YOUR AP TEXTBOOK IS NOT REQUIRED ON THURSDAY, 2 JANUARY 2014.

BE ADVISED THAT YOU WILL LOSE ONE-FULL LETTER GRADE FOR EVERY DAY YOU ARE LATE WITH UPLOADING YOUR MOST RECENT ASSIGNMENT TO TURNITIN.COM-RECALL WHAT WAS INDICATED IN THE CLASS CONTRACT YOU SIGNED-IN FACT-I INDICATED THAT LATE ASSIGNMENTS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED!

Please be advised that you will not have a vocabulary quiz on Thursday, 2 January.

Civil Disobedience Vocabulary

Ethan Frome Essay Assignment for December Break

Ethan Frome Audio

http://librivox.org/ethan-frome-by-edith-wharton/
For your listening pleasure,while exercising at the gym, riding your bicycle through the city streets, catching rays at the beach, OR while reading the text-attempting to answer the assigned questions.

Ethan Frome Text

http://www.americanliterature.com/Wharton/EthanFrome/EthanFrome.html
NO EXCUSES FOR NOT COMPLETING THE ASSIGNED READING!

On The Duty of Civil Disobedience with annotations/hypertext links

JUST A REMINDER:

You must bring your TEXTBOOK to class on Monday, 16 December! This is considered a HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT! Failure to bring the textbook to class will result in a "0" and entered on Jupiter in the Homework Assignment category. Do not ask permission to go to your locker to retrieve it-PERMISSION to do so will be DENIED!

Please be advised that the score you received on The Great Gatsby essay was "calculated" based upon the rubric you examined during the writing of the in-class essay. As you know, the maximum of "95" is equivalent to an "A+". Not too many students received this score and not too many students received a "90" which is equivalent to an "A". Many students did indeed received an "85" which is equivalent to a "B+"-a respectable grade. Also, please be advised that I read EVERY word you write, I do not simply place a "check" or a "check +" on your paper and then randomly assign a grade equivalent. Furthermore, do not send me an email demanding to know why you may have received an "85" on an essay, expecting me to respond with specific details. Actually, I provided feedback involving the criteria I used to determine your grade. Recall, how I EMPHASIZED that all must follow the structure for this essay that was "outlined" for you on the PROMPT essay assignment sheet? Needless to say, those who did NOT comply with my directive did not write an "organized-structured-coherent" essay, and therefore, did NOT receive a "90" or a "95". You will have access to these essays next week so that you are able to recognize what must be done to receive a higher grade on essays.

Schedule for Week of 9 December:

Just a Reminder: TGG Essay-TUESDAY, 10 December-Bring your novel to class.

For Thursday, 12 December: Read David Denby's  High-School Confidential: Notes on Teen Movies on page 819 in your textbook. Be prepared for a quiz on the content of this essay. BRING YOUR TEXTBOOK TO CLASS!

SAT Vocabulary Quiz List 11 also on Thursday (SEVEN words from List 11 and THREE words from List 10)

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The Great Gatsby Rhetorical Device Journal Scoring Scale

WOW! WHAT AN AMAZING SEMINAR DISCUSSION BY ALL OF THE STUDENTS IN G-BAND! My only regret is that the seminar was not video-taped so that I would have been able to use your class as a MODEL for other students and for other teachers... An EXEMPLARY engagement- certainly indicative of a college-level class. Thank you, G-Band! (Perhaps, you may even become my "favorite" class...)