TO INCOMING PRE-AP ENGLISH II STUDENTS

 

This class purchases its own books in order to be able to annotate passages in the books and keep them for AP.

 

The following is a list of supplies you will need to have when school opens in August:

 

PLEASE bring a box of tissues and a roll of paper towels when we begin class. These should last us both semesters if everyone donates. Thanks!

 

          Pre-AP, Honors II     Course# 1003500C

 

Edith Hamilton’s         Mythology

The Iliad                       Read over the summer

Ethan Frome                by   Edith Wharton

The Great Gatsby        by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Grapes of Wrath   by John Steinbeck

 

www.greatsource.com Writing for College (may order this from Amazon online—less expensive)

Roget’s Thesaurus       Get a collegiate level edition that will be small enough to fit into your backpack; you will use this from now through college.

 

I provide other/additional books that are class sets.

 

For home use: a large, unabridged college level dictionary

 

A large 3 ring clip out notebook ( it will need to “grow”)

A red grading pen and black pen; pencils (for essays)

Dividers with tabs for your notebook

Plenty of notebook paper, college or regular ruled

2 sets of index cards for vocabulary (SAT words)

                                                                                          

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How to set up your notebook:

 

1.      Put plenty of paper behind each tab section.

 

2.      Fill out your tabs as follows:

 

A.      Vocabulary

B.       Grammar

C.      Writing

D.      Class Notes

 

Put your flash cards into a pocket of your notebook. Color cards or white ones are acceptable.

 

Have your notebook set up when school opens so you will be ready to begin at once.

 

We will do two allusion units first term:  Greek mythology and Bible (as literature).  Each of these is a required foundation for college literature.

 

You will learn to do AP format writing and to analyze passages, to read closely, and to work with persuasive passages.