AP Lit Course Description
Welcome to AP Senior English. This course is designed for high-achieving students who love to read and write. AP Lit differs from AP Language in its focus on fiction, drama, and poetry. After many years, I have got this course just about the way I like it, but I am always experimenting with new activities and material. You can check summer reading lists and view my blog at wheelerhigh.com. I hope this brief overview of the class will give you some idea of what we do. Some texts for this course: Roberts and Zweig — our literature textbook Warriner’s Complete Course — our grammar text Shakespearean plays — 1 Henry IV and another to be named later 20th-century play — Wit WHAM! The Comic Book Unit -- Watchmen The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay Maus Vol. 1 or Persepolis Vol. 1 BOOM! The End of the World Unit – Endgame The Road Choice of Oryx and Crake / Alas, Babylon / The End of the World News / A Canticle for Liebowitz Truth is Stranger than Fiction Unit Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Phaedrus “Plato’s Pharmakon” Other texts TBA The Senior Project This assignment seems to cause a lot of anxiety, but it should not. Grades on the Senior Project have significantly raised the class average every year. Senior Project documents will be available at wheelerlbrary.com. Grading This course’s grades fall into 6 categories: Formative (30%), Senior Project (25%), Writing (15%), Reading Lit (10%), Vocab & Conventions (5%), Listening/Speaking (5%), and Final Exam (10%). This arrangement is the same for all AP Lit teachers at Wheeler. If there is an SGM, we will deal with that according to county policy. Quizzes will be worth 1 point per question; tests will be worth 3. Formal compositions are worth 100 points. Students may turn them in late at a penalty of 20% as per English Dept. policy. My grade profile is usually half A’s, half B’s, with a handful of lower grades. I do grade updates every week. Student grades are available on Synergy. In matters of grade scale, attendance, and tardies, we will adhere to the policies outlined in the student handbook. Parents should help students understand the importance of complete originality on all written work. Turnitin.com will show plagiarism whether intentional or unintentional. Please feel free to contact me: Jimmy Carter [email protected] www.wheelerhigh.com (click on my name) www.drcsaplit.weebly.com (class blog) College Board Students will register AP Classroom, a new practice resource for the AP Lit test. Students who want to take the AP Lit test in the spring must register at College Board and pay through Total Registration, both of which can be accessed @ wheelerhigh.com. |
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April 2020
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