Materials/Resources

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General:

• First Semester Syllabus

• Back-To-School Night Presentation

• Character habits

• The 6-Point A.P. Lit Timed Writing Rubric

• The 6-Point to 20-Point Conversion Chart

• Online version of How To Read Literature Like a Professor (full and free!)

• A.P. Central: Exam overview and practice

• www.quizlet.com

• The OED (Oxford English Dictionary)

• Opt In/Opt Out Policy

• Revision Policy

Unit #1: Introductions

• Overview of this unit

• Unit 1 weekly rhythm

• Poetry Response Overview

• Socratic seminar overview

• Socratic questions

• Socratic ticket starters

• Socratic discussion rubric

Literary Essay #1: The College Essay

• Sample College Essay

• College Essay: My Writing Suggestions

• 2023-24 Common Application Prompts

Unit #2: East of Eden -- John Steinbeck

• Reading schedule and handy bookmark!

• Opening questions

• The Garden of Eden and Salinas Valley

• The story of Cain and Abel

• Reading Ticket Possibilities

Unit #3: Shakespeare

• Handy bookmark / reading schedule

• A Royal Challenge: Shakespeare as Entertainment

• Foils

• The Shakespeare Concordia

Literary Essay #2: The Sonnet Essay

• Overview

• Sample Sonnet Essay

• Foster's "If It's Square, It's a Sonnet"

• Types of Rhythm

• Sonnet Recitation: Self-Evaluation Rubric

• Night-Before Checklist

• Sonnet Essay Rubric

1st Semester Final Exam / A.P. Test Information

• A.P. Central: Exam overview and practice

• Question #3 Open-Ended Prompts, 1970-2017

• AP 9-point trait rubrics

• Calculate my AP test score

Big Question Blog

• Big Question Blogs: Possible Questions

• Two Samples: Mike's Big Question Blog and Mara's Big Question Blog

• Big Question Blog Rubric

Publishing Your Work

• 13 Stunning Places to Publish Student Art and Writing

• Wattpad

• The Concord Review

• TeenInk

• Figment

Test Preparation

• Tone Vocabulary

• 18 Grammar Rules You Must Know