Mrs. Cumberland: 9th Grade English and A.P. Literature and Composition

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Visit the TeacherWeb® videos to learn about the features, modifications, and customizations available on your website. Click here to learn more. A.P. Literature and Composition Description small medium large Course Purpose: Advanced Placement English is a college level English course. The course challenges the motivated, college-bound student who has been successful in previous english classes. Students should already have a mastery of writing conventions and research skills. A.P. English emphasizes excellence in independent reading and writing, class participation, leadership and creativity. This course prepares students for the A.P. Literature/Composition Exam's multiple choice questions and essay prompts given by the College Board and Educational Testing Service, if they so choose. Students that pass the exam are exempt from Freshman English at more than 1,200 colleges and universities. Course Description: This course requires intensive reading of poetry and prose from a variety of periods at the college level. Students will have a better understanding of their literary heritage by reading works of famous British and American writers. The course is both demanding and intellectually stimulating. The course also teaches students how to read and evaluate primary and secondary sources in order to incorporate them into an original composition. Students will be required to document these sources using guidelines set forth by the Modern Language Association ( M.L.A.) Course Level Outcomes and Assessments: Students will read, reflect upon, analyze, and discuss a variety of literature,a ssessments include journal entries, timed essays, group and individual presentations, tests, projects, and writing assignments. Students will write for a variety of purposes. Assessments will include college essays, expository, narrative, persuasive, analytical and creative compositions. Students will apply writing convention in formal and informal compositions; writing is asssessed for conventions, sentence complexity, standard usage, and mechanics. Students will practice using the format, rhetorical strategies, and style of the Literature/composition Exam, both multiple choice questions and essay prompts, and will be assessed through practice scoring essays and taking the exam in May. Attendance: Attendance is important. As I will be expecting a lot of reading and writing; missing one day could mean missing as much as you would miss in two or three classses of regular English. Work, Work, Work You will be expected to read over the Summer ( see Summer Reading List) and one book every two or three weeks indepenently throughout each quarter. You will also be given time writing assignments based on actual questions form past A.P. exams. The A.P. rubric will be used to grade these essays. Late Work: All assignments are due on the due date whether you are in school or not. This is a college level expectation. You will have five lates to use throughout the year. This means you may hand in an assignment one day after the expetected due date. I will keep track. However, lates cannot be used two weeks prior to the end of a marking period. Once you use these, you must hand in work on time or it will result in a zero. Vocabulary: An extensive amount of voacbulary will be given and tested throughout the year. The words will come from assigned novels, the A.P. list of vocabulary to know, Vocabulary tersm approved for seniors and other appropriate sources. You will be tested on these terms and expected to use the words in your writing assignments, speeches and presentations. Writing: Writing in A.P. English encompasses literary genres, styles, devices, and themes such as the characteristic of a hero, corruptiopn in humans, order in diverse society, ethics, political and economic disparity, the threats of technology,etc. All students will assume a critical stance to analyze a variety of literature, interpreting through their knowledge of author's background, historic context, literary era, and /or style. Students should be proficient writers able to establish a thesis, organize and argue a thesis effectively, and analyze literary elements such as plot, character, setting, and theme. Expectations: Students are expected to arrive to class on time with the following tools: hard copy of the completed assignment(s) for the day, three-ring binder separated into sections ( See binder requirements which may be revised as the year progresses), a pencil and eraser, a pen, a highlighter, and anthologies and /or current literature selection. Students are expected to perform all tasks well and on time and to demonstrate respect for colleagues, instructor, and the classroom environment/materials used. Students willl await a turn to speak in class discussions and be courteous when offering opinions. Notes and Handouts: You need to keep handouts and you'll need a space to record information present in class and in assigned informational reading. Including historical context notes, biographical information aboutt he authors, literary genre, and notes on videos, etc. All notes should be neat, organized, and legible. Your notebook should be valuable to you as a place to store information and to explore your thinking on the reading. This notebook will be part of your grade. Take it more seriously than you have ever taken an English notebook before. It will be a tool to help you prepare for the exam. Literary Terms: You will be given important li8terary terms and techniques as part of the curriculum in order to assist in evaluation of pieces of literature. We will discuss these definitions and apply them to our reading. You will be held accountable and tested on these literary definitions and techniques. Journal Resposnse Log: There are two standard A.P. questions about every piece of writing: What is the author trying to accomplish ( questions of purpose, theme, audience) and How is the author accomplishing it? ( questions of structure, rhetoric, voice, literary edebvices, etc.) You will be asked to answer these questions in our study of literature. . Writing: You will be asked to write approximately two papers per quarter, one major interpretive essay over the class novel ( or another pre-appoved AP worthy selection) and one 40 minute AP essay over your outside novel. Your formal essays each quarter may be written on an extended AP topic formt he free response section or your own pre-approved topic; in either case, it should be based on a careful observation of textual details, considering the work's use of figurative language, imagery, symbolism, and tone, structure, style, and themes, and social and historical values which it reflects and embodies. Peer Editing: As part of the writing process, you are required to bioth edit others' work AND have your own work edited I should receive copies of this edited work ALONG WITH your final copy. I expect that each written assignment be edited by AT LEAST two other other students in class. Prewrites and Rewrites: Although the AP timed write or the formal essays are due on the due date, you are encouraged to set up an appointment with me to review your paper befor ethe deadline. We will spend a lot of class time reviewing both AP essays ( yours and samples from the AP reading) and formal essays once they have been turned in. Finally, you may rewrite any essay using your peer editor's and/or my comments and receive a final grade which averages the original essay and the rewrite. The remarks/peer review must be handed in with the new copy. Daily Work You will have an assignment each evening, as well as your ongoing outside novels( class and independednt). You are expected to come to class prepared, having read AND prepared the assigned selection. Preparing a selection means reading it actively and closely, taking notes when applicable and coming to class with provocative insights, questions, and ideas to share. Each day the work is not done is one more thing you lose towards your own edificationa nd education. Reading Groups Each quarter, you will be assigned one outside novel to read with a group from class. You will be asked to meet at least three times for a half and hour or more each to discuss the novel you are reading. I must be invited to one of these meetings, even if only for a few minutes. The belief here is that reading a book with the input of your peers will not only help you to better understand it but also make the experience more enjoyable overall. Mock AP We will be doing a number of Mock AP Exams throughout the year in preparation for the test; in fact, the first one will be the first week of school. Given the time constraints, most of these will be parts of the real AP rather than the full test. However, as requested, we will try to do a full test. Course Goals 1. To carefully read and critically analyze imaginative literature 2. To understand the way writers use langauage to provide meaning and pleasure 3. To consider a works structure, style, and themes as well as the use of figurative language, imagery, and tone 4. To study representative works from various genres and peruiods 5. To consider the social and historical values of the works 6. To write critical analyses of literature including expository and analytical ssays to better understand and appreciate literary artistry 7. To become aware through reading and writing the resources of langauge, connotation, metaphor, syntax, irony,a nd tone 8. TO be WELL_ROUNDED FOR THE AP EXAM Or, would you like to view and optionally restore one of these previous versions? Password: Forgot your password?

Mrs. Cumberland: 9th Grade English and A.P. Literature and Composition

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