AP English Literature and Composition Mrs. Samantha Stewart

“Meet the Teacher Night” Presentation

contact information O Mrs. Samantha Stewart O O ext Please do not hesitate to contact me with questions or concerns. I value our conversations!

Presentation Goals O Teaching philosophy O Course goals O Course components O Materials and resources O AP exam overview

Teaching Philosophy My values as an educator: Empathy, Inquiry, Self-Awareness and Self-Appreciation It is my sincere hope and ultimate goal that each of my students leaves my course more empathetic, curious, and self-aware. I genuinely want students to recognize all they are capable of and to be proud of the individuals they are.

Course Objectives 1. to offer students a college-level seminar course which challenges them to explore other cultures and interpret varied literary genres; 2. to refine writing skills; 3. to prepare students for demanding college English programs as well as for the AP examination

Course Components O Focus on preparation for AP exam O Minimum of a dozen texts from June through May O About one paper every two weeks O Cultural reviews O “Own a poet” research project

Assigned Texts O Students’ Instructional Texts: O The Language of Literature: British Literature, McDougall Littell, O Writing About Literature (10 th or 11 th Edition), Edgar V. Roberts, Prentice Hall.

Assigned Texts O Students’ Assigned Literature: O 1984, George Orwell, Signet Classic, O Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoevsky (translated by Constance Garnett), Bantam Classic, O Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller, Penguin Plays, O Frankenstein, Mary Shelley, Penguin Classics, O Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck, Penguin Books, *summer O Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad, Signet Classics, 1997 (from Heart of Darkness and The Secret Sharer paperback). O Hamlet, William Shakespeare. O The Metamorphosis, Franz Kafka (from Classics of Modern Fiction, edited by Irving Howe, Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1993). O Song of Solomon, Toni Morrison, Penguin Books, *summer O Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë, Bantam Classics, 1983.

Assessments and Grading O 60% formal writing assignments O 20% quizzes O 20% participation in discussions and activities O 80% summative / 20% formative O The final for this course will be a full practice AP Literature exam taken before the AP exam in May.

Suggested Materials O Binder O Dividers O Sticky notes O Colored pens O Highlighters O Notecards

AP exam overview

Two Sections, Three Hours O Multiple Choice O one hour O 55 multiple choice questions O five poetry and prose excerpts O about questions each O 45% of entire test O Free Response O two hours O three essays O one on poetry, one on prose excerpt, one open- ended O 55% of entire test

AP Literature vs. AP Language O This course focuses on literature O Literature exam is a requirement O Language exam is an option O very similarly structured exam; content and focus is on rhetoric and non-fiction

Thank you!