This, the web page for the school year 2011-2012, is for both students and parents, and will continue to be updated regularly. It does contain links to handouts, vocabulary, and supplementary research sites for students to access. VISITING this web page and reading its updates is expected, and not just suggested.

Students remain advised that, once the school year begins, there is a 9:00 pm email rule for the most recent communications for the course; students should check regularly once the course begins for last minute information.

Students should check out the "Useful Links" at the bottom of this page to familiarize themselves with the resources available for this course. These are ENORMOUSLY HELPFUL !

Students are finished with semester one, and will be reading My Antonia over Christmas break, a story of life on the frontier in the 1870s in Nebraska before it was declared a state. It is not a story with significant plot, but rather a beautiful characterization of the relationships that these pioneers and immigrants formed to survive the struggles of the plains. Students will pick up writing once again, with journal reflections over My Antonia , an evaluation of semester 1 writing, and a return to free response writing (there are 3 kinds, and two more will be introduced this month). After My Antonia, students will read Antigone, a Greek morality play about conflict between civil law and religious law. In addition, they will also read The Secret Life of Bees, a story of a young orphaned girl who discovers pieces of her past as she reconstructs the details of her mother's death and learns how to love in a deeply passionate way. An excellent movie, by the way !

Students will continue to have a rewriting option for most essays submitted, but they must follow protocol procedure.

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The Planner for APE 3 is on Mr. Murphy's APE 3 web page; it is a Google Calendar and is updated continually.

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The following materials are for the 2011 - 2012 class. There may be some revisions, but for the most part, what is provided in links below will be retained.

APE 3 2011 Summer Assignment

2011 AP English III Course Objectives

AP English III syllabus

APE 3 Classroom Expectations

Rhetorical Devices

APE 3 Book Review and Memoir Guidelines

Antigone: Internet Resources

Antigone: Study Guide

Antigone: Vocabulary

Antigone: Take-Home Essay Topics

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Secret Life of Bees: Civil Rights Information

Secret Life of Bees: Internet -- Interview with Sue Monk Kidd

Secret Life of Bees: Study Guide