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Cristin VanderPlas
Freshmen English                                    Global Identities
                Honors Soph Brit Literature              Global Identities Honors
NO SCHOOL Friday 20 Jan ...snow!
Here's the plan for now ...but, keep checking back.

FRESHMEN (per1&3)! 
Alright, now that we have finals next Thursday and Friday, things have changed.  Your final exam will be on Act One AND Act Two of Romeo and Juliet.   Your memorized monologue quiz will be by itself on Tuesday 24 Jan.  Study hard!  The Act One section of your Study Guide is due Monday.  We will begin Act Two on Monday in class, so be ready to go!


SOPHOMORES (per2&7)! 
Ok, now with the next schedule next week, the final exam has changed.  Your Romanticism unit test (and Poetry Elements packet due) is on Tuesday 24 January.  Your in-class essay will be Wednesday 25 Jan (on the thematic connection between your group's song and poem).  Plan accordingly.  Monday in class, we will have study and review time.  Also, we will have a study session after school on Monday (2:45-3:45) and before school on Tuesday (7:30-8:20) for anyone who needs extra help.  We will talk about the final when we get to school Monday.

Email me about any questions you have or help you need.  Study hard!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

What you need to know for the unit test: ALL the poems--with a concentration on the poems presented in class, the poets' basic bios, Romanticism notes and themes, everything in the Poetry Elements packets EXCEPT the last page on iambic pentameter and the like.


SENIORS (per6)! 
Your Church paper is due Monday if you had an extension.   For Tuesday, read and take notes on "Africa for the Africans" by Marcus Garvey--it's in your book.  Also, honors folks, use this time to think about emailing me a pre-proposal for your project.


 
 
Turnitin.com! 
All students, register this class in your turnitin account.  Click on this link https://www.turnitin.com/static/helpCenter/enrolling_in_classes.php, and use the information below to register in the correct class:
 
p1- Frosh Eng '11-'12  (class ID:4369928     Enrollment Password: redone)
 
p2- Soph Eng '11-'12   (class ID:4369947     Enrollment Password: yellowtwo)
 
p3- Frosh Eng '11-'12   (class ID:4369936     Enrollment Password: greenthree)
 
p6- Global Iden '11-'12   (class ID:4369965     Enrollment Password: bluesix)
 
p7- Soph Eng '11-'12   (class ID:4369956     Enrollment Password: pinkseven)
 
 
 
 
BOOKS NEEDED FOR MY CLASSES 2011-2012 SCHOOL YEAR (make sure to get the correct editions!)
FRESHMEN: 
1. Trash by Andy Mulligan (ISBN: 0385752148 )
2. Prentice Hall Literature (ISBN: 131317172)
3. The Gospel According to Larry by Janet Tashjian (ISBN: 9780440237921)
 
SOPHOMORES:
1. Animal Farm by George Orwell (ISBN: 0451526341)
2. Canterbury Quintet: The GP and Four Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer--Conal & Gavin (ISBN: 1893385027)
3. Macbeth by William Shakespeare--Folger (ISBN: 743477103)
4. English Romantic Poetry--Dover Thrift (ISBN: 486292827)
5. Lord of the Flies by William Golding (ISBN: 399501487)
6. Sadlier Oxford--Vocabulary F/G (ISBNs: 9780821571118 and 9780821571170)
 
SENIORS (Global Identities):
1. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (ISBN: 9780061122415)
2. The River Between by Ngugi wa Thiongo (ISBN: 435905481)
3. The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare--Folger (ISBN: 743477561)
4. On the Road by Jack Kerouac (ISBN:140042598)
5. Portable Harlem Renaissance Reader edited David Levering Lewis (ISBN: 410170367)
6. Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition by Anne Frank--Bantam (ISBN: 553577123)
7. Beat Poets edited by Carmela Ciuraru--Everyman's Library (ISBN: 3754133324)
8. Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane--Bantam (ISBN: 0553213555)