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AP Language and Composition

Prepare for college-level tests with AP Language and Composition. Benefit from AP experience in essay writing and critical thinking skills for easier college adaptation. Get ready for challenging college courses and perform better academically.

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AP Language and Composition

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  1. AP Language and Composition Ms. Sandvick 2016-2017

  2. About Me • Moved to Kingwood in 1991 • Attended Hidden Hollow  Creekwood  Kingwood High School • Graduated an Oklahoma Sooner • Ninth year in the district and tenth year overall

  3. AP Scores from the Last Six Years 55% passed 25% with a 4 or 5 95% passed 65% with a 4 or 5 92% passed 54% with a 4 or 5 89% passed 57% with a 4 or 5 90% passed 50% with a 4 or 5 83% passed 64% with a 4 or 5 88% passed 57% with a 4 or 5

  4. How much credit? http://www.collegeboard.org/

  5. Primary Benefit: College Preparation Experience a college-level test The intensity of college exams catches far too many freshmen by surprise: “Students who have prepared for and taken the AP Exams adapt more easily to taking college essay exams, and are especially skilled in including a thesis and a well-developed argument. They are also less intimidated by sophisticated, college-level multiple-choice questions that seek to test understanding over memorization.” —Robert Blackey, Professor of HistoryCSU, San Bernardino

  6. Sample Question

  7. Sample Questions

  8. Primary Benefit: College Preparation • Colleges know AP classes are challenging. • This course will live up to the reputation. Therefore, you will be better prepared to tackle college courses.

  9. Hargrove, Godin and Dodd: College Grade Point Averages • AP students who scored a 1 on AP exams outperformed students who had taken neither AP nor dual enrollment • AP students who scored a 2 or higher on AP Exams outperformed all students Source: Hargrove, Godin and Dodd, 2007

  10. Course Overview

  11. Course Overview Required Books (in the order we will read them): The Great Gatsby—F. Scott Fitzgerald (summer) The Things They Carried—Tim O'Brien Persepolis—Marjane Satrapi The Demon in the Freezer—Richard Preston Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave —Frederick Douglass The Devil in the White City—Erik Larson  Death of a Salesman – Arthur Miller

  12. Support System

  13. Upcoming PSAT • PSAT • Good practice for SAT • Test date: Saturday, Oct. 14

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