AP® English Language
July 23 - 26, 2018
James Madison High School, San Antonio, TX
In our Language and Composition Summer Institute, we will explore
rhetoric as a way for our students to become "citizen orators," understanding
the powerful role of language in our world. Many assignments include
a step-by-step approach to critical reading, thinking and writing.
Participants will review reading strategies to determine those most
appropriate to their students, create assignments, practice holistic
scoring and methods to reduce the workload, and work on curriculum
planning.
Goals:
Participants will receive, and be given an opportunity to practice,
- reading strategies geared to your students' skill and abilities.
- close reading of difficult texts.
- methods for analysis of/strategies for multiple choice exam.
- processes for writing the rhetorical analysis, argumentation and
synthesis essays.
- holistic scoring /writing assessment.
- strategies for building style and/or sentence control.
- methods for building vocabulary.
- authentic research activities.
- methods for curriculum planning.
What participants should bring:
- Post-it notes
- Text (college-level rhetoric, novel, nonfiction book, essays
. . .) that you will be teaching during the year
- Year-long curriculum plan (if you have one)
- Laptop
- Please obtain, read and bring to the Institute:
THEY SAY I SAY The Moves that Matter in Academic Writing (ISBN 978-0-393-92409-1,
Norton). To obtain a free copy, google Norton Press "They Say I
Say" Graff and Birkenstein. Click on teacher resources, then
on Request an Examination Copy.
Presenter -
AP® English Literature
July 23 - 26, 2018
James Madison High School, San Antonio, TX
Course Description:
Students in this college-level course read and carefully analyze
both English and American literature written in a variety of time
periods, from 13th cantury through the contemporary period. This summer
institute will combine the examination of methodolgy and content with
sharing ideas, discuss effective critical thinking strategies, and
writing strategies, and review samples from the 2017 AP exam. This
institute uses College Board-developed materials as well as other
resources to expand the participants' knowledge base and to provide
a framework for teachers in developing and.or enhancing their AP curricula.
What participants should bring to class:
Presenter -

Pre-AP English (HS)
July 23 - 26, 2018
James Madison High School, San Antonio, TX
This Course Description:
Participants in this course will gