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PRE-AP ENGLISH INFORMATION:

SETTING UP YOUR NOTEBOOK:

A large 3 ring clip out notebook ( it will need to “grow”)
A red grading pen A black pen; pencils (for essays)
Dividers with tabs for your notebook
Plenty of notebook paper, college or regular ruled
2 sets of index cards for vocabulary (SAT words)

Selected novels are being replaced with essays and selected works that we will discuss when school opens.

How to set up your notebook:

1. Put plenty of paper behind each tab section.

2. Fill out your tabs as follows:

A. Vocabulary
B. Grammar
C. Writing
D. Class Notes

Put your flash cards into a pocket of your notebook. Color cards or white ones are acceptable

ALL CLASSES: FLASH CARD DIRECTIONS
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SIDE ONE OF THE FLASHCARD

Vocabulary Word
Part/s of Speech (see dictionary)
Circle the Suffix (see dictionary)
Two synonyms (see Thesaurus if needed)
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SIDE TWO OF THE FLASHCARD

Place vocabulary definition/s on the
second side of the flash card.

Leave room for comments.

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Pre-AP and Honors classes:

The following is the list of "jobs" that are available in each class for industrious workers to earn job points each nine week grading period. Select 2-3 jobs you are interested in, write me a business letter applying for the job, and I will hire those of you who best convince me of your qualifications for the position.
It is best to list more than one job simply because you increase your availability for being hired, just in case I hire someone else for your first choice.


SAMPLE BUSINESS LETTER




716 Foster Place
Lakeland, Fl 33813
June 22, 2008



Brantley Garber,
Director of Accounts
500 N Westshore Blvd.
Tampa, Fl 33609

Dear Mr. Garber:

I want to cash out my account with Money
Bags Corporation. I do not want to roll it over
into a separate or new account.

Please withhold the appropriate tax prior to
sending the check to me, as I prefer not to be
taxed at a later date.

My address is listed above (Lakeland, Florida). If
there is paperwork for me to sign beforehand, I may be
reached at the same address. You may feel free to email
me at: JLArmstrong2931@aol.com.

Thank you,


James Leon Armstrong

















ALL CLASSES: VOCABULARY SENTENCES ARE DUE ON MONDAY, 9/8.
TYPING SENTENCES IS A REQUIRMENT; MAKE ARRANGE-
MENTS TO USE SOMEONE'S COMPUTER IF YOURS IS DOWN.
YOU LOSE POINTS IF YOUR SENTENCES ARE NOT TYPED.



Directions for Vocabulary Sentences
ALL SENTENCES MUST BE TYPED
1. Begin each sentence with a subordinate clause; soon we will add other types of sentence construction.
Common Subordinating Conjunctions: These words introduce a subordinate clause and show the relationship with the independent clause. After, although, as, because, before if, since, so that, than, unless, until, when, whenever, where, wherever, while
2. Check your sentence to be certain every clause contains a subject and verb.
3. Underline the vocabulary word, being certain not to change its original part of speech. The only exception is that you are allowed to change verb tenses.
4. Remember to write 13 or more words per sentence; that way you are most likely to use sufficient context clues.
5. Proofread for errors in convention: spelling, punctuation, capitalization, usage.
6. Do NOT use any contractions in your sentences or essays.
7. Use your Sentence Pattern Variations hand out to assist you with ideas.
8. Follow the vocabulary list and your flash cards for insight to use of the word, for creating context clues, and for understanding the part of speech of the word.
9. Underline the subject once, the verb twice in each clause.
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MYTHOLOGY Presentations: Power Points earn best grades
when they are well done.


Once you have selected your topic, read the corresponding pages in the Edith Hamilton book. Do additional research in the library and/or the internet.
1. Keep all information related to the sources you use for the research, as you will have to create a Works Cited page.
2. Organize your research and prepare a handout for the class to use for study purposes. The handout may be bulleted facts or it may be in the form of paragraphs. Just be certain to cover the information that is in your oral presentation.
3. If you prepare an oral presentation (not electronic), you must tell the story of your topic clearly to the class when you do the presentation. The same applies for “live” acting.
4. You should have some type of visual aid, not necessarily a poster. You might instead make your handout into a colorful bulletin for instance. You will be able to think of many other creative approaches.
5. Your oral presentation should take no longer than 10 minutes. Suggest that the class may want to take notes as you talk.
6. When you introduce your lesson, tell the class “The topic for discussion is __________.” Do not say, “Mine is on ____.”
7. You may feel free to prepare a power point if you need to do so.
8. On the day you are supposed to present, be certain to be here in class, otherwise you will throw off the order of presentation.
PRESENTATION DATE: BEGIN ON 10/23

200 points


DO NOT USE THE FOLLOWING WEB SOURCES:

wikipedia
encyclopedia online
novel guide
e-notes
book rags.com
sparknotes
pink monkey
free research papers online
classic notes
barron.com
cliffnotes.com

Be certain to avoid .com and .net web sites


For Works Cited listing include:

Author, Title of Work, Title of Article (if it is within
a larger book or publication),Date of Publication, Publishing
Company, Publishing city, pages you read.












