Class with Coelho

New Submission Site for AP Summer Assignments

Due to the malfunction of Turnitin.com, please turn in your summer assignments on Google Classroom. Here is the class code:

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Reminder- You must use your pgcps email to access Google Classroom.

Hold Off Submitting Assignments to Turnitin.com

There is an issue with the county’s license for Turnitin.com currently so you will not be able to submit your assignments as instructed. I will post further instructions on how to submit your assignments in the next two weeks. Please remember that they are still do on the first day of class.

Please check this website for updates and instructions on how to submit your essays.

AP Summer Assignment 2016- Updated 6/20/16

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Article: Close Reading Strategies for Annotation

Spring Break Assignment

Here are the directions for the Spring Break Assignment:

AP Literature Spring Break Assignment 2016

Both assignments should be submitted on Turnitin.com. Due April 5, 2016.

Don’t Forget!

1B: I need a hard copy of your AP Essays for the 2015 Open Prompt and “Blackberry Picking.” Please bring to class tomorrow!

2A: I forgot to collect your essays, please drop off tomorrow by 2nd period. Thanks!

Homework for 3/1 and 3/2

• Essay Revision: In class you will receive your Eros AP Essay back. If you received a score or 5 or lower on the essay, you must revise it. The directions are posted in class and on Google Classroom. Work should be submitted via the Google Classroom assignment as well as in hard copy to me on 3/3(A), 3/4 (B). Pay attention to the time attached to the deadline.
• Essay: Write the essay for the 2006 prompt that you annotated for your warm-up. Time yourself and only spend 40 minutes on writing it, as you need to practice how you are going to play. Use the rubric on the back to guide your writing plan. Submit this via Turnitin.com by 3/3(A), 3/4 (B), again pay attention to the time of the deadline. Bring a hard copy to class.

Miss a Day, Miss a Lot: Test Makeup

If you were absent on Friday, Feb. 26, you must make arrangements to make up the test you missed on Monday, Feb. 29, 2016. You can take it 1st or 2nd period. You must email me to confirm this arrangement.

You also have an assignment on Turnitin.com that is due by Monday at 10 am.

Weekly Poem: “Suicide’s Note”

It may be only 3 lines, but I expect tons of annotations for it. We will discuss in class Monday/Tuesday.

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Weekly Poem: “To His Coy Mistress”

Annotate this in preparation for your assignment on Friday.

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The Importance of Being Earnest – Updated Reading Schedule Deadlines

Please make sure you have these ready in class. They should already be done, it is only the collection date that has changed. 

Dialectical Journal for Act 2 and Questions for Act 1 and 2 – Due Feb. 4 (A) / Feb. 5 (B)

Dialectical Journal for Act 3 and Questions for Act 3 – Due Feb. 8 (A) / Feb. 9 (B)

We will have in-class discussions on the following days for this play:

– Act 1 and 2: Feb. 10 (A) / Feb.11 (B)

-Act 3: Feb. 16 (A) / Feb. 17 (B)

Weekly Poem – “Blackberry Picking” & Prompt Annotation

A blast from the past! You will be revising and rewriting two essays that you wrote at the beginning of the year. This involves re-annotation, thesis revision, review of your original work and class discussion. Your annotations are due: 2/4 (A), 2/5 (B)

“Blackberry Picking”

We will be returning to “Blackberry Picking” by Seamus Heaney. You worked with this poem at the beginning of the year as part of your Pre-test for the course. You will annotate this poem and the accompanying prompt again in preparation for an in-class revision.

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2015 Question 3

You have also now had tons of practice on the AP question 3 via your warmups. We will be revisiting the 2015 AP Question 3 this week as well. For the pre-work for this revision, you will re-annotate the prompt and develop a thesis based on your novel or play of choice. You may or may not want to choose your original book choice again.

Question 3_2015_AP Essay

Check Google Classroom

Please check Google Classroom for an update regarding Make-up Assignment grade entry, Extra Credit and 1B assignments that are due today. Check there first before you email me.

Reminder! Warm-up Essay Makeups

Wednesday is the last day to do this…