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AP Senior Literature - Teaching Complex Thinking and Literary Analysis

Mrs. Patterson's AP Literature class focuses on teaching students to think in a more complex way about life and the human condition, using various literary elements to convey messages. This course includes educational philosophy, literature analysis, timed writes, multiple choice practice, and a senior project. Find all necessary materials and updates on the website provided.

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AP Senior Literature - Teaching Complex Thinking and Literary Analysis

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  1. Welcome Parents!2018-2019AP Senior LiteratureMrs. Patterson

  2. Background AP Literature teaches your child to think in a more complex way. What is the author stating about life (human condition), and how are various literary elements utilized to convey certain messages? • Experience in Education • Educational Philosophy

  3. Focus Areas Semester One Semester Two Quarter 3: TPCFASTT AP Poetry Timed Writes AP Prose Timed Writes Open Prompt Timed Writes AP Multiple Choice Timed Quarter 4: 2nd Major Literary Analysis Presentation Full AP Exam over 2 block days Senior Project Life skills (financial, business, and social) • Quarter 1: • AP Literature Terms • College Application Essays (x2) • AP Multiple Choice Practice • Open Prompt Practice • AP Poetry Prompt Practice • Quarter 2: • Major Literary Analysis Project • TPCFASTT (poetry analysis) • AP Multiple Choice Practice (full exam – timed) • AP Literature Terms • AP Prose Timed Write Practice

  4. Website Tools • The syllabus and other helpful tools are located on my webpage at: http://cusd80.com/Domain/309 • You may sign up for e-blasts to receive a notification each time I update my website, or check my blog, which will be updated each week with links and attachments.

  5. Required Material for Students • Students will need to following supplies every day: • A binder (shared with other classes) with four dividers (Vocab, Reading, Grammar, and Language) • College-ruled, lined, notebook paper (3-hole punched) • Pencils and pens (blue/black and dark color of student’s choice for editing) • Three different colored highlighters • Flash drive or Google Drive account • It is highly encouraged that your child purchase novels so that he/she may annotate as needed for assignments and assessments.

  6. Novel Studies 1st Quarter: 3rd Quarter: Their Eyes Were Watching God “Hamlet” Canterbury Tales “The Importance of Being Siddhartha Earnest” 2nd Quarter: 4th Quarter: Metamorphosis AP Lit Exam May 8thThe Stranger Brave New World • Summer Read: Their Eyes Were Watching God • Dialectical Journal is due Friday, August 10th

  7. Additional Information • Set tutoring time is on Mondays from 2:36 until 3:15; however, students may see me any other time so long as they make an appointment with me ahead of time in person or via email. • Please feel free to contact me anytime with questions or concerns. Emails are best: Patterson.Kristin@cusd80.com • How can you help?

  8. QUESTIONS???

  9. Thank you for coming! I look forward to an amazing, fun, thought-provoking year together!

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