AP English Literature and Composition  

“The aim of education should be rather to teach us how to think, than what to think.”   

James Beattie  

 

COURSE BACKGROUND
Course Description
Elements of Course
Class Expectations
Grading

 WEEKLY ASSIGNMENTS

SUMMER 2009 ASSIGNMENTS

ANIMAL FARM STUDY QUESTIONS

FRANKENSTEIN HOME

LORD OF THE FLIES HOME

THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN STUDY QUESTIONS

THE GRAPES OF WRATH STUDY QUESTIONS

THE SCARLET LETTER STUDY QUESTIONS

A BRAVE NEW WORLD HOME

GREEK HOME PAGE

SIDDHARTHA HOME PAGE

QUIZLET.COM

EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITIES

POETRY ANALYSIS HELP

CLASSROOM PICS 2009

 CLASSROOM/ 2008 STUDENT PICS

KK EBERHARD HOMEPAGE

 

kkeberhard.edublogs.org 

national board scoring rubric for essays

Elements of the Course:

College application essay

Formal analytical compositions

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Rewrites and corrections on each paper

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Grammar as problems arise

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Share samples of student writing as group for instruction and feedback

Active reading of novels with literary circle discussions

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mark texts with self-stick removable notes while reading

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reading journal assigned entries

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both to be referenced in class discussions

Poetic reading and interpretive writing to understand, to explain, and to evaluate

Weekly vocabulary

Preparation for the AP Literature and Composition Exam

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Weekly quizzes of literary terms and allusions

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Timed writings, written peer evaluations follow