Remind is a phone app that will help classes run more smoothly and efficiently. I have included the text information for each class that students and parents can sign up for. Through this app, I will be able to send reminders about major assignments or anything important to the class without you or I sharing personal phone numbers. Make sure you text the correct code (including the @) to the number associated with the correct class period:
AP Lit A Day Group: Text @nowackya to 81010
AP Lit B Day Group: Text @nowackyb to 81010
Parent Remind: Text @nowparent1 to 81010
In addition to submitting a printed copy of your paper, you must upload it to turnitin.com. Use the account IDs and passwords below in order to submit your paper.
Block 1A Class ID: Password:
Block 2B Class ID: Password:
Block 3A Class ID: Password:
Block 3B Class ID: Password:
Block 4A Class ID: Password:
Block 4B Class ID: Password:
This list is subject to change based on school and course needs, but if you would like to get a head start on acquiring some of the books, this list is arranged in the order in which we will use the texts.
Summer Reading:
Choose ONE:
The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini
The Namesake, by Jhumpa Lahiri
The Water Dancer, by Ta-Nahesi Coates
**There will be an assessment on these texts at the end of the third week of school. At that time, please be prepared to show your annotated novel.
Course Reading:
Cry, the Beloved Country, by Alan Paton
The Awakening, by Kate Chopin
A Streetcar Named Desire, by Tennessee Williams
CHOICE: The Color Purple, by Alice Walker OR Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston
Othello, by William Shakespeare
Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley
CHOICE: Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte OR Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte
*****Thorough annotation is required with every text in this course, and they will be checked weekly. With this in mind, please plan to have your own physical copy of each book we will read. This needs to be a book you can mark up, so maybe don’t plan to use the family’s leather-bound first edition!
(If there are financial obstacles to acquiring the needed texts, please see me in advance.)
a working CMS student Google drive account
Notebook: a 2-inch binder with specified dividers (**see below) and loose-leaf paper
Pens (blue or black); pencils (#2)
index cards
sticky notes
highlighters (in several colors)
Please see below for donation suggestions. :)
As this is a college level class, I'm not planning to do notebook checks. However, organization is often a major key to success and to preparing for assessments and writing. I strongly recommend keeping an organized notebook with your notes, activities, and drafts.
I suggest the following breakdown for your notebook. You might choose to further divide materials, perhaps by individual novels. You will want to choose something that works for the way you think, but one way or another, you should have some kind of structure.
Short Prose Unit Materials (Units 1, 3, 5)
Poetry Unit Materials (Units 2, 4, 6)
Novel Unit Materials
Drama Unit Materials
Each notebook entry should be dated and titled.The daily objective and lesson-essential questions must be entered each day.
The following donations would be appreciated: tissues (they use a LOT of these!) and hand sanitizer.
Also, I am looking for beanbag chairs, foam chairs, small (inexpensive) rugs, large floor pillows, etc. for my classroom--the goal is to create comfortable reading spots for students in the classroom as we focus on novels this semester. Anything you might have and want to get rid of would be appreciated!