TO INCOMING PRE-AP ENGLISH STUDENTS


The following is a list of books you will need to have when school opens in August: Go onto the Homework
Notes Page for Lakeland High School, click on Fite to bring up the page for your supplies and notebook assembly for the Pre-AP II English class. Your books are listed below.

BOOKS to PURCHASE:

Edith Hamilton’s Mythology
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
The Iliad by Homer
Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck


Roget’s Thesaurus Get a collegiate level edition that will be small enough to fit into your backpack; you will use this from now through college.

Write for College by WRITE SOURCE
Get this one quickly, as many times the book store has to order it for you.

Read The Iliad before school begins so you will be able to pick up the epic quickly once school begins.


ATTENTION PRE-AP AND HONORS II:

PLEASE BRING IN 1 REAM (PKG.) OF PAPER FOR YOUR SUPPY LIST; COLORS OF PAPER ARE GREAT--PINK, BLUE, YELLOW, GREEN OR WHITE!

TO INCOMING ENGLISH HONORS II STUDENTS

This class will need to purchase certain books in order to be able to annotate passages. Please feel free to get used copies of Edith Hamilton’s book, but I want you to have a new copy of Ethan Frome and Jane Eyre.

Book purchase list is here:

Mythology by Edith Hamilton
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
I will provide class sets of additional short stories, plays, essays, and excerpts from novels for use in reading and writing analytically.
At Home: a Thesaurus and unabridged college level dictionary are most helpful
For Class Notebook:
3 Ring clip out notebook; remember we now work for a full year, so the notebook will grow
Dividers with tabs for the notebook 2 full packages of notebook paper
2 sets of index cards for vocabulary 2 red grading pens/pencil; 3 #2 pencils

HOW TO SET UP YOUR NOTEBOOK
Put the TABS into the notebook, with about 25+ sheets of paper behind each tab. TABS are:

A. Vocabulary
B. Grammar
C. Writing
D. Literature
Not Cards go into the front pocket of your notebook; the color does not matter.
Have your notebook set up when school opens.


PRE-AP ASSIGNMENTS:


Writing assignment for Pre-AP homework: 8/19-8/20


ILIAD Writing Assignment: Expository
Write and type a one page expository essay that
explains two or three characteristics of Achilles
that make him a national hero in the eyes of the
Greeks. You will want to discuss specific
examples found in The Iliad to verify your
conclusions. THIS REFERENCES CHAPTERS 1-4 ONLY.



HOW TO SEND ME AN ATTACHMENT:

RICH TEXT DIRECTIONS

Open your document, to FILE on the toolbar menu and to SAVE AS. Adjust the options by scrolling in the window at the bottom of the page to rich text (RTF) file.

DOUBLE CLICK, and it will give you options (window/box) as to what part ( FILE FOLDER) OF THE COMPUTER TO SAVE IT IN. You might want to keep a special folder for this class under My Documents in the C hard drive. When the window /box opens, you decide where to save.

Now SAVE IT to your computer where you can find it.

With you mail open, hit the ATTACH ICON OR BUTTON—IT DEPENDS ON YOUR PARTICULAR PROGRAM. For some mail systems, you will see a PAPER CLIP as a clue that you are getting ready to ATTACH a file to send to someone.

You should see your computer’s C drive. It will open in its own little box, right there in front of you. Find the document where you stored it (the document has to be closed—you can’t send it while it is open on your computer).

Click on it twice, and it will attach to your mail.

Finally, HIT SEND, and it should be on its way to the recipient of the mail.

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DO NOT USE THE FOLLOWING WEB SOURCES:

wikipedia
encyclopedia online
novel guide
e-notes
book rags.com
sparknotes
pink monkey
free research papers online
classic notes
barron.com
cliffnotes.com

Be certain to avoid .com and .net web sites


For Works Cited listing include:

Author, Title of Work, Title of Article (if it is within
a larger book or publication),Date of Publication, Publishing
Company, Publishing city, pages you read.
































