1 / 5

Advanced Placement Class Information

Advanced Placement Class Information. Advanced Placement Considerations. -1.0 bump on my GPA (only if the AP exam is taken) -College credit potential or course exemption -Rigorous College Syllabus -Develops writing and critical thinking skills

sarah-todd
Download Presentation

Advanced Placement Class Information

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Advanced Placement Class Information

  2. Advanced Placement Considerations -1.0 bump on my GPA (only if the AP exam is taken) -College credit potential or course exemption -Rigorous College Syllabus -Develops writing and critical thinking skills -Must demonstrate superior performance for “A” grade -Must balance extra curricular with AP course load -Absences impact content retention -Independent learning is an expectation NO AP DROPS AFTER THE FIRST THREE WEEKS $86.00 for each exam = 1.0 bump on your transcript

  3. AP Literature Five novels read outside class each semester Many short stories and poems read in class each day Extensive practice in test-taking and writing At least 10 major essays per semester Many quizzes and projects College-level expectations (literature selection, independent work, analysis and work product) “C” grade will be the average Nightly homework in addition to the novels AP Language 3 novels and 1 novella Nonfiction Articles (Magazine articles from Time, Newsweek, Esquire, Shape, Men’s Health, New Yorker, etc.) emphasis on nonfiction analysis Textbook readings nightly, with occasional assessments Analyze and interpret samples of good writing, identifying and explaining an author’s use of rhetorical strategies and techniques 10 major essays per semester, approximately one essay/week Develop a wide-ranging vocabulary to appropriately and effectively write prose General Requirements

  4. AP Literature Prayer for Owen Meany—John Irving Slaughterhouse Five—Kurt Vonnegut Life of Pi—Yann Martel Invisible Man—Ralph Ellison Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead—Tom Stoppard Poisonwood Bible—Barbara Kingsolver Song of Soloman—Toni Morrison Othello--Shakespeare Billy Budd—Herman Melville Pride and Prejudice—Jane Austin Heart of Darkness—Joseph Conrad Death of a Salesman—Arthur Miller The Stranger—Albert Camus Siddartha—Herman Hesse Cannery Row—John Steinbeck AP Language The Overachievers –Alexandra Robbins Everything’s an Argument – John J. Ruszkiewicz & Andrea A. Lunsford The Shawshank Redemption— Stephen King The Kite Runner—Khaled Hosseini Into the Wild—John Krakauer Tuesdays with Morrie–Mitch Album Princess –Jean P. Sasson Glass Castle—Jeannette Walls If It Bleeds, It Leads: An Anatomy of Television News – by Matthew R. Kernel In Cold Blood—Truman Capote All the King’s Men – by Penn Warren Song Dogs – by Colin McCann Growing Up—by Russell Baker A Sampling of Books

  5. Still Unsure?? Visit the HHS Website for AP Course Information; you will find a detailed example of the course syllabus. “Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” - Martin Luther King Jr.

More Related