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Back to School
AP English
Shawn Chen
Period 3
AP English Literature
The College Board– Gaston Caperton—gone but not forgotten– David Coleman—new president– ETS—connection to college board
“English” Literature– The Brits Novels, plays, short
1500-present stories, poems– The Yanks
1600-present
AP Test in May
Credit offered at your prospective school Study sessions offered; not required Last year’s pass rate 99%ish Structure of the test
– 3 parts– 1 hour/5 passages/55 questions– 2 hours/3 essays/1 prose, 1 poetry, 1 “open”
THE COLLEGE ESSAY
Mindset Brainstorming Drafting Sharing Drafting November 1-15 NAGGING
Parent portal
Mira Costa High School homepage
Powerschool—
Virtual gradebook Updated every 5 weeks—sometimes closed
between updates Cumulative grade not always available Assignment grades and assignment
descriptions ARE available
The Literature
Summer Reading– The Circle, White Teeth, How to Read Literature Like a Professor
Poetry– Lyric, narrative, formal(villanelle, sonnet), classical
Novels– Montana 1948, Heart of Darkness, The Stranger, Crime and
Punishment, Snow Falling on Cedars Drama
– Hamlet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, Rhinoceros, M. Butterfly Short Stories— Bartleby, Carver, Saunders, AM Homes
Googledocs/Googlebooks/Etext
Kindle fine Etext ok Electronic submissions
– Turnitin.com– googledocs
The Methods
Class Discussion– Small group/whole class
Timed Writing “book tests” Practice Multiple Choice
– Prose– Poetry
Projects/composition book
Homework
Reading (schedule posted on website) Informal poetry analysis Articles and readings available on website Substantial research-based essays (second
and third quarter) Vocabulary
Grading Policies
Writing35%
Classwork20%
HW10%
tests/projects
35%
LATE, MISSING, Truant
“second semester senior”—it’s not “a thing” Trips, conferences, school visits. GO online 1 day 5%, 2 day 10%, 3 day half credit only At semester I check for truants “0” for truants
Meetings/Questions
Lunch Before school After school WEDNESDAY OFFICE HOURS!!
Ext-5212 Email