Google Classroom Part 2

Now that we have Turnitin.com, we'll be using that to turn in our essays to check them for plagiarism and grammar. That said, we will also be using Google Classroom to turn them in for grading. We'll use the class website as the main place to find assignments and I'll link to the other sites you need to upload to from here. There are also quite a lot of resources on this site that you may have not been using. Google Classroom didn't really have a way to gather those resources for you.

Sorry if you guys feel like guinea pigs for multiple systems this year. Thank you for your patience.

See this space for information about our upcoming argument essay soon. It will be due before Christmas.

Google Classroom

For day to day announcements and assignments, we are using Google Classroom this year. You get to it by going to http://classroom.google.com. You will need to log in with your fifeschools account. Use the code we set up in class.

Ahhh, Summer!

Welcome to AP English Language and Composition!

We have a summer assignment. Don't worry; it's not too onerous. It's a little reading, a little thinking, and a little writing. Be thoughtful, but don't make it more than it is. Follow the link above for instructions and materials. Have a wonderful summer and I'll see you on September 3rd!

If you have questions, please feel free to email me!

NOTE: The summer assignment link sends you to a folder with pdf files hosted by Google Drive. You can view them in your browser, but I strongly suggest downloading the Huck Finn articles to your computer and either printing them or opening them from your computer. The browser interface won't allow you to rotate the articles (they are scanned from a book and are flipped on their side). One student told me she had a hard time reading them as it was uncomfortable to turn her head. ;) You have other options!

What's a picture of the Roman Colosseum doing on this page?

Well we just got back from an awesome trip to England and Paris! Next summer we are going to the French Riviera (Monaco, Nice, Eze) and Italy (Florence, Assisi, Rome, Sorrento, and Pompeii). If you are interested in joining us, check out the trip at http://www.explorica.com/Giddings-1059.

About half the crew on the banks of the Thames