Monday-Thursday, June 29-July 9 (no meeting July 3)
This on-line course will include a combination of group instruction, small group collaborations using available group formats, and individual assignments.
Days 1 and 2: Overview of AP English Literature and Composition Course and Examination
- Introductions/ goals/ questions
- Equity and Access
- Course description
- Overview of AP Literature: Course and Exam Description (Effective Fall 2019)
- Big Ideas / Enduring Understandings / Essential Knowledge
- Overview of AP English Literature examination
- Structure of exam
- Skills assessed on Multiple Choice exam
- Conceptual Framework
- Free Response Essays
- Skills tested on Free Response Essay
- AP Classroom - On-Line Resources
Days 3, 4: Analysis Short Fiction
- Close study: Short Fiction Units 1, 4, 7
- Begin planning Unit 1: Short Fiction I
- Focus lesson: Close Reading: Syntax
- Rubric Training: short fiction
- Read and score essays for 2019 Question 2: Short Fiction
Day 5 and 6: Analysis: Poetry
- Close study: Poetry Units 2, 5, 8
- Begin planning Unit 2: Poetry I
- Focus lesson: TPCASST
- Focus lesson: Comparative poetry
- Rubric Training: Poetry
- Read and score essays for 2019 Question 1: Poetry
Day 7 and 8: Analysis: Longer Fiction or Drama
- Close study: Longer Fiction and Drama Units 3, 6, 9
- Begin planning Unit 3: Longer fiction and Drama I
- Focus lesson: Strategies for teaching Shakespeare
- Rubric Training: Longer Fiction and Drama
- Read and score essays for 2019 Question 3: Literary Analysis
- Sharing: best practice- literary discussions
- Strategies for teaching literary analysis:
- Focus Lesson: Strategies for teaching Shakespeare
- Putting it all together
- Questions and concerns
- Sharing of best practice