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Back to School
Shawn Chen
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 100% 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– Where Angels Fear to Tread, Snow Falling on Cedars, 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
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 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
