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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