Hayley Forys (281) st – English II Pre-AP 2 nd – English IV DC 3 rd – English II Pre-AP 4 th – English IV DC 5 th – Conference 6 th – English II Pre-AP 7 th – English II Pre-AP

English IV Dual Credit Overview Grade Distribution: Daily grades/quizzes/informal seminars (Formative) = 25% Essays/timed writings/formal seminars (Summative)= 75% College Transcript Fall 1301 = 3 hours Spring 1302 = 3 hours TOTAL= Freshmen English DONE! Turnitin.com – required for all major essays Reassessment, class policies, make-up work, tutoring times, syllabus, assignments, etc. = all on my website

Year at a Glance  First Nine Weeks – Happiness Project by Rubin, analyzing rhetoric  Second Nine Weeks – The Outliers by Gladwell, writing argument and intro to research  Third Nine Weeks – Book Projects with research  Fourth Nine Weeks – Mistakes Were Made (but not by me) by Tavris and Aronson, The Stranger by Camus, research *assorted reading, journals, vocabulary, and grammar throughout the year

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Hayley Forys (281) st – English II Pre-AP 2 nd – English IV DC 3 rd – English II Pre-AP 4 th – English IV DC 5 th – Conference 6 th – English II Pre-AP 7 th – English II Pre-AP

How Pre-AP differs from level English:  taught at a much faster pace  separate curriculum  students are routinely assessed for critical thinking skills  focuses on tools and strategies to enable students to engage in “active, high-level learning,” and “develop skills, habits of mind, and concepts they need to succeed in college.”

Curriculum  Course Focus: “The Great Conversation”  Grammar and Vocabulary  Composition and Research skills  Broad literature program of world literature classics  Fiction (Crime and Punishment, Lord of the Flies)  Nonfiction (Hiroshima, Argument, & Essays)  Drama (Antigone, Julius Caesar)  Poetry (The Iliad, Beowulf, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Canterbury Tales, etc.)  Visual texts  AP-style strategies

Preparation for Multiple-Choice Section  Timed tests  Practice AP multiple-choice style questions  Teach literary terms  Teach question answering strategies

Preparation for Free-Response Section  Timed writings  Compositions both in and outside of class  Literary and rhetorical terms  Passage analysis strategies

Course Outline  Unit 1: Rhetorical Analysis  Unit 2: Literary Analysis  Unit 3: Greek Literature  Unit 4: Early English Literature  Unit 5: Synthesis and Research  Unit 6: Literary Criticism

Assessment  Tests – typically multiple choice AND major written components in the same test  Essays – one or more major paper(s) per quarter; timed writings periodically  Formative Assessments – primarily quizzes in the sophomore year  AP-Style Work – aligned with the junior and senior AP tests

Extra Help  Tutorials  Tuesday lunch (B block)  Friday lunch (B block)  By appointment  Make-ups and Reassessment  Wednesday afternoon (2:45 – 4:00)  By appointment

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