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Academic Services

April 2013

AP Seminar

ForAP English Language

and CompositionWELCOME

Academic ServicesApril 2013

Community Builder:Just like me…..

1. One person begins introducing themselves to the group

2. When another person in the audience hears something the previous person shared that is “just like them” the chime in say “ that’s just like me”

3. The person that chimed in saying “ that’s just like me begins introducing themselves starting with the connection from the previous person.

4. Repeat step 2 and 3 until all members in the audience have introduced themselves.

Students will share with the class one strategy or tip they will use on

exam day

AP SeminarCBC

I DO

•Instructor will review the 21st Centry skills and AP success stats with students and make a conncetion to the AP Seminar•Instructor will review specific content for AP course of study

WE DO

• Instructor and students will utilize test taking strategies to answer multiple choice and free response answers

YOU DO

• Students will utilize materials from the AP Seminar to study for AP exam

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3 Learning Goal: Learners will understand and implement effective test taking strategies for passing AP exams.

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• Learners will: utilize content knowledge learned in AP courses coupled with effective test taking strategies to increase pass rate by completing practice AP test questions

Bellwork: Community Builder

Strategic Plan Goal # 1Increased Student Achievement

NEXT STEPS:1. Utilize new learning and implement on AP exam2. Continue to study for AP exam

Benchmarks:

Exit ActivityEssential Question:How do we revolutionize the way we teach, lead, and learn for 21st century success?Common Language:

• Advanced Placement• Effective Strategies

21st Century Skills Tony Wagner, The Global Achievement Gap

1. Critical Thinking and Problem Solving2. Collaboration and Leadership3. Agility and Adaptability4. Initiative and Entrepreneurialism5. Effective Oral and Written

Communication6. Accessing and Analyzing Information7. Curiosity and Imagination

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SchoolsLake County Schools….

– Named to the College Board District Honor Roll

Content Overview• Close Reading of The Gettysburg Address;

allow students 5-8 minutes - Individually.• During that time the students should

UNRAaVEL the material noting Vocab, Tone, and author techniques.

• Divide into groups of four to five• Now, in their groups the students should

discuss SOAPStone while the Instructor circulates.

• NEVER fall for false analogies. I know we use them a lot, however, you need to be smarter than a …

• Allow 15 minutes for this activity.• As a whole group have a “brief” five minute

wrap up from each groups findings.

Strategies and Practice: Multiple

Choice• 5 Minute overview of the MC section

– Number and type of readings– Length (60 minutes)– No penalty for “guessing”– 45% of exam grade– Preview the questions before reading

the passage – DON’T SPEND MORE THAN 2-3 MINUTES

– Read the passage, making sure to annotate as you read

Stem Questions• Distribute and quickly review Types of Stems• Have students read Once More To The Lake as a

group (5 – 8 minutes)• Have each group compose 2 highlighted questions

from each of the 5 tested categories: (15 minutes)– Questions about Rhetoric– Questions about the Author’s Meaning and

Purpose– Questions about the Main Idea– Questions about Organization and Structure– Questions about Rhetorical Modes

• Round robin, ask and answer questions. (5 minutes)

• Collect group questions – they will be returned to their AP teacher

Strategies and Practice: Free

Response• 5 Minutes review of the 3 types of essays:

– Synthesis– Rhetorical analysis– Argumentative

• Testing conditions– You will have 2 Hours and 15 minutes; the 15

minutes should be used to read and annotate the documents associated with the Synthesis question

• All essays have the same point value• The essay portion of the exam is 55% of the Exam

Synthesis Question20 Minutes

• Difference DBQ and Synthesis Question from College Board– YOU ARE ANALYZING (Synthesis) NOT SUMMARIZING

(DBQ)• Break down the prompt

– What are you being asked to do?• Cues, questions, and advanced organizers• Generating and testing hypothesis• Summarizing and note taking

• Types of documents the student can expect• Remember you MUST CITE YOUR SOURCES IN YOUR

ESSAY• Review the 2012 Synthesis question documents and

prompt– Brief discussion of what’s asked– Show student examples, review “top score”

Rhetorical Analysis Question (20

Minutes)• This essay requires you to get into the mind of

the author.• What was it he/she wanted their audience, and by

extension you, to know?• Most importantly, the prompt will ask you how the

author developed their point – those rhetorical terms and devices.

• You MUST live in the document• You MUST specifically cite line numbers and/or

quote from the source making sure you explain why you chose the material and what it is (zeugma, synecdoche, what have you).

• Now, look at the 2012 Rhetorical Analysis Prompt and write your opening paragraph.

• We will collect it and return it to your AP teacher

Argumentative Question (20

minutes)• I hate to tell you this, but you actually have to

take a stand and prove your point.• You MUST use the active voice

– Never, ever “think” or “believe” after all YOU ARE THE AUTHOR OF THIS ESSAY

• Acknowledge and refute the counter argument.• Now look at the 2012 Argumentative Question and

write your thesis and bullet point your outline – what is your argument and what are your points

• We will collect these and return them to your AP teacher.

Exit Activity• With a shoulder partner, turn

and talk about one strategy you will utilize on your AP exam and why.

Lake County Schools Investing In Excellence!

College and Career Readiness

Academic Services

April 2013