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

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.”

Curriculum Course Focus: “The Great Conversation” Grammar and Vocabulary Composition and Research skills Broad literature program of world literature classics –Fiction (Crime and Punishment, Lord of the Flies) –Nonfiction (Hiroshima, Argument, & Essays) –Drama (Antigone, Julius Caesar) –Poetry (The Iliad, Beowulf, Sir Gawain and the Greek Knight, Canterbury Tales, etc.) –Visual texts AP-style strategies

Course Outline Unit 1: Rhetorical Analysis Unit 2: Literary Analysis Unit 3: Greek Literature Unit 4: Early English Literature Unit 5: Synthesis and Research Unit 6: Literary Criticism

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 – primarily quizzes in the sophomore year AP-Style Work – aligned with the junior and senior AP tests

Preparation for Multiple-Choice Section Timed tests Practice AP multiple-choice style questions Teach literary terms Teach question answering strategies

Preparation for Free-Response Section Timed writings Compositions both in and outside of class Literary and rhetorical terms Passage analysis strategies

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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