AP Language and Composition (Period 1, 2) Assignments
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- 2011-2012 School Year
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- English
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This college-level course provides students with the tools to critically read and analyze a range of challenging non-fiction prose selections and develop an awareness of rhetoric in the class readings as well as in their own writing. Though we work within the framework of American Literature and connect our readings to periods in American history, our texts and their sequencing are primarily based on the development of crucial analytical reading skills rather than historical timelines. Students will write informally and will have many opportunities to work in shorter forms and to write at-home assignments, but at heart this class is a college composition course, and they will therefore complete many timed essays as well as an argumentative research paper. Revision, including peer and instructor reviews and the writing of multiple drafts, will be an important part of most assignments.
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Chapters 12-14. Quiz.
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Chapters 10-11. Quiz.
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Chapters 6-9. Quiz.
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Chapters 1-5. Quiz.
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Chapters 13-15. Quiz.
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Due: Portfolio
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Due: Chapters 4-12. Megaquiz.
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Due: Personal Statement, typed. Choose one of the two prompts and write 500-750 words on it.
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Due: House of Mirth (Ch 1-3). Quiz.
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Reading Journals Due!
- 3/19 - "Resistance to Civil Government / Civil Disobedience" - 5 CD-CM
- 3/27 - "Letter from Birmingham Prison" - 5 CD-CM
- 3/28 - Sample Synthesis Essays - Score and Justify
- 4/19 - "Just Walk on By: Black Men and Public Spaces" - Ethos, Pathos, Logos
- 4/23 - "Myth of the Latin American Woman" - Ethos, Pathos, Logos
- 5/1 - "Once More to the Lake" - 3 CD-CM
- 5/2 - Candidate Campaign Merchandise - Page Reflection
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Bring Reading Journal supplies?
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Due: Ultimate KPP. List ten things you want to remember for the AP exam.
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Due: Multiple Choice Exam
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Due: KPP Reflection. Also read "On Being a Cripple" (244-256).
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Reading Journal 7: Peruse the campaign merchandise on Obama and Romney's websites. Develop a one-page reflection in which you analyze how the choices made by their campaign marketing executives (I made up that title--whoever it is that comes up with/gives the final approval on their merchandise) characterizes the campaign's audience and defines the candidate. (So basically, you're looking at the text (logos) to see how it appeals to its assumed audience (pathos) in establishing the candidate's character (ethos).) Reference specific items in your analysis.
I think this assignment is super fun, because they're both appealing to such distinct audiences and defining themselves so differently. Seriously, I love this assignment. Rhetoric at its clearest!
I think this assignment is super fun, because they're both appealing to such distinct audiences and defining themselves so differently. Seriously, I love this assignment. Rhetoric at its clearest!
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Due: Read "Once More to the Lake" (431-437). Reading Journal 6: 3CD-CMs
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Due: KPP Reflection. Complete Full multiple choice exam.
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Due: Read "The Myth of the Latin Woman" (91-97). Reading Journal 5: The ethos, pathos, logos activity.
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Read "The Curious Case of Trayvon Martin." Print out a copy and bring it to class.
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Due: Three timed writings and KPP reflection.
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Due: Research Paper Final Draft.
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Bring Walden
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Due: KPP Reflection
Vocab L15-L16
Vocab L15-L16
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Reading Journal 3: Read, score, and justify synthesis essays (3-5 sentences each)
Also Due: Complete peer editing research paper by 8am on turnitin.com
Also Due: Complete peer editing research paper by 8am on turnitin.com
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Due: "Letter from Birmingham Jail" (203-220). Reading Journal 2: 5 CD-CMs.
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Research Paper Rough Draft Due! Turnitin.com 8am.
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Due: Read "Resistance to Civil Government" (Thoreau). Reading Journal 1 - 5 CD-CMs.
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Due: Read "Solitude" (Walden). Reading Journal 10: Write a paragraph comparing the presentation of solitude, society, and nature to another text.
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Due: KPP Reflection.
Also: This is the last day to get alternate research paper topics approved.
Also: This is the last day to get alternate research paper topics approved.
