Open House 2014AP Literature Amy Klenz

Intro Amy Klenz

16th year at WHS 9th year teaching AP Lit Bachelor’s from Miami University Master’s from Cleveland State University

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

How AP Lit differs from other 12th 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

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

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

1st 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

2nd section: Essay 2 hours to respond in well-organized manner to 3 essay prompts

Poetry Prose Open-ended

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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