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Invisible Man
Speech/Debate
English III
AP Language
AP Literature
Invisible Man As we study Invisible Man in AP Literature, I will be adding notes and resources to the site in this folder. It will include notes on the philosophy, history, and literary criticism that helpedshape and evaluate the novel. There's even a collection of great MP3s to listen to as you read the book.
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Speech/Debate Debate is an elective open to students in all grades. My goal is to help you become a more critical consumer of argumentation and someone whose insight is not limited to sound bites, but in-depth understanding. We are going to learn about the foundations of argument, techniques for persuasion, and tools for evaluating the advocacy of others. Speech is an elective open to students in all grades. Class notes are available here.
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English III English III is the study of American literature. During the year, we will explore the study of American literature thematically using topics ranging from "The Wilderness in the American Imagination" to "Images of War and Peace." Before you explore more, please consider enjoying Henry David Thoreau's blog.
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AP Language AP Language is an elective course open to all juniors and seniors at Helena High School. It does not receive credit for English, but does prepare students for the AP Language and Composition exam, which offers college credit for passing students. The course will be focused on the study of argumentation, rhetoric, and analysis. We’ll spend a great deal of our time analyzing and evaluating interesting non-fiction, though the course will also cover the occasional fiction piece. This will be a very different experience from your normal English class.
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AP Literature English IV: AP Literature is a course focused on helping students become a stronger writers and more critical thinkers. We will focus on deep criticism of literature and effective writing strategies for college and for the AP Literature exam. In the words of the critic Northrop Frye, "The skill developed from constant practice in the direct experience of literature is a special skill, like playing the piano, not the expression of a general attitude to life, like singing in the shower.” We'll work on developing that special skill with some great literature by authors like Ellison, Marquez, and Miller.
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AP Language Education Exam

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These are the materials that will be covered on the AP Language Education Unit Exam:

Books: The Shame of the Nation, The Pedagogy of the Oppressed

Articles: Serve or Fail (Eggers), Why We Built the Ivory Tower (Fish), Dehumanized (Harpers), How Public School Cripples (Gatto), My Pedagogic Creed (Dewey), Most Likely to Succeed (Gladwell), Pedagogy of the Oppressor (Stern)

Videos: George Siemens (Deschooling) and Kenneth Robinson (How Schools Destroy Creativity)

Project: San Antonio v. Rodriguez Decision

Notes: Critical Pedagogy, Gladwell, and Deschooling

 

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English III War Literature Test

English III - English III

The war literature test will cover the following material:

Literature

  • Poetry collection
  • Soldier's Home
  • A Mystery of Heroism
  • The Moral Equivalent of War
  • Just War, Realism, Pacifism
  • Speaking of Courage
  • A Noiseless Flash
  • Hiroshima Videos
  • Alice's Restaurant/Protest Music
  • For the Union Dead
  • The War Prayer
  • The Fog of War notes and materials
  • Okinawa: The Bloodiest Battle
  • Your outside reading novel

Grammar

  • Paraphrasing
  • Ellipsis
  • Brackets
  • Sic
  • Quotation Marks
  • Colons

 

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San Antonio v. Rodriguez Debate

AP Language - AP Language News

Information about the San Antonio School District v. Rodriguez debate is available here:supreme_court_070615_ms

The debate and written portion of this assignment will be due the day of the semester final.
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