Let's Clear Things Up

UPDATE AS OF 04/28/20:

EVERYONE SHOULD READ THE NEW INFO IN THE POST ABOVE AND THE DIRECTIONS FOR THE TEST TAKERS BELOW--IT MAY CHANGE YOUR MIND ABOUT TAKING THE EXAM!!  We've been doing the exact question prompt for four years!!

Back to the directions...

If you have a question, check here or in previous texts before asking me on Remind.  My response time may be slower than normal, because keep my phone away from me more, since I'm working online so much now.


​ALL Students:

• A few of you still have not joined Google Classroom--you must join using your school email address and code gxuyxmu.
  • ​This is where you'll turn in work, unless we HAVE TO make other arrangements.
• ​The books we ordered did not come in at all, so IF you paid me for a book, complete this form to get reimbursed.
  • This is a long process, and all info has to be manually entered by myself and the bookkeeper, so please be patient.  Make sure your address is correct!
• ​I will be at GRC again on Thursday, 04/30 (10-3), so if you need to return ANY BOOKS OR WORK, I'll have boxes set up in the BACK middle doors, just like I did on Friday, 04/17​.
  • ​Just keep in mind I won't touch it for at least a week to make sure it's all safe.
  • I'll be packing up my room for the end of the year, so send happy thoughts :(
• ​PLEASE NOTE: I CANNOT GIVE YOU A GRADE FOR THIS REQUIRED COURSE FOR GRADUATION IF YOU DON'T SUBMIT ANY WORK.  I'LL SAY IT AGAIN LATER/LOUDER FOR THOSE IN THE BACK...

If you ARE taking the AP Lit exam:

• If you haven't already read the post above this, read that first!  It changes our entire schedule and plan, and makes life so much easier!!
• STOP READING The Kite Runner, unless you just want to read it.
  • ​You may return the book to me on Thursday, 04/30 (10-3).  I'll have boxes set up in the BACK middle doors, just like I did a few weeks ago.  This is the same day as the graduation cap & gown pick up day.
• Don't do the packet!
• Don't do anything with Shakespeare!
• Starting Tuesday afternoon, 04/28, I will provide you with practice prompts that you will write and submit for feedback.  
  • ​We'll do this as many times as you want to until the day of the exam, but I'll decide how many I need for a "Final Exam" grade for the class.
  • ​PLEASE NOTE: I CANNOT GIVE YOU A GRADE FOR THIS REQUIRED COURSE FOR GRADUATION IF YOU DON'T SUBMIT ANYTHING.  Some of you have been completely non-responsive--I have to have work from you in order to give you a grade.

• Yes, I KNOW school is technically over as of Tuesday, 05/05, but your AP English Lit exam isn't until Wednesday, 05/15, at 2pm. 
  • I will help you with the content and FRQs after May 5th, if you want me to.  45 minute exam, ONE FRQ = possible college credit for $100, rather than $$$$, plus a weighted grade?!  Give it a go!

If you're still NOT taking the AP Lit exam:

• You did NOT need to come pick up anything from me last week;

• The only assignment you need to complete is the Shakespeare booklet project OR the Alternative Book Report posted in Google Classroom and described in a previous post.
  • You can use the movie versions of any of the plays I listed below or you can read/listen to the audiobooks listed.  Do not watch Ten Things I Hate About You or She's The Man and call it a day--those aren't the right plays, even, and they are also loosely based on the original.  LOOSELY.
  • THE DIRECTIONS FOR SUBMISSION ARE ON GOOGLE CLASSROOM
  • I don't care which you choose, just make sure you're creative and focus on THEME and CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT, not Plot Summary.  You've done this type of project several times for me already--you've got this!
  • The Booklet project OR the Alternative Book Report are both due on Google Classroom by 11:59pm, Tuesday, May 5, 2020.

• If you're missing anything, I'll work with you on grades.  Students may be done May 5th, but teachers are still on the clock until the end of May, so "I'll be there for you" (raise your hand if you sang that correctly).
• PLEASE NOTE: I CANNOT GIVE YOU A GRADE FOR THIS REQUIRED COURSE FOR GRADUATION IF YOU DON'T SUBMIT ANYTHING
  • ​I gave you this basic assignment on Friday, March 13, so you'll have had a month and a half to complete it.  It's not asking too much, y'all.
  • Some of you have been completely non-responsive--I have to have work from you in order to give you a grade.