Open House
2014
AP Literature
Amy Klenz
Intro
 Amy
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Klenz
16th year at WHS
9th year teaching AP Lit
Bachelor’s from Miami University
Master’s from Cleveland State University
Advantages of the
AP program
 College
credit – up to 6 semester hours for
$87 test fee
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Credit conferring differs from school to
school based upon test score, check w/
admissions, web pages, etc.
 Academic
rigor in the senior year
 Analytical skills for higher level thinking
 Writing skills for college level writing
How AP Lit differs from other
12th grade options
 Focus
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exclusively fiction
Some literary criticism
 In-class,
timed essays v. out of class
 Major poetry focus
 HW almost exclusively reading – 30 pages
per night is typical w/ major works
 Not just reading for comprehension –
reading for analysis
SENIOR YEAR CONCERNS
 College
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essays –
Not assigned for class but I will ABSOLUTELY
read/comment on them
 English
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Department month of October
Wednesday mornings 7:25-7:50 in library/media
center
Teachers available to meet one-on-one to proof
essays
Bring prompt and concerns
Applications/Recs
AP Lit Exam
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Scoring 1-5, 5 is best, 3 is passing score
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Historically, average at WHS last 6 years is between 3.4-3.9
2 sections
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1st section: Multiple Choice
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1 hour to read 5 literary texts (some prose, some poetry) that
students have not been exposed to prior and answer 55
Analytical questions
2nd section: Essay
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2 hours to respond in well-organized manner to 3 essay prompts
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Poetry
Prose
Open-ended
Brief Syllabus
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Major texts
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Writing
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Majority – in-class essays, lit analysis
Poetry
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Jane Eyre– Bronte
King Lear– Shakespeare
A Thousand Acres – Jane Smiley
The Scarlet Letter – Hawthorne
Beowulf/Grendel – Anonymous/Gardner
Oedipus the King - Sophocles
Explication, lit analysis, quizzes
Vocabulary program
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Sadlier-Oxford Level H
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