1. Introduction to AP Seminar
Ms. Babbitt
August 20, 2018

2. 1). Essential Reference Material (E-O-C Exam essay structures, E-O-C Exam essay rubrics, Public speaking rubric, & Logical Fallacies Reference Sheet). 2). Returned Practice Exam Essays (Weekly practice Part A’s and Part B’s). 3). Quizzes (News quizzes, “Quick-Hit” quizzes, & returned graded oral drill rubrics). 4). Graded Classwork (Do now’s, exit tickets, & classwork packets). 5). Graded Homework (Annotated readings, min exam practice, & practice blitzes) 6). Seminar Materials (Seminar readings, planning grids, & graded Seminar rubrics)
Binder Set Up

3. Our Seminar Results
100% PASS RATE!
5’s
4’s
3’s
63%
19%
18%

4. College Support for AP Capstone
Colleges that support AP Capstone (and that number is growing!) generally award elective credit for AP Seminar and AP Research. Once you are enrolled, most colleges allow you to show the registrar and/or your academic advisor your research from AP Seminar/Research and give content-specific credit based on what you researched. In other words, if your team and individual performance tasks for Seminar both dealt with biology—you would get biology credit for college.

5. AP Seminar is a Long Game

6. QUEST Question Understand Evaluate Synthesize
Team, Transform, & Transmit

7. Task % of AP Score Components
Team Project and Presentation
20%
Individual Research report (1,200 words)
Team Multimedia Presentation (8-10 minutes) and Defense Questions
Individual Research-Based Essay & Presentation
35%
Individual Written Argument (2,000 words)
Individual Multimedia Presentation (6-8 minutes) and oral defense questions
End-of-Year Exam
45%
Argument analysis of one source
Synthesis Essay of 4 sources

8. Turn & Talk
Which component of the AP Seminar Assessment do you believe will be most challenging and why?

9. What Makes Seminar Different?
Quarter 1—Primary time for day-to-day instruction.
Intellectual & Personal Freedom—long-term deadlines.
Research & Writing Focused.
Capstone Prestige.

10. Turn & Talk
How is grading in AP Seminar different than many other North Star Courses?

11. Personal & Academic Growth