The Year at a Glance:

          First Semester:  Literary Criticism, and Literature Across Style and Time

                     Beowulf Questions

                     Beowulf translated by Seamus Heaney

                     Canterbury Tales Prologue Recitation Video (Long)

                     Canterbury Tales Prologue Recitation Video (Short)

                     "A Modest Proposal" Swift

                     "A Modest Proposal" analysis questions

                     Satire Unit Research Project

                     597 Research Topics

                     Practice AP Timed Writing Prompt-Henry IV​

          2nd Quarter Project Assignment

                     Example Text Guide 1

                     Example Text Guide 2

                     The Great Gatsby Seminar Questions                     

                     

Tax Plans May Give Your Co-Worker a Better Deal Than You

 

ADP:  Labor Market Roars with 190,00 Job Gains

 

How Millennials are Changing the Housing Market

 

American Dream Faces Harsh New Reality

 

The Haves v. the Have-Nots

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          English Essay Rubric

          Feedback Coding Survey

                      "The Eagle," "Winter," and "Spring" Analysis Questions

                       AP Poetry Packet Review​​

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"The Passionate Shepherd to his Love" and "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd"

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"When I Consider how my Light is Spent" and Sonnet 71

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"Shall I Compare thee to a Summer's Day" and "My Mistress' Eyes are Nothing like the Sun"

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"Because I Couldn't Stop for Death" and "Nothing Gold can Stay"

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"The Death of the Hired Man"

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           Deceptive Character Timed Writing Feedback

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"The Flea"

"To His Coy Mistress"

"Charge of the Light Brigade"

"Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night"

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            Types of Poems Cheatsheet

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1.  The Old Guitarist

2.  Budapest

3.  Soleil Levant

4.  Alchemy

5.  Jump In

6.  Bond of Union

7.  Eye

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              Poetry Portfolio 2018

Second Semester:

Black History Month

           Observing Black History Month

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           Poetry Explication

           "We are Virginia Tech"

           "Because there was a Gun"

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"No, There Haven't been 18 School Shootings in 2018"

"The Florida Shooting was One of Several This Year.  And it's Only February"

New York Times article

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Operation Joy Bomb

Oscar Film Analysis Optional Assignment

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                     Spanish-American War

                     "White Man's Burden" by Rudyard Kipling

                     Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness

                     Heart of Darkness analysis questions

                     "A Sound Like Thunder" PDF

                     "A Sound Like Thunder" Questions

                     Heart of Darkness African Tribe Masks Project

                     "My Uncle Ben" PDF

                     "My Uncle Ben" analysis questions

                     The Other

                     Chimamanda Adichie's "The Danger of a Single Story"

           Seminar Rubric

What Black Panther 's Wakanda can Teach us about Africa's History

Congo is Sliding Back into Bloodshed

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          MLA 8 Review Quiz

          3rd Quarter Reflection

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                   Money in Pride and Prejudice

                   "Money:  From the 1790s to the Regency"

                  Bloom's Taxonomy assignment

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          AP Timed Writing Rubric

          1987 Timed Writing Question One Scoring Guide p. 29-31

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                   Chapters 6-10 blog assignment

                   Pride and Prejudice ch. 1-20 Infographic assignment

                   Pride and Prejudice Tic-Tac-Toe assignment​

                   Pride and Prejudice Seminar Questions

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Final Reflection