Welcome to CHS Open House

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Welcome to CHS Open House

• April Brewington
• AP/IB English Literature
• Room 108

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Contact Information

• Email address
• brewington.april_at_cusd80.com www.chandlerschools.sc
  hoolwires.net/chs
• (best way to contact me)
• Phone number
• 480-812-7758
• (please do not call during class time)

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Course Description

• 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

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Textbooks

• The Norton Introduction to Literature Ninth
  Edition
• How to Read Literature Like a Professor Thomas C.
  Foster

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Assessment Information

• AP Literature
• Thursday May 8, 2014
• 60 Minutes multiple- choice exam (45 of AP
  score)
• 120 Minutes Free-response essay questions (55 of
  AP score)
• Poetry Passage
• Prose Passage
• Free Response

• IB Literature Exam
• Thursday May 8, 2014
• A late AP exam is offered for students testing
  both AP IB
• See IB Language A1 Assessment Overview

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Texts

• Fall Semester
• Siddhartha
• Oedipus
• Antigone
• A Dolls House
• Trifles
• The Metamorphosis
• The Stranger
• Waiting for Godot

• Spring Semester
• James Baldwin (selected Essays)
• Hamlet
• Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
• John Donne (selected poetry)
• The Importance of Being Earnest

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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. Students found to
  have engaged in academic dishonesty may be
  subject to disciplinary as well as academic
  penalties.
• Grades are weighted and categories are as
  follows
• Formative Assessments 30
• Summative Assessments 50
• Practice Activities 20
• 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 4 ADDED TO THEIR SEMESTER GRADE.

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Policies continued

• 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.

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Assessment Standards

• Essays will be assessed using the AP and IB
  Literature rubrics
• Major projects will be evaluated using a
  teacher-created, content specific rubric

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Thank you for coming tonight.

• Please check you students 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.

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Wish List

• Markers
• Colored Paper
• Used Magazines
• Glue Sticks
• Tissues
• Pencils

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Brace yourselves. The website is coming.