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Mr. Smith reserves the right to make changes to Course Outline with advanced notice. |
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First Semester |
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Week 1, 08.21 |
Introductions |
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Tuesday: |
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Basic Introduction: Syllabus
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Setting Up Google Classroom |
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• demo-Meme of Literary Interpretation |
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Prewriting Techniques: Freewriting |
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Journal • Listing • Mapping = Brainstorming |
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• demo |
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Exit Ticket: Demostrate Freewriting Skills |
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Follow @PrufrocksBlues in Twitter |
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Wednesday: |
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Basic Introduction: Reading Guidelines |
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• demo-Habitual Reading |
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Thursday: |
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Classroom Policies |
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Writing Modes Overview |
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• demo |
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Writing Exercise: Stream of Consciousness |
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Reader Response Assignments |
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• demo-Expectations |
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Ray Bradbury, "The Pedestrian" |
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Ray Bradbury, "The Pedestrian" |
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Week 2, 08.27 |
Modern Anti-Hero |
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Monday: |
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Ray Bradbury, "The Pedestrian" |
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Basic Characteristics of an Anti-Hero |
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• demo |
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• video: An AntiHero of One's Own |
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Tuesday: |
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Myth, Folktale, Parable, Fable |
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• demo- Definitions of Early Genres |
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Aesop Fables |
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• "The Old Man and Death" & "The Fox and the Goat" |
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Wednesday: |
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Self Reflection: Bradbury Quote |
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Ray Bradbury, "The Pedestrian" |
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• video- Discussion with Ray Bradbury |
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Thursday: |
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Native American Folktales |
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• demo |
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Alabama-Coushatta Tribes |
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• "How Fire Came to the Alabama-Coushattas" |
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Friday: |
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Comparable Analysis: Origin Folktales |
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• Family Origins—Folktale Exercise |
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• Trickster Animal Guides |
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• Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest |
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Week 3, 09.03 |
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school holiday/no classes |
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Tuesday: |
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Native American Folktales |
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• demo-Creation Myths |
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Alabama-Coushatta |
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• "Creation of the Earth" |
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• "Origin of the Alabama-Coushatta Tribes" |
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Wednesday: |
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Family Folktale Exercise Completed in Google Classroom |
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Thursday: |
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Self Reflection: Change |
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CommonLit, John Hamilton, "Teenage Brains Are Mallable..." |
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Friday: |
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Socratic Discussion |
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Week 4, 09.10 |
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Monday: |
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Self Reflection: Luck |
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CNN 10 |
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Russell Baker, "The Art of Eating Spaghetti" |
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Tuesday: |
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Russell Baker, "The Art of Eating Spaghetti" |
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Wednesday: |
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Russell Baker, "The Art of Eating Spaghetti" |
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Martin England, "Digital Fasting" |
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Thursday: |
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Martin England, "Digital Fasting" |
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• Could you step away from your electronic devices for a full weekend? |
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Friday: |
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Nicholas Carr, "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" |
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Week 5, 09.17 |
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Monday: |
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Visit from College Representative |
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Tuesday: |
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Text Analysis Exercise |
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Wednesday: |
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SAT-Prep |
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• Reading Test Questions and Passages |
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Thursday: |
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SAT-Prep |
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Friday: |
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SAT-Prep |
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Join Khan Academy |
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Week 6, 09.24 |
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Monday: |
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SAT-Prep |
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Tuesday: |
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Self Refection: Personal Values |
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Personal Values Assessment |
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Wednesday: |
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Vocabulary Building Exercise—Antonyms |
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Thursday: |
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Vocabulary Building Exercise-Antonyms-day 2 |
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Princeton Review, "Juggle Homework & College Apps Without Going Insane" |
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Princeton Review, "Guide to Choosing College Majors" |
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Princeton Review,"Top Ten College Majors" |
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Friday: |
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Week 7, 10.01 |
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Monday: |
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Noodle, How to Answer Why This School on College Applications |
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ProCon.Org, College Education: Is it Worth It? |
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Average Cost of College VS. Median Incomes |
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Washington Post, "What College Admission Officers Say They Want—" |
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NY Times, Eric Hoover, "What Colleges Want in a College Applicant" |
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• Nov. 1, 2017 |
