AP+Lit+&+Comp

Class is officially over! Congratulations! Welcome to our AP Literature and Composition page! Monday we will begin our Socratic Seminar Week. Each of you will be required to discuss, in a SS format, a __#|work__ of Literature which we have studied this year. This will prepare you for debates, coming in the next two weeks. Thais will begin on Monday with a SS over Kate Chopin's __//A Story Of An Hour.//__



We are now beginning our countdown to the AP Exam! We are spending the majority of __#|our time__ practicing to pass the AP Exam with a 5! We will be meeting everyday after school this week and this weekend as well. Please let me know if you plan to attend ahead of time.

Three days until " T" day! Today we will focus on every essay, both prose and poetry, that have ever appeared on the AP Lit Exam! We will look at WH Auden's poem, //__Law, Like Love__//, and respond in class. POEM

Essay Questions from AP Central: Write 3 essays from any of the __#|free__ response questions listed, and email to me on Sunday evening.

__#|Study__ these Term to Know and be prepared to be tested over them on Monday.

Take as many of these practice tests as possible over the holiday! __Current Unit EO9 TSW's__ Completed Unit 10- 1. **T**he **S**tudent **W**ill perform under testing conditions sample versions of the
 * timed essay based on one poetry selection, reflecting on their score (either by peer, self, or teacher scoring, or by looking at scored sample responses).

2. **TSW** perform under testing conditions sample versions of the timed essay based on one short prose selection, reflecting on their score (either by peer, self, or teacher scoring, or by looking at scored sample responses).

3. **TSW** perform under testing conditions sample versions of the open-ended timed essay based on one poetry selection, reflecting on their score (either by peer, self, or teacher scoring, or by looking at scored sample responses).

4. **TSW** perform under testing constraints sample versions of the multiple-choice section, reflecting on their score, identifying the different types of questions and their performance on the different types, and by demonstrating use of multiple-choice test-taking strategies (i.e. elimination, when to guess, etc.).

5. **TSW** use the 9-point (essay) rubric to score their own work and the work of their peers, reflecting on their strengths and weaknesses.

6. **TSW** manage their time so that they can successfully complete 3 essays in 2 hours and 50-60 multiple-choice questions in 1 hour.

7. **TSW** become familiar with the test directions, parameters, scoring rubric, and methods used to determine the final score.

8 . **TSW** use sample essay responses and peer scoring to norm the 9-point (essay) rubric.

9. **TSW** review the major themes, literary devices, and literary time periods/movements previously covered in the main texts so that they have a “working vocabulary” to use under timed testing conditions.

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