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Open House 2014 AP Literature Amy Klenz
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Intro Amy Klenz 16 th year at WHS 9 th year teaching AP Lit Bachelor’s from Miami University Master’s from Cleveland State University
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Advantages of the AP program College credit – up to 6 semester hours for $87 test fee Credit conferring differs from school to school based upon test score, check w/ admissions, web pages, etc. Academic rigor in the senior year Analytical skills for higher level thinking Writing skills for college level writing
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How AP Lit differs from other 12 th grade options Focus exclusively fiction Some literary criticism In-class, timed essays v. out of class Major poetry focus HW almost exclusively reading – 30 pages per night is typical w/ major works Not just reading for comprehension – reading for analysis
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SENIOR YEAR CONCERNS College essays – Not assigned for class but I will ABSOLUTELY read/comment on them English Department month of October Wednesday mornings 7:25-7:50 in library/media center Teachers available to meet one-on-one to proof essays Bring prompt and concerns Applications/Recs
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AP Lit Exam Scoring 1-5, 5 is best, 3 is passing score Historically, average at WHS last 6 years is between 3.4-3.9 2 sections 1 st section: Multiple Choice 1 hour to read 5 literary texts (some prose, some poetry) that students have not been exposed to prior and answer 55 Analytical questions 2 nd section: Essay 2 hours to respond in well-organized manner to 3 essay prompts Poetry Prose Open-ended
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Brief Syllabus Major texts Jane Eyre– Bronte King Lear– Shakespeare A Thousand Acres – Jane Smiley The Scarlet Letter – Hawthorne Beowulf/Grendel – Anonymous/Gardner Oedipus the King - Sophocles Writing Majority – in-class essays, lit analysis Poetry Explication, lit analysis, quizzes Vocabulary program Sadlier-Oxford Level H
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