Class Notes

PreAP Handouts & Materials

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Second Semester

PreAP Semester Exam Study Guide

Literature

	SOAPSTone
	S3QR Method for Analyzing Poems
	Patrick Henry, "Speech to the Virginia Convention"
	Thomas Paine, The Crisis, No. 1
	Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence
	Lit. Review Unit 2: Henry, Jefferson, Paine, & Age of Reason notes
	Civil Disobedience unit questions
	Douglass Questions
	Dialectic Journal on The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
	Douglass background notes
	Romantics Intro. Questions
	Romantic Era Poetry
	TPCASTT Poetry Analysis
	TPCASTT Template for Poetry Analysis
	Romantic Poetry Study Guide
	"Young Goodman Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
	The Scarlet Letter Background Notes
	The Scarlet Letter Reading Schedule and Questions

Writing & Rhetoric

	Form for Written Assignments
	Socratic Circles Directions
	Socratic Circle Reflection
	Everyday Use Chapter 2 Questions Revised
	Paper 5: Civil Disobedience Paper
	Civil Disobedience Paper Sample Outline
	Source Card Practice Exercise
	Quoting Exercise
	Paraphrasing Exercise
	Note Taking Methods
	Works Cited Entries
	Civil Disobedience Synthesis Essay
	Dialectic Journal on The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Vocabulary

	Vocab. PreAP Unit 1
	Vocab. PreAP Unit 2
	Vocab. PreAP Unit 3
	Vocab. PreAP Unit 4
	Vocab. PreAP Unit 5
	Vocab. PreAP Unit 6

First Semester

Pre-AP Midterm Exam Study Guide

	How It Feels to Be Colored Me by Zora Neale Hurston
	"The Curator" by Miller Williams
	Presidential Speeches handout
	Puritan Writings
	William Bradford, excerpts from Of Plymouth Plantation
	Bradstreet and Taylor poems
	Mary Rowlandson, excerpts from A Narrative of the Captivity
	Jonathan Edwards, excerpts from "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
	Lit. Review Unit 1 for PreAP
	Olaudah Equiano, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
	Benjamin Franklin, Autobiography (excerpts)
	Benjamin Franklin's Aphorisms
	Isaacson Biography of Franklin
	Benjamin Franklin Persona Chart
	Descriptive Writing Techniques
	Everyday Use Chapter 1 Questions
	Everyday Use Ch. 1 Test Prep & Review
	Paper 2: Rhetorical Analysis
	Sample Rhetorical Analysis Paper

Other Handouts & Reference Sheets

	Sample paper using literary criticism: www.dianahacker.com/pdfs/Hacker-Lars-MLA.pdf
	Puritan Creative Project
	Reasons for Commas
	Writing About Literature notes
	Unit Vocabulary: The Scarlet Letter
	Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving
	Common Abbreviations handout
	Pre-AP Midterm Exam Study Guide
	Julius Caesar PowerPoint Notes
	Julius Caesar chart
	Julius Caesar speeches

	Douglass Questions
	Strategies for Effective Introductions and Conclusions
	Young Goodman Brown
	Pronoun charts
	Conjunctions Study Sheet
	Reasons for Commas
	Sample Thesis Statements for Literary Analysis of Persona
	Rappaccini's Daughter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
	Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving

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The Scarlet Letter articles

The Scarlet Letter article #1

The Scarlet Letter article #2

The Scarlet Letter article #3

The Scarlet Letter article #4

The Scarlet Letter article #5

The Scarlet Letter article #6

The Scarlet Letter article #7

The Scarlet Letter article #8

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass articles

	Douglass Article 1
	Douglass Article 2
	Douglass Article 3
	Douglass Article 4
	Douglass Article 5
	Douglass article 6
	Douglass article 7
	Douglass article 8

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn articles

Huck Finn article #1: Johnson, Claudia Durst. "From Understanding Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn with Related Readings. New York: Glencoe, 2000. 234-37.

Huck Finn article #2: Morrow, Lance. "In Praise of Huckleberry Finn." The Signet Book of American Essays. Eds. M. Jerry Weiss and Helen S. Weiss. New York: Signet Classics, 2006. 176-86.

Huck Finn article #3: Salwen, Peter. "Is Huck Finn a Racist Book?" Peter Salwen’s Mark Twain Page. 25 Nov. 2007 http://www.salwen.com/mtrace.html.

Huck Finn article #4

Huck Finn article #5

Huck Finn article #6

Huck Finn article #7

Huck Finn article #8

Huck Finn article #9

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Huck Finn articles on censorship

Maseda, Marisa. "Point: Curriculum Should Be Sensitive to Students’ Feelings" and Stephen Shepherd. "Counterpoint: Curriculum Needs to Recognize, Not Ignore, Racism." Point/Counterpoint: Huck Finn Gets Sent Down the River. 25 Nov. 2007 http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/huckcen/PointCounter.html.

Contemporary Reviews & Controversy Regarding the Novel

	" ‘Huckleberry Finn and His Critics.’ " The Atlanta Constitution 26 May 1885: 4. Reprinted in Mark Twain in His Times. Ed. Stephen Railton. 25 Nov. 2007 http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/railton/huckfinn/atlanta.html.
	" ‘Huckleberry Finn’ in Concord.’ " New York Herald 18 March 1885. Reprinted in Mark Twain in His Times. Ed. Stephen Railton. 25 Nov. 2007 http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/railton/huckfinn/nyherald.html.
	"Review." Boston Daily Advertiser 12 Mar. 1885. Reprinted in Mark Twain in His Times. Ed. Stephen Railton. 25 Nov. 2007 http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/railton/huckfinn/bosdail3.html.
	"Review." Life 26 Feb. 1885. Reprinted in Mark Twain in His Times. Ed. Stephen Railton. 25 Nov. 2007 http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/railton/huckfinn/life1.html.
	Untitled article. San Francisco Chronicle 29 Mar. 1885: 4. Reprinted in Mark Twain in His Times. Ed. Stephen Railton. 25 Nov. 2007 http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/railton/huckfinn/sfchron2.html.
	Untitled editorial. Hartford Courant 4 April 1885: 2. Reprinted in Mark Twain in His Times. Ed. Stephen Railton. 25 Nov. 2007 http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/railton/huckfinn/harcour1.html.

Interesting Websites and Articles

	Jordahl, Steve. "Banned Books Week, More Fiction Than Fact." Family News in Focus. 25 Nov. 2007 http://www.citizenlink.org/fnif/A000005716.cfm.
	"Intellectual Freedom and Censorship Q and A." American Library Association. 25 Nov. 2007 http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/basics/intellectual.htm.
	"Parents Unite Against Offensive Books." CitizenLink.com. 25 Nov. 2007 http://www.citizenlink.org/content/A000005737.cfm.
	Railton, Stephen. Mark Twain in His Times. 25 Nov. 2007 http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/railton/index2.html.

The Taming of the Shrew articles

The Taming of the Shrew article #1

The Taming of the Shrew article #2

The Taming of the Shrew article #3

The Taming of the Shrew article #4

The Taming of the Shrew article #5

The Taming of the Shrew article #6

The Taming of the Shrew article #7

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