1. AP Language and Composition
Ms. Sandvick

2. About Me Moved to Kingwood in 1991
Attended Hidden Hollow  Creekwood  Kingwood High School
Graduated an Oklahoma Sooner
Ninth year in the district and tenth year overall

3. AP Scores from the Last Six Years
AP Scores (Low to High) 1 2 3 4 5
National Scores
(avg )
15%
29%
30%
16% 9%
Kingwood 2017-Sandvick
(96% Participation) 1% 4%
37%
28%
Kingwood Sandvick 0% 8%
39%
35%
19%
Kingwood 2015 2%
33%
Kingwood 2014
10%
40%
34%
Kingwood 2013
17%
42%
22%
Kingwood 2012
12%
31%
55% passed
25% with a 4 or 5
95% passed
65% with a 4 or 5
92% passed
54% with a 4 or 5
89% passed
57% with a 4 or 5
90% passed
50% with a 4 or 5
83% passed
64% with a 4 or 5
88% passed
57% with a 4 or 5

4. How much credit?

5. Primary Benefit: College Preparation
Experience a college-level test
The intensity of college exams catches far too many freshmen by surprise:
“Students who have prepared for and taken the AP Exams adapt more easily to taking college essay exams, and are especially skilled in including a thesis and a well-developed argument. They are also less intimidated by sophisticated, college-level multiple-choice questions that seek to test understanding over memorization.”
—Robert Blackey, Professor of History CSU, San Bernardino

6. Sample Question

7. Sample Questions

8. Primary Benefit: College Preparation
Colleges know AP classes are challenging.
This course will live up to the reputation. Therefore, you will be better prepared to tackle college courses.

9. Hargrove, Godin and Dodd: College Grade Point Averages
AP students who scored a 1 on AP exams outperformed students who had taken neither AP nor dual enrollment
AP students who scored a 2 or higher on AP Exams outperformed all students
2007 statewide study of public four-year institutions in Texas
Provides an extensive comparison of students’ performance on several college outcomes (first and fourth-year GPA and 4-year graduation status) among three groups:
Students who took the AP course and exam
Students who took only the AP course
Students who took standard high school courses but not AP
Controls for SAT scores and SES (as measured by Free or Reduced Price Lunch status)
Source: Hargrove, Godin and Dodd, 2007

10. Supplementary Poetry and Fiction
Course Overview
Writing
Reading
Misc.
Rhetorical Analysis
Non-fiction articles
Visual Analysis
Argument
Anchor Pieces
Synthesis
Supplementary Poetry and Fiction

11. Course Overview Required Books (in the order we will read them):
The Great Gatsby—F. Scott Fitzgerald (summer)
The Things They Carried—Tim O'Brien
Persepolis—Marjane Satrapi
The Demon in the Freezer—Richard Preston
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
—Frederick Douglass
The Devil in the White City—Erik Larson
 Death of a Salesman – Arthur Miller

12. Support System Area Support Day/Time Instruction Tutoring
Tuesday/Thursday (11:40)
Technology
Remind 101
To 81010
Website
separated by unit

13. Upcoming PSAT
PSAT
Good practice for SAT
Test date: Saturday, Oct. 14