Mrs' Giovanolas American Literature Class

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Mrs. Giovanolas American Literature Class! The
adventure begins.
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Required Materials

• A binder with at least three sections for
  English
• Homework/notes
• Vocabulary
• PAPER
• A writing utensil every day
• A positive attitude!
• One box of tissue by the end of the first week.
  (Optional)

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Course Content

• California State Standards for 11th/12th grade
• Reading Comprehension,
• Literary Analysis,
• Writing,
• Grammar, and
• Listening and Speaking Applications.
• SAT Vocabulary development

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Course Content - Schedule

• The Crucible (Puritanism)
• Skills Literary Analysis, Oral Presentations,
  Historical Investigation, Essay Organization
• Transcendentalism
• Theme American Individualism

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Course Content - Schedule

• Persuasive speaking
• American forefathers, womens lit., slave
  narratives
• Poetry
• Final Analysis of a Protest song or poem in its
  historical period

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Course Content Schedule, Semester 2

• The Great Gatsby
• Character and theme analytical writing
• Modern Multicultural Literature
• Feminist and Multicultural Criticism
• Catcher in the Rye
• Psychological interpretation and criticism

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Course Content Career Exploration

• Junior Year Academy Mentor Experience!
• Once-a-month commitment
• Counts for course credit
• Three options live mentor, e-mentor, Career
  Locker

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Grading

• 89.5 - 100 A
• 79.5 - 89.4 B
• 69.5 - 79.4 C
• Combo. of Major Assessments, Homework, Group
  Projects

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Homework Policy

• Homework will be about 50 of your grade!
• Late work 50 credit
• Posted each day
• On the board
• On my website http//www.mhsacademy.org/giovanola
  .html

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Grading Group Projects

• 5-20 Group Grade
• 80 95 Individual Grade

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Make-Up Work

• YOUR RESPONSIBILITY
• To check the website or
• To talk to me OUTSIDE of class and
• To put Absent on top of your paper and the date.

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Behavior Expectations

• Feel free to be when appropriate!
• Practice being in your work
  and in your commitments to your classmates.

silly
professional
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New Schoolwide Behavior Expectations

• All students must use a written planner.
• No electronics immediately picked up by
  security.
• gt15 minute tardy cut
• Electronic device confiscation or gt15 minute
  tardy 1 point towards social probation!

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About Me

• Time at Milpitas
• 6th year
• Education
• Santa Clara University San Jose State
• Grew up in
• Southern California (The O.C.)
• Prior work
• Hewlett Packard, Communications
• Hobby
• Volleyball!

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Contacting Me

• hgiovanola_at_mhsacademy.org
• www.mhsacademy.org/giovanola.html
• Assignment 1 Parent Contact Info.

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Assignment 2 College Dreams
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Do you like
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Do you see yourself
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The road right now is wide open
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Dont let others pass you by
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Go after your dream!
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Picture Sources

• www.scu.edu
• www.sjsu.edu
• www.stanford.edu
• www.berkeley.edu

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Junior Year NeedMentors

• Once-a-month commitment
• 2-3 hours
• Curriculum and training provided
• http//www.mhsacademy.org/mentors.htm