Welcome to CHS Open House
Amy Komitzky (Henning)
AP/IB English Literature
Room 103
Contact Information
Email address:
komitzky.amy@cusd80.com
http://ww2.chandler.k12.az.us//Domain/1026
(best way to contact me)
Phone number:
480-812-7753
(please do not call during class time)
Course Description
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In order to give students who wish to take the IB or
AP tests a wider reading background, this class will
focus on European writers and authors from other
parts of the world. The works selected will be
studied in depth and will include fiction, drama,
essay and poetry. Composition will also be an
integral part of the course. This is a rigorous course
designed to prepare students for the IB/AP
examinations in this subject area. Please note that
this class uses a college-level reading list, which is
available from the instructor upon request.
CUSD Course Catalog
Textbooks
The Norton
Introduction to
Literature Ninth
Edition
How to Read
Literature Like a
Professor Thomas C.
Foster
Assessment Information
AP Literature
May 2014
60 Minutes multiple- choice
exam (45% of AP score)
120 Minutes Free-response
essay questions (55% of AP
score)
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Poetry Passage
Prose Passage
Free Response
IB Literature Exam
See IB Language A1
Assessment
Overview
Texts
Fall Semester
Siddhartha Hesse
Oedipus
A Doll’s House
Trifles
The Metamorphosis
The Stranger
Waiting for Godot
Spring Semester
Annie Dillard (selected
Essays)
Hamlet
Rosencrantz and
Guildenstern are Dead
John Donne (selected poetry)
The Importance of Being
Earnest
Policies to highlight
Students are required to act in a responsible and ethical manner throughout
their participation in the AP/IB programs. In particular candidates must avoid any
form of malpractice. The IBO define malpractice as “behavior that results in, or
may result in, the student or any other student gaining an unfair advantage in
one or more assessment components. Students found to have engaged in
academic dishonesty may be subject to disciplinary as well as academic
penalties.
The final exam will count for 20% of the final semester grade. Every student will
take the final exam as I am preparing them for college, and exemption status will
be determined after the exam is completed. If exempt from the final exam
students will be able to choose whether or not to count it into their grade. An
exempt grade will not lower as a result of the final exam.
A PRACTICE SESSION FOR THE AP AND IB TEST TAKERS ONLY WILL BE
SCHEDULED IN THE SPRING. STUDENTS ATTENDING THE ENTIRE
SESSION AND COMPLETING THE ENTIRE EXAM CAN RECEIVE FINAL
EXAM EXEMPTION AND UP TO 45 ADDED TO THEIR SEMESTER GRADE.
Assessment Standards
Essays will be assessed using the AP
Literature rubric
Major projects will be evaluated using a
teacher-created, content specific rubric
Thank you for coming tonight.
Please check you student’s grades online
often, and email or call me if you have any
questions.
There is a “wish list” of items that will
help me provide for my students; if you
wish to donate, please make a note and
send the item(s) to school with your
student.
Wish List
Markers
Colored Paper
Used Magazines
Glue Sticks
Tissues
Pencils
Now I’ll show you my website. Hooray!