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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

– schen@mbusd.org