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General Resources That May be Useful for RESEARCH

www.npr.org/takingissue Presents original essays with varying viewpoints on newsworthy topics

www.blueagle.com Archives of over 700 columnists, political cartoonists, other media

http://artsandlettersdaily.com Excellent source for newspaper articles, columnists, essays, books, etc.

http://www.gallup.com The Gallup Organization: Latest public opinion polls on politics and elections, business and the economy, social issues and policy, managing and lifestyle

http://www.fedstats.gov Fedstats: The gateway to statistics from over 100 federal agencies

http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/ssbr.html The Social Statistics Briefing Room provides easy access to current Federal social statistics. It provides links to information produced by a number of Federal agencies and contains information in these four areas: crime, demography, education, and health.

http://www.census.gov U.S. Census Bureau—Used to find statistical information for states or municipalities, use the American FactFinder option.

http://www.heritage.org The Heritage Foundation’s mission: “…to formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense.”

NOTE: If you need to evaluate a website, one of the methods listed on the Evaluating Internet Resources page may provide you with useful guidance in determining the source, scope, currency, accuracy, and bias of a site: http://library.uww.edu/GUIDES/controversy.html

http://www.rlc.dccd.edu/lrc/current.htm: Current events and controversial issues

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/specials/index.html Issues in depth from NYT

ttph://cagle.com and http://www.cartoonstock.com sources for political cartoons

http://www.infomindsolutions.com/photogallery1natphoto/index.html a Map of Links to our Nation’s photo galleries
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REMEMBER TO SAVE A COPY OF YOUR FINAL DRAFT IN YOUR COMPUTER!!!

PARENTHETICAL DOCUMENTATION



A source by more than one author or editor: If a source has more than one author or editor, include all the names in the documentation.

The imagery of a poem does more than provide a setting or furnish a pleasing picture; it is important to interpretation (Brooks and Warren 271).

Shakespeare’s vocabulary of thirty thousand words was the largest of any English writer
(McCrum, Cran, and MacNeil 102).

Although more than fifty thousand Japanese-American evacuees returned from the relocation centers, their lives had been profoundly changed (Spicer et al 294-95).

A source by an author listed more than once in the Works Cited: These citations must include a shortened version of the title and author’s name.

Public language usually conceals more than it reveals (Newman, Civil Tongue 6).

Language changes, but we should preserve the value of our language (Newman, Strictly Speaking 18).

For quoted material: When quoting from or paraphrasing an indirect source, give both the original and the secondary source.

The Henry IV series was “unplayable” (Chute, qtd. in Schoenbaum 161).

Marchette Chute claimed the Henry IV series was “unplayable” (qtd. in Schoenbaum 161).

For a novel: Chapter, part, and section numbers, in addition to page numbers. Give the page number, followed by a semi-colon, and the number of the part.

Atticus told Jem that “it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird” (Lee 94; ch. 10).

Lee’s title To Kill a Mockingbird comes from Atticus’ admonition to Jem that “it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird” (94; ch. 10).


When quoting from a source that uses offensive language, the following type of documentation will occur:

a. put the word/lines into the context of a sentence--quoting
b. put the quotation into italics
c. beside the offensive line, write as follows: [sic] This is a Latin word meaning “so, thus, this is so.”
Sic is used after a misspelling, some other error that is intentional on the author’s part, a questionable statement,
or a surprising detail to show that is was so in the original. Always use brackets.

The quotation of four or more lines will be set up as follows: You MUST have two of these in your paper:


Although many feel the confusion surrounding controversial language in these lines is questionable, others are not phased by them. Certainly, individual reaction must be taken into account by any group that sits in judgment of such formal challenges.

Owen states in Dim Morning:

Mark’s sword dripped blood as he replaced it within

the confines of its sheath while the small group of

children huddled in terror against the molding, bug-

infested cement wall. Despite whimpers and sobs for

release from the children, Mark grinned in-

wardly,walked in a determined path toward the smallest

girl and dragged her by her bony elbow into the next

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THE INFORMATION YOU SEE BELOW WILL BE USED LATER IN THE COURSE FOR BOTH FIRST AND SECOND SEMESTER PRE-APES.

A "Bundle" is defined as printouts, handwritten notes, xeroxed series of pages that reflect your work on one aspect of your topic. Keep these together so you can make reference and quote in the final writing of your paper. These will become the text of your paper and must be PARENTHETICALLY DOCUMENTED. Be
certain to highlight information you will use.

Source Cards must be correct per WRITERS' INC./MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION Style, and you will need to keep those rubber banded in the envelope with your bundles of informtion. DO NOT LOSE. If I instruct you to revise a note card, do so and return it for grading. Source Cards will become the WORKS CITED PAGE.


