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Bayonet English has written 81 posts for Bayonet

1800s

Notes 1800s Literature Notes (here) Poe Notes (here) Bierce Notes (here) Gilman Notes (here) Gilman Text (here) London Notes (here) Emerson and Thoreau Notes (here) Assignments Emerson and Thoreau Study Guide (here) Resistance to Civil Government Group Work (here) Resistance to Civil Government Images (here) and (here) Pitch Presentation Instructions (here) Pitch Presentation Rubric (here) … Continue reading

Independent Nonfiction Book Talk

Book Talk Log Instructions Book Talk Log Instructions (pdf) Book Talk Log Instructions (doc) Book Talk Log Rubric (doc) What We’re Reading (sheet) Ideas for Books Good Reads Best Non-Fiction (Strong List) New York Times Top 10 Best Sellers Non-Fiction  BuzzFeed’s Top Non-fiction of 2016

Colonialism

Notes Presentation Notes (pdf) Colonialism Review (pdf) Argumentative Writing Notes (pdf) Argumentative Writing Rubric (pdf) Creating Impactful Slide Decks (web) Assignments Lesson Plan Handout (pdf) Lesson Plan Rubric (pdf) Paine and Henry Analysis (pdf) AP Abigail Adams Analysis (pdf) AP Alfred Green Analysis (web) AP Ben Franklin Multiple Choice (pdf) Links Bradford–CBS Sunday Morning’s History … Continue reading

Leadership Videos

Find Your Why – Simon Sinek – TED Talk Fired Up, Ready to Go – Barak Obama

Videos Gatewood Likes

Break Free – Adidas Brene Brown – Empathy  Dear Basketball – Kobe Bryant Don’t Sneak – NPR StoryCorps Emmett and Erling – KARE 11 Fired Up, Ready to Go – Barak Obama Malcolm Mitchell and Power of Reading – CBS Sunday Morning News The Power of One Caring Adult Rule Yourself – Under Armor Story … Continue reading

AI

AI Module Pew Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humans NPR Artificial Intelligence Stories NPR Arrest Using AI NPR China Hickvision NPR AI in China  

Course Expectations

The Honors/Advanced Placement English courses at Shawnee Mission South will distribute novels to students on the first day of school.  Students will be tested on the novels after the first two weeks of school.  Students must be prepared to read their novels while simultaneously completing other in-class activities — the discussion of the novel, the annotation … Continue reading

Readings

Getting a Second Wind – Reilly, Rick – SI Hamilton – Posnanski, Joe – NBC Sports Saving the Self in the Age of the Selfie – McWilliams, James – American Scholar

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

Notes Cuckoo’s Nest Context Notes (here) Cuckoo’s Nest Chapters 1-5 Notes (here) Cuckoo’s Nest Chapters 1-5 Stations (here) Cuckoo’s Nest Chapters 6-16 Study Guide (here) Cuckoo’s Nest More Context Notes (here) Cuckoo’s Nest Chapters 17-26 Stations (here) Cuckoo’s Nest Chapters 27-End Notes (here) Assignments AP Language and Composition — Question 1 Synthesis Essay on Conformity Prompt … Continue reading

AP Enrollment Information

AP Enrollment Information (here) AP Credit Calculator (here) College Board AP Resources and Supports (here) College Board The Big Future (here)