KHS Open House English I Pre-AP – R. Feudo September 14, 2015

English I-Pre-AP Purpose: to offer an enriched, accelerated, and rigorous curriculum in order to prepare students for college-level AP courses and increase their cultural literacy. Sponsored by the College Board, which administers AP exams as well as the PSAT and the SAT.

How Pre-AP differs from level English: taught at a much faster pace separate curriculum students are routinely assessed for critical thinking skills focuses on tools and strategies to enable students to engage in “active, high-level learning,” and “develop skills, habits of mind, and concepts they need to succeed in college.”

Successful Pre-AP/AP students should be: highly focused task-oriented able to prioritize willing commit the necessary time to read analytically, think critically, and work independently both during and outside of class

Curriculum Grammar and Vocabulary Composition Individual and group presentations Research skills Broad literature program including –Fiction (A Tale of Two Cities, Ender’s Game) –Nonfiction (Isaac’s Storm, Argument) –Drama (Romeo and Juliet, A Raisin in the Sun) –Poetry (The Odyssey, Selected poems) –Visual texts AP-style strategies

Course Outline Unit 1: Pre-AP English Essentials Unit 2: The Short Story and Analytical Writing Unit 3: The Epic and the Analytical Essay Unit 4: Classic Poetry and Drama Unit 5: The Pre-20 th Century Novel and Style Analysis Unit 6: Argument and Research Unit 7: Modern Poetry and Drama

Assessment Tests – typically multiple choice AND major written components in the same test Essays – one or more major paper(s) per quarter; timed writings periodically Formative Assessments – will become more quiz-heavy as the year progresses AP-Style Work – aligned with the junior and senior AP tests (scaled down for a freshman level of understanding)

The Middle to High School Transition

Extra Help Tutorials –Monday afternoon (2:45 – 3:15) –Tuesday lunch (B block) –Wednesday lunch (B block) Make-ups and Reassessment –Tuesday afternoon (2:45 – 4:00) –Friday morning (6:45 – 7:20)

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