UPDATE:

Instead use .edu sites.

BELOW ARE ITEMS RELATING TO RESEARCH FOR FUTURE REFERENCE:
Thesis Statement


A thesis statement has as its intention to control your paper. A thesis results from a question that you may ask yourself, such as “Why is this issue important”? “Why is this issue controversial”? However, the thesis itself is not a question; rather, it is a declarative statement. Remember that whatever you say in your thesis must be supported and developed in the body of your essay. That is the only way the thesis will be able to control the essay.

The thesis must fit the following specifications:

1. Must show clear focus
2. Must show that you find the subject matter significant enough to develop an opinion about the topic
3. Must show a reason to be developed

A mere statement of fact is not a thesis. For instance, do not say AIDS is a deadly disease and expect that you have created a thesis.
Instead, you have written a statement of fact that does not show a reason to be developed. You might say: The broad-ranging effects of AIDS are profound, and their impact upon society and the medical community are yet to be determined. By looking at the three requirements for the thesis, you will see that this particular thesis will work, and it will control your paper.

LITERATURE THESIS: Joe Smith's nineteenth century novel BAD
TIMES has been widely challenged for its lack of socially redeeming qualities.

AN EXAMPLE OF A PARALLEL OUTLINE FOR RESEARCH:

DO NOT REPEAT THE TITLE--IT IS ON THE TITLE PAGE



I. Violent behaviors adj./noun

A. Attacks on children noun/prep. phrase

B. Abuse of elderly noun/prep. phrase

II. Inappropriate language adj./noun

A. Cursing noun

B. Degradation noun

III. Attacked values adj./noun

A. Of parents prep. phrase

B. Of religion prep. phrase



NOTICE THAT STEPS I, II, II ARE PARALLEL IN GRAMMATICAL WORDING. THEN, EACH A AND B IS PARALLEL WITHIN THE ROMAN NUMERAL STEP. YOU MAY CHANGE THE GRAMMATICAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE A AND B ONLY FROM ONE ROMAN NUMERAL TO ANOTHER, BUT THE A AND B MUST REMAIN PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER.

ALSO NOTICE THE PATTERN OF CAPITAL LETTERS, INDENTING/SPACING, AND PUNCTUTION.



DOCUMENTATION GUIDELINES for RESEARCH PAPER:


Format your paper in 12 font, Times New Roman
Double space the entire paper from the outline/thesis page to the Works Cited page
Check your documentation in both parenthetical and WC to be certain of the correct capital letters, spacing, and punctuation
Check the use of abbreviated Latin phrases in your paper: i.e.; passim, etc.

SAVE A COPY OF YOUR FINAL DRAFT IN YOUR COMPUTER!!!


BE RESPONSIBLE! KNOW ABOUT THE WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY.

Order of Final Paper:
1. Blank white page
2. Title page
3. Thesis and Outline page
4. Text page begins on p. 1; DO NOT begin numbering until page #2
5. Number all pages consecutively from 2 through the end of the Works Cited page
6. Place your paper into a NEW FOLDER WITH POCKETS, YOUR NAME ON THE OUTSIDE
7. In one flap will be the rough draft, peer editing page, bundles; in the other is the final draft of your research paper; Paper clip, do not staple.


AN IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT DRAFTS OF THE RESEARCH
PAPER: CEASE AT ONCE ANY OUTSIDE EDITING OF YOUR PAPER BY AN ADULT. THAT AMOUNTS TO INTELLECTUAL DISHONEST, DEFINED SPECIFICALLY AS PLAGIARISM. REMEMBER THE PENALTY OF THIS TO YOUR GRADE. ALSO, KEEP IN MIND THAT YOU ARE A 10TH or 11TH GRADER AND NOT EXPECTED TO BE ON A DEGREED LEVEL IN YOUR RESEARCH PAPER. KNOW THAT I AM FULLY COGNIZANT OF YOUR WRITING STYLE AND CAPABILITIES.








































































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THE FOLLOWING IS FOR PARENTS OF ENGLISH HONORS II STUDENTS:

The purpose of this is to advise you that your children are beginning the first of two units intended to teach allusions for literature, a skill necessary for both advanced high school and college students. First, we will work with the mythology unit using as our text Edith Hamilton's MYTHOLOGY. Afterward, our allusion unit will turn to stories from the Old and New Testament, using the Elements of Literature text as well as selected stories from the Old and New Testaments, King James version. This particular unit will in no way deal with personal religious beliefs; our intended outcome for both these units is to create a foundation of knowledge
applicable for a better understanding of world literature.