- Welcome and Introductions
- Course Overview, Policies, Expectations
- Class of 2008 Course Brochures
- "Postcards from the Edge" Assignment (50); HW due Friday 8/29
- Analysis and discussion of "Blackberry Picking" by Seamus Heaney
- Intro to the College Essay Unit; HW due Friday 8/29
- Introductory Essay Assignment (100); HW due Tuesday 9/2
- AP Multiple Choice; Follow-up Analysis and Discussion
- Intro to Victorian Lit and Alfred, Lord Tennyson
- Analysis of "Ulysses" by Tennyson
- Relevance to Jude the Obscure (1895) by Thomas Hardy; Reading Schedule
- Discussion in Groups of Sample College Essay Topics
English 12 Honors~Period 2~Literary Analysis of British and American Literature, Application of the Reading Apprenticeship Model, Collegiate Writing with 6+1 Writing Traits, Creative Writing, Vocabulary Study, Preparation for the SAT and the AP Language and Composition Exam, and MLA Research
- Welcome and Introductions
- Course Overview, Policies, Expectations
- Class of 2007 Course Brochures
- "Postcards from the Edge" Assignment (50); HW due Friday 8/29
- Reading Survey
- Into and Rationale for the Reading Apprenticeship Model
- Intro to the College Essay Unit; HW due Friday 8/29
- SAT Multiple Choice; Follow-up Analysis and Discussion
- Intro to Ken Kesey and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962); Reading Schedule
- Discussion in Groups of Sample College Essay Topics