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Tuesday: |
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College Research Project |
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Wednesday: |
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College Research Project |
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Thursday: |
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College Research project |
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Friday: |
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College Research Project |
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Half Day |
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Week 8, 10.08 |
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Monday: |
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school holiday/no classes |
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Vocabulary Exercise—Synonyms |
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Wednesday: |
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PSAT |
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Thursday: |
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Self Reflection: Free Time |
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CollegeBoard, "What to Expect from Campus Life" |
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College Parent Central, "Is Your College Student Investing Enough Time Studying?" |
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Intelligent.com, "Manage Your Time" |
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"Most college courses are three to four credit hours, so this means that for each class
you should spend about six to eight hours studying. Full-time students should
anticipate spending about 30 hours each week studying." |
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Exercise: Estimate & Calculate your Free Time |
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Friday: |
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Discussion |
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Week 9, 10.15 |
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Monday: |
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Poetic Expression and Human Identity |
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• demo-Approaches to Poetry |
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• three examples |
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• Literary Terms |
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Tuesday: |
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Early Forms of English Verse |
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• English Ballads |
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• examples |
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• video-Kate Rusby, "I Am Stretched on Your Grave" |
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Wednesday: |
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Examples of Human Experience |
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• Haiku |
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• examples • —and more examples |
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• Modern Equivalent |
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Thursday: |
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Examples of Human Loss / Human Gain |
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• Sonnet History |
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• Sonnet Forms |
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Friday: |
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Sonnets |
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• sonnet examples 1 |
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• sonnet examples 2 |
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• Modern sonnet examples |
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e. e. cummings |
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John Berryman & Marilyn Hacker |
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Week 10, 10.22 |
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Monday: |
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Sonnets |
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Tuesday: |
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Sonnets |
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Wednesday: |
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Sonnets |
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Thursday: |
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Sonnets |
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• Class Exercise—Day 1 |
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Friday: |
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Sonnets |
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• Class Exercise—Day 2 |
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Week 11,10.29 |
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Monday: |
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College Application Essay |
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• Princeton Review,"Popular College Application Topics" |
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E. B. White, "Once More to the Lake" |
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• White's Strategy |
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Tuesday: |
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College Application Essay |
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Wednesday: |
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College Application Essay |
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Thursday: |
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College Application Essay |
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Friday: |
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College Application Essay |
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Week 12, 11.05 |
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Monday: |
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College Application Essay |
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Tuesday: |
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College Application Essay |
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Wednesday: |
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Sentence Variation |
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• Gary Provost |
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Typical College English Lit erature Reading / Analysis |
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• demo 1: SEntence Starters |
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• demo 2: GIST |
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• demo 3: Criticism Types |
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• demo 4: Analysis Chart |
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Brother's Grimm, "Godfather Death" |
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Thursday: |
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Review or Literary Critical Theories |
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Brother's Grimm, "Godfather Death" |
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Friday: |
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Writing Workshop |
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Week 13, 11.12 |
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Monday: |
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Self Relection: Bias |
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Information Bias |
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• video–Mike Hartmann, TedxStJohns |
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Surviving your First College Week |
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• Video Review Project |
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Tuesday: |
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Video Review Project |
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Wednesday: |
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Video Review Project |
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Thursday: |
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Video Review Project |
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Friday: |
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Video Review Project |
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Week 14, 11.19 |
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Thanksgiving Break |
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Week 15, 11.26 |
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Monday: |
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Completion of Video Review Project |
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Tuesday: |
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Completion of Video Review Project |
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Wednesday: |
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Video Review Project due |
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