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Due: Read Synthesis Articles. Reading Journal 9: Essay starter. Include thesis and directional statement, topic sentences for each paragraph, and main points for each paragraph.
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Vocabulary Exam L13-L14. Bring a Scantron.
Also, please bring your reading journal 7.
Also, please bring your reading journal 7.
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Due: Read "Shooting an Elephant" (284-291). Reading Journal 8: Write a paragraph analyzing the narrative structure (the choice of the author to write as a narrative) as a rhetorical choice. How does writing the event as a narrative manipulate the reader and serve the author's purpose?
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Support Denim Day!
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Due: Reading Journal 7: Read "Reading" (in Walden) and "Learning to Read" (257-266 in 50 Essays). In 1-2 pages, analyze the role of reading in a person's life. Your argument should be central, but use both essays as support (or to refute).
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Due: Read "Death of a Moth," pages 448-451 in 50 Essays. Reading Journal 6: Write an introduction and a conclusion, including a thesis (and restated thesis) analyzing the rhetorical strategies Woolf uses to convey her message.
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Due: Walden, "Where I Lived and What I Lived For." Reading Journal 4: Answer the questions below.
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Due: KPP Reflection (even though you wrote two essays, you just need one reflection, which comments on both).
Vocab L11-L12 Exam.
Vocab L11-L12 Exam.
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Due: Argument Assignment, 8 am. Turnitin.com.
For your reflection, consider: Which argument style did you like the most? Why? Which did you like the least? Why? Are there different situations in which one model will be better than the other? Are there elements from each style that you can imagine incorporating into your writing? Did you learn anything about writing arguments? How might these structures affect the writing style of future you?
For your reflection, consider: Which argument style did you like the most? Why? Which did you like the least? Why? Are there different situations in which one model will be better than the other? Are there elements from each style that you can imagine incorporating into your writing? Did you learn anything about writing arguments? How might these structures affect the writing style of future you?
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Due: Toulmin Argument. Approximately 2 pages. Read "Should the Obama Generation Drop Out?" and defend, refute, or qualify the claim: Some jobs should eliminate their expectation of a bachelor's degree.
"I Owe U" is not assigned, but is relevant in considering the issue and, I think, a[n eye-opening and disheartening] must-read for college-bound students.
"I Owe U" is not assigned, but is relevant in considering the issue and, I think, a[n eye-opening and disheartening] must-read for college-bound students.
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Due: "What's Eating America?" (300-305). Reading Journal 3: List and explain implied or stated warrants.
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Due: Read Walden, pages 1-7, 27-42 (we will mark these pages in class). Reading Journal 2: 5 Term CD-CMs.
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Read "Games" (50 Essays). In a structured Rogerian argument, defend, refute or qualify: Videogames can be as intellectually stimulating and challenging as books. Approximately 2 typed pages
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Due: Read "The 1,000,000 Pound Banknote" (in Mark Twain's Mysterious Stranger). Reading Journal 1: 3 CD-CM on satire. Quiz.
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Print and Label (according to the Rogerian Structure) "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?"
Bring Walden
Bring Walden
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Due: Classical Argument response to new approach to bullying. Defend, Qualify, or Refute: Teaching bullied children to defend themselves with assertive words and, if words fail, physical action is the best solution. Should be approximately 2 typed pages.
Also Due: KPP Reflection.
Also Due: KPP Reflection.
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Due: Read and Label "The Obligation to Endure" (83-90) according to the Classical Argument model. Quiz.
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Due: Read "Television: The Plug-in Drug" (438-446). Reading Journal 4: Defend, Qualify, or Refute the essay's argument. Make sure you back your claim with three examples.
Reading Journals Due!
Reading Journals Due!
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Integrating Quotations worksheet due. Read Onion articles (handout). Reading Journal 3: One paragraph (minimum of 1/2 page) reflection on which article had the most effective satire and why.
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Vocab Exam L9-L10. Bring a scantron.
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Due: Read "Wiley vs Acme" (handount). Reading Journal 2: 3 CD-CMs focused on how and to what end the article uses satire.
