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	Advanced Placement Literature TTL Unit of Study Spanish I Spanish II Journalism









	Advanced Placement Literature and Composition
	Check out the AP section at the CollegeBoard.
	Course Description:
	Advanced Placement Literature and Composition is a college level class designed to offer top level high school students an opportunity to earn college credit. The class challenges students to read and interpret sophisticated literature from many different genres and time periods. In addition, students are expected to learn, use, and evaluate the effectiveness of a number of critical strategies in their work. Students have the option of taking the examination in May and must pay the required fee.

Goals:
	The primary goal of AP Literature is to develop students' abilities as readers, writers, and critics of literature. Students will independently discover meaning in literature by being attentive to language, image, character, action, argument, and various other literary techniques which authors manipulate in order to establish emotional and more importantly, intellectual responses from readers. Throughout the year, many new and possibly old concepts will emerge. In the context of class discussion and assigned essays, students will formulate and support original interpretations of the selected words. As discussion progresses and other opinions arise, feel free to stand your ground or to rethink and revise your earlier hypotheses. Because the AP Literature and Composition test is geared toward writing skills, we will include a healthy amount of written work. Writing assignments will help students sharpen skills in organization, breadth and depth of analysis, style effective sentence structure, and diction.

	Course Materials:
	~text: Perrine's Literature, Sound & Sense, Eighth Edition ~text: The Norton Anthology of Poetry, Fourth Edition ~novels: Jane Eyre -- Charlotte Bronte Oliver Twist & A Tale of Two Cities -- Charles Dickens Heart of Darkness -- Joseph Conrad Rebecca -- Daphne DuMaurier Gulliver's Travels -- Jonathan Swift The Bluest Eye & Beloved -- Toni Morrison Things Fall Apart -- Chinua Achebe The Things They Carried -- Tim O'Brien A Prayer for Owen Meany -- John Irving ~plays: Oedipus the King -- Sophocles Macbeth & A Midsummer Night's Dream -- Shakespeare A Doll's House -- Henrik Ibsen Pygmalion -- George Bernard Shaw The Glass Menagerie -- Tennessee Williams ~other: Mythology -- Edith Hamilton Click here for a list of the 100 most-recommended books for the college-bound student.
	Student Materials:
	~Students will need a three-ring binder for a portfolio of the work they will complete. This is extremely important, as it will hold the materials necessary for the AP Exam review in April and May. ~Students will need a notebook (or notebooks) to keep journals over the novels that will be read in class. You may choose to create an electronic journal. ~Books ~Paper ~Pens/Pencils/Highlighters
	Academic Honesty:
	Do not submit another's work as your own, whether it is a friend's work or something that has been taken from a published source or the Internet. Do not allow another student to copy your work or do another student's work for her/him. Do not report on a book that you have not read. Do not use Cliff's Notes or Spark Notes (or other sources such as these) in place of reading the text. Do not look on another student's quiz or test to obtain answers. Penalties: If you do any of the above, you will: a. receive a zero on the assignment, test, quiz, paper, etc. b. receive five points, which results in a minimum of one half day of Saturday School. be reported to the principal and your parents. *if you have copied another student's work, both students will receive penalties.
	Weighted Grades:
	Your grades will be weighted. The AP Lit & Comp test in May DOES NOT figure in to your grade.
		Tests / Compositions/Papers . . . . . . . . . 50% Quizzes and Written Responses . . . . . . 30% Homework / Daily Preparation . . . . . . . 20%

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	Spanish I
	Course Description:
	This year-long course is designed to acquaint the student with the fundamentals of the Spanish language. Students study the grammar and vocabulary of the language, along with the customs and philosophies of the different Spanish-speaking cultures. Approximately 1500 Spanish words are learned in a variety of compositions, speeches and readings. Students who have not maintained a "C" average in English should not attempt this course.
	Course Materials:
	~text: Ven Conmigo: Level One ~workbook: Cuaderno de Grammatica (grammar workbook) ~other: students will complete a variety of Internet and art projects in the study of different cultures. ~video/DVD: students will utilize a television and video/DVD player to help learn how to properly pronounce words and develop an authentic accent. ~Internet: the Holt, Rinehart, Winston has an Internet site that includes the textbook along with review material and related activities. Click on go.hrw.com to access this site.
	Click here to check out the online material that goes along with the textbooks.
	Student Materials:
	~Notebook/Paper ~Textbook & Workbook ~Pens/Pencils/Highlighters
	Weighted Grades:
	Your grades will be weighted. These are the different categories that will make up your overall percentage:
		Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40% Quizzes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30% Homework/Classwork . . .. . .20% Pronunciation . . . . . . . . . . . . 10%
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	Spanish II
	Course Description:
	Spanish II is a continuation of the learning experiences of Spanish I. The emphasis is on reading (some Spanish and Mexican legends), compositions, and speaking. Students also work on expanding vocabulary, verb tense, and sentence construction.
	Click here to check out the online material that goes along with the textbooks.
	Course Materials:
	~text: Ven Conmigo: Level Two ~workbook: Cuaderno de Grammatica (grammar workbook) ~other: students will complete a variety of Internet and art projects in the study of different cultures. ~video/DVD: students will utilize a television and video/DVD player to help learn how to properly pronounce words and develop an authentic accent. ~Internet: the Holt, Rinehart, Winston has an Internet site that includes the textbook along with review material and related activities. Click on go.hrw.com to access this site.
	Student Materials:
	~Notebook/Paper ~Textbook & Workbook ~Pens/Pencils/Highlighters
	Weighted Grades:
	Your grades will be weighted. These are the different categories that will make up your overall percentage:
		Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40% Quizzes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30% Homework/Classwork . . .20% Pronunciation . . . . . . . . . . 10%
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	Journalism
	Course Description:
	This class deals primarily with learning the skills necessary to produce the school yearbook and newspaper. Students learn the basics of computer layout and design, scanning photos, photography, and journalism skills. Students may be asked to do work outside of the building, such as soliciting yearbook advertisements from local businesses, reporting, taking pictures at activities/sporting events and working concession stands. Specific requirements for first, second, third, and fourth-year students exist.
	Check out Yeartrack feature of Jostens' web site. (You will have to get the Login ID # and the Password from Mrs. Frost to access this site.)
	Check out the Jostens' Web Site
	Course Materials:
	~text: Journalism ~workbook: journalism ~other: students will learn to use computer programs such as Pagemaker 6.5, Photoshop and Yeartech to create the yearbook and newspaper.
	Student Materials:
	~Notebook/Paper ~Textbook & Workbook ~Pens/Pencils/Highlighters
	Grades:
	You will be graded on the following tasks.
		Pheasant Call articles Yearbook Double Page Spreads (DPS) Homework/Classwork Quizzes Projects/Activities
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