Copyright (c) 2013 Austin Independent School District. All rights reserved. The latest News & Announcements from Frank Pool. http://archive.austinisd.org/staff/238 Please read the essay for class discussion on Thursday http://archive.austinisd.org/staff/238&opt=viewNews&id=000000000029581 2013-05-17 http://archive.austinisd.org/staff/238&opt=viewNews&id=000000000029581 Below you will find a link to the released AP prompts for many years. Study these, particularly question 3, the open-ended question. As you look at released question 3 prompts, think about how you could answer them with the books we have read this year. http://archive.austinisd.org/staff/238&opt=viewNews&id=000000000029522 2013-04-30 http://archive.austinisd.org/staff/238&opt=viewNews&id=000000000029522 On Friday we will have a discussion of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. Bring the novel, the Gale article from which you selected a quotation, and be sure to read the article below before class. http://archive.austinisd.org/staff/238&opt=viewNews&id=000000000029475 2013-04-17 http://archive.austinisd.org/staff/238&opt=viewNews&id=000000000029475 Bring The Great Gatsby to school on Wednesday, March 27th. Also go back and read or re-read the Gale Article in the previous post. See below. http://archive.austinisd.org/staff/238&opt=viewNews&id=000000000029322 2013-03-25 http://archive.austinisd.org/staff/238&opt=viewNews&id=000000000029322 Finish reading The Importance of Being Earnest. Go to the two sites listed below and read them. There will be a quiz on Monday that includes information from these. http://archive.austinisd.org/staff/238&opt=viewNews&id=000000000029308 2013-03-21 http://archive.austinisd.org/staff/238&opt=viewNews&id=000000000029308 I came across this on the Internet. Well worth your time. Look below. http://archive.austinisd.org/staff/238&opt=viewNews&id=000000000029280 2013-03-14 http://archive.austinisd.org/staff/238&opt=viewNews&id=000000000029280 Here is a paper written a couple of years ago by an Anderson student, Kate Murray. Although it has no works cited page (be SURE you include one) it effectively covers the requirements of the paper. http://archive.austinisd.org/staff/238&opt=viewNews&id=000000000029237 2013-02-28 http://archive.austinisd.org/staff/238&opt=viewNews&id=000000000029237 I have added a few more details to flesh out the rubric given you before on the Hamlet paper. Please look at it below. If you have questions, you can email me. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE, however. http://archive.austinisd.org/staff/238&opt=viewNews&id=000000000029197 2013-02-22 http://archive.austinisd.org/staff/238&opt=viewNews&id=000000000029197 IB students will be doing their formal orals in about a month. You need to be familiar with Seamus Heaney's poems given out in class, and you need to read the following book review for its insights. I would recommend printing it out and highlighting the passages you find most helpful. see below http://archive.austinisd.org/staff/238&opt=viewNews&id=000000000029177 2013-02-18 http://archive.austinisd.org/staff/238&opt=viewNews&id=000000000029177 You should finish reading Hamlet BEFORE coming to class on Wednesday the 19th. You also need to have selected the passage and movie version that you will write about in your Hamlet assignment. http://archive.austinisd.org/staff/238&opt=viewNews&id=000000000029176 2013-02-18 http://archive.austinisd.org/staff/238&opt=viewNews&id=000000000029176