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Due: Read "A Modest Proposal" (387-395). Reading Journal 1: A thorough SOAPStone, with quotations.
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Due: KPP Reflection 1 (1/2 page). Read and analyze handout of "Self-Reliance."
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Due: based on the insights presented in Twain's "On the Decay of the Art of Lying," write a short story (2-3 pages, typed) describing a day without lies.
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Due: Read "Jesus is a Brand of Jeans." Quiz. The article, with pictures, can be found below.
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Due: Choose a Christmas artifact--a movie, advertisement (in any form), song, decoration, etc.--and analyze its rhetoric. How does it define Christmas? How does it convey that definition. 1 page, typed.
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Bring Huck Finn.
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Due: Read "The Decay of the Art of Lying." Reading Journal 3: 5 CD-CMs.
Reading Journal Due.
Reading Journal Due.
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Finish Reading Huck Finn. Annotations due. Essay exam today.
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Read Chapters 12-23 of Huck Finn. RJ 2: Write a paragraph analyzing the effect of imagery or diction in this section.
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Due: Read "Turkeys in the Kitchen" (or "Lost in the Kitchen") in 50 Essays. RJ 1: 5 CD-CMs on humor.
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Vocab L7-L8 Exam.
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Due: Read Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 1-11. Reading Journal 13: 5 CD-CMs, each mentioning a device and relating to some sort of theme.
Reading Journal Due! (Finally.)
Reading Journal Due! (Finally.)
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Due: Score and justify your score for the sample Lincoln essays. Write 3-5 sentences for each.
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Due: Read "Allegory of the Cave," pages 292-299. Reading Journal 11: Thoroughly answer questions 1-2 on page 299.
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Due: Sentence examples (a total of 34 sentences). Typed.
KPP Reflection (make sure this is half a page). Typed.
KPP Reflection (make sure this is half a page). Typed.
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Bring 50 Essays to class today.
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Finish Woman Warrior. Timed Writing on Woman Warrior in class.
Timed Writing Final Draft due. Typed. Staple any other drafts behind it.
Timed Writing Final Draft due. Typed. Staple any other drafts behind it.
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Timed Writing Final Draft due. Typed. Staple any other drafts behind it.
This due date has been postponed until tomorrow. Halloween and undergrad awards are conspiring against me and for you. Nota bene: tomorrow's assignments have not been postponed, so use your time wisely so that Tuesday night is not too painful.
This due date has been postponed until tomorrow. Halloween and undergrad awards are conspiring against me and for you. Nota bene: tomorrow's assignments have not been postponed, so use your time wisely so that Tuesday night is not too painful.
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Read "On Compassion" (in 50 Essays, 46-49). Reading Journal 10: A thesis addressing the prompt: Analyze the rhetorical strategies the speaker uses to effectively convey his/her message.
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Due: Read Chapter 4 of Woman Warrior, "At the Western Palace." Reading Journal 9: 5 CD-CMs. Quiz.
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Due: Read chapter three, "Shaman," of Woman Warrior. Reading Journal 8: Find five quotes and complete a "Zoom-in, Zoom-out" analysis. Label the "zoom-in" section, and analyze techniques the author uses to produce an effect. (How does author present ideas?) Label the "zoom-out" section and relate the CD to the rest of the text (How does it serve author's purpose? How does it relate to larger text's motifs, themes, patterns, symbols, mood, etc.?). Quiz.
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Diction, Rhetoric, Logic, and Fallacies terms test. Bring a scantron.
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Due: Fallacies Worksheet.
Reading Journal 7: "Crisis No. 1" Thesis. Examine how Paine uses rhetorical strategies to present his argument.
Reading Journal 7: "Crisis No. 1" Thesis. Examine how Paine uses rhetorical strategies to present his argument.
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Due: Read chapters 1-2 of Woman Warrior. Reading Journal 5: 10 CD-CMs. Quiz.
*You are required to annotate Woman Warrior*
*You are required to annotate Woman Warrior*
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Due: "On Studies" imitation due. Write your own short essay (1-2 pages), "On ________," emulating Bacon's style.
