Back to School Shawn Chen. AP English Literature The College Board – Gaston Caperton—gone but...

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

Meetings/Questions

Lunch Before school After school

Ext-5212 Email

– schen@mbusd.org