Survival Guide
English II with Ms. Nowacky
Plus some not-so-subliminal messages about reading
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English II: World Literature
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Origins of Thought and Belief
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Global Perspectives
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Cultural Conflict
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Breaking Barriers
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Archetypes
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Common themes and experiences
English II: Literary Analysis
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Novels
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Myths
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Short Stories
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Nonfiction: Articles, Letters,
Memoirs
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Theater
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English II: Writing
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Research Writing
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Literary Analysis
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Creative Writing
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Poetry
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Grammar Skills
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Vocabulary Upgrades
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You will want to check out my wiki, under Writing Tips, for oodles of info,
strategies, and reminders to help you plan, research, organize, execute, and edit
quality writing.
English II: EOC Prep
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Text Analysis
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Annotation
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Reading Tricky Questions Correctly
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Constructed Response Writing
See my wiki, under
Review Guides, for tips
on the EOC (as well as
review guides for course
tests as the semester
progresses).
Grading Policies
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We use the same grading scale as the rest of the county; see my wiki if you
don’t remember it.
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Per AK policy, formal assignments constitute 70% of your grade; informal
assignments comprise 30%.
Late work (grrrrrrrrrrr!)
Not turned in? It’s a zero.
One day late? 10% off assessed
grade
Two days late? 20% off assessed
grade
Later than that? (Seriously?)
50% off assessed grade
Power School and Human Frailty
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I keep Power School as updated as possible: most assignments are in within a
day or two. That said, essays take me considerably longer, so please be
patient as I try to give each of you all the feedback you need.
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I am an English teacher. What does that mean? It means numbers and I have
a difficult relationship. For that reason, please check your grades in Power
School. If you have any questions or it looks like I’ve made a mistake, check
with me!
Me.
I struggle
with
math.
Extra Credit:
I don’t generally deal in extra credit.
That said, I do offer optional assignments.
Optional assignments are NOT extra
credit. You will not receive "extra" points.
Instead, you will have the chance to have
an additional assignment added to your
average. See my wiki, under Optional
Assignments, for more information and for
a list of assignments that are available.
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Expectations: Respect and Courtesy
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This means paying attention in class.
Expectations: Respect and Courtesy
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It also means waiting your turn to talk.
Expectations: Respect and Courtesy
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It means courtesy and kindness to everyone.
Expectations: Effort
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This means completing all assignments, because grades aren’t free!
Expectations: Effort
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It also means studying!
Expectations: Effort
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A word on absences: effort means YOU find out what you missed and YOU
make plans to make it up. This may involve scheduling a time to meet with
me, checking my wiki or the calendar for assignments, or talking with your
classmates. If you are absent and you miss an assignment, that’s on YOU. I
will not chase after you.
Also important: if
you are absent the
day a longannounced, major
assignment is due,
that assignment
needs to reach me on
the due date.
Otherwise, it is late.
Expectations: Honesty
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My biggest pet peeve?
Cheating—and this
includes plagiarism. In
fact, this isn’t really a
pet peeve. That’s not a
strong enough word. This
is more a source of
volcanic fury barely
containable by the
admittedly penitentiarylike walls of this building.
Expectations: No Excuses!
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There is no excuse for disrespect.
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There is no excuse for a lack of
effort.
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There is no excuse for missed work
(there may be reasons, though they
are rare and few will be accepted).
This means I don’t want to hear about
your printer, your dog, or aliens.
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Required Materials: General Supplies
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Flash/jump drive
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Binder (see next slide)
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Pens and #2 pencils
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Highlighters
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Paper
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1 manila folder
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1 box of tissues
Required Materials: Notebook
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Your notebook: a 3-ring, 2-inch binder, divided as follows:
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Data/EOC prep
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Writing and Grammar (This includes your printed writing tips from this wiki, as well as drafts
and prewriting activities you are working.)
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Ancient Greece: Birthplace of Heroes and Cradle of Civilization
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Africa: Kingdoms and Conquest
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The Middle East : Ancient Wisdom, Sin and Atonement
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Asia, Europe and Latin America: Wisdom and Poetry, Fantastic Journeys
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Shakespeare and The Merchant of Venice
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Novel materials
Daily warm-ups should be completed in the sections to which their content
applies in each instance.
Each notebook entry should be dated and titled.The daily objective and
lesson-essential questions must be entered each day.
There will be periodic notebook checks.
Required Materials: Books/Novels
Standard Novels/Plays/Books to Purchase:
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The Kite Runner OR A Thousand Splendid Suns, both by Khaled Hosseini
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Much Ado About Nothing, by William Shakespeare
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The Stranger, by Albert Camus
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Vocabulary Workshop, Level E, published by Sadlier-Oxford
Honors Novels/Plays/Books to Purchase:
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The Kite Runner OR A Thousand Splendid Suns, both by Khaled Hosseini
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Till We Have Faces, by C.S. Lewis
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Much Ado About Nothing, by William Shakespeare
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Vocabulary Workshop, Level E, published by Sadlier-Oxford
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How to Read Literature Like a Professor, by Thomas C. Foster (This is not a
required purchase, but it is recommended--you will use it again in AP Literature,
and it's a fantastic resource all the way through high school and college.)
Just a reminder…
Specifically, the test will happen on Tuesday, September 1.
I hope you’ve read!
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