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Vocab Exam L5-L6. Bring a scantron.
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Due: Reading Journal 4: Read "On Studies" (handout). Identify and explain three key elements of Francis Bacon's style. (You can do this as a list, Morgan.)
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Due: Read Patrick Henry's Speech (handout). Reading Journal 3: Identify and explore the effects of five rhetorical devices. You should quote the text, identify the rhetorical device at work, and then explore how that device functions in that specific situation.
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KPP Reflection Due
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Scarlet Letter Timed Writing.
Book annotations due.
Book annotations due.
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Due: Finish Scarlet Letter. Reading Journal 2: Write a well-structured paragraph in which you analyze the ways that the novel's conclusion supports its overall theme. (In order to successfully complete this paragraph, you must state what you consider to be the novel's theme.)
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Due: Reading Journal 1: Write a one page reflection in which you support, defend, or qualify Buckley's claim that Americans do not complain when they should. Use three good examples from your life, reading, history, etc., to defend your stance.
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Vocab L3-L4 Exam.
Reading Journal 8: Read "Why Don't We Complain?" (pages 76-82 in 50 Essays). Then write a thesis statement in which you analyze the rhetorical strategies the author uses to convey his message.
Reading Journal Due Today! Staple index/rubric sheet to back.
Reading Journal 8: Read "Why Don't We Complain?" (pages 76-82 in 50 Essays). Then write a thesis statement in which you analyze the rhetorical strategies the author uses to convey his message.
Reading Journal Due Today! Staple index/rubric sheet to back.
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Due: Scarlet Letter, chapters 13-19. Reading Journal 7: 10 CD-CMs. Highlight four diction or rhetoric terms.
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Reading Journal 6: Read, score, and explain your scoring of the three sample responses for the "Owls" essay. Each score justification should be approximately 5 sentences.
Below are the samples and the rubric used for scoring (scores range from 0-9).
Below are the samples and the rubric used for scoring (scores range from 0-9).
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Due: Scarlet Letter, Chapters 6-12. Reading Journal 5: 10 CD-CMs. Use and highlight at least two diction terms.
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Due: KPP Reflection. Write a half-page reflection discussing how you addressed your KPPs in the recent in-class timed writing. What strategies did you use to improve your writing? How successful were they? What would you like to do next essay? Do you have self-assigned KPPs?
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Dueling Diction. Write about an event, idea, person, thing, or situation twice, from opposing perspectives. Rely solely on diction (not content) to manipulate your readers' view of the event, idea, person, thing or situation. (You should model this after the handout on Dennis Rodman or the "Whiskey Speech".) Together, both descriptions should at least fill a page.
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Vocab Test, Lessons 1-2. Bring a scantron. Also, please bring The Scarlet Letter.
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Due: Reading Journal 4: Choose a passage from A Farewell to Arms. Complete a close diction analysis of the section, considering all aspects of diction that we covered in class. Make sure you type out the passage. Your analysis should be at least half a page.
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Due: The Scarlet Letter, chapters 2-5. Reading Journal 3: 5 CD-CMs. Choose five quotations from throughout the assigned reading, and then closely analyze them. Identify devices, explain how they are used, and relate to larger issues within the novel (motifs, themes, symbols, etc.). Make sure you cite the quotations.
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Bring The Scarlet Letter.
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Due: Reading Journal 2: Read the two essays entitled "How to Mark a Book" (with varied capitalization). Write a one page reflection on the two essays explaining which you found more persuasive and why.
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Bring your textbook: 50 Essays.
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Due: Reading Journal 1: Analyze the rhetoric of My Antonia's introduction. How does the introduction manipulate your view of the novel? of Antonia? of Jim? of the American Frontier? What methods does it use to shape your views? Answer this in a complete paragraph. Use quotations.
Binder Check.
Binder Check.
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Summer Reading Exam: Bring books and paper.
Signed Syllabus Contract and Attendance Forms (1st period only) due.
Signed Syllabus Contract and Attendance Forms (1st period only) due.