3-Ring Notebook
Loose Leaf
Blue or Black Pens
Pencils
Composition Notebook
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You may contact me at 895.7461. I am available for students throughout the day; I am available for parents from 2:45pm -3:20pm each day. When I am in class, leave a message and I'll return your call as soon as time permits. Otherwise, you may e-mail me at mtubert@frankfort-schuyler.org. 
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My Expectations for class are as follows:
Be prepared.
Do your work to the best of your ability.
Be courteous and respectful to your peers.
Be courteous and respectful to me.
Be in your seat by the time that the bell rings.
Have all of your materials with you each day.
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We will begin with a brief short story unit, followed by a journey into ancient Greek culture as we read Medea. The other units that followinclude A Misummer Night's Dream, Twelve Angry Men, poetry, and Night. Most of the writing that you will do are parallel tasks to the ELA 11 exam. These activities combined with impromtu speeches will keep you very busy meeting the New York State standards in English Language Arts (ELA). Look at this course as a chance to express your creative side. 
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Are you ready for a challenge? Of course you are! AP is a lot of reading, writing, and discussing. We will begin with Jane Eyre. The question that we need to ask ourselves is "Why is this extraordinary female so important?" Once we have mastered the 19th Century British novel, we will read some short stories that will provide studies in certain literary elements. Later, we will read The Great Gatsby, the voice of the fascinating jazz age, chronicled so well by F. Scott Fitzgerald. After this, we will cross the Atlantic, journeying to Nigeria through Chinua Achebe's novel, Things Fall Apart. There we will have to ask ourselves the question: why do things fall apart? Poetry will follow; this is a very important unit and is under construction at the moment! Lastly, we will return to novels and plays. We will discover characters who are blinded by truth, revenge, honor, duty, passion, and jealousy! What we must consider is how much of what these characters reveal is the true side of human nature? We will write often with the goal of improving our writing skills as well as our analytical and critical reading, thinking, and writing skills. The exam is a goal, not the major goal of this course; the major goal is to improve your ELA skills so that you will be confident and successful in college courses - in any discipline. If you work hard at this, you will be well prepared for the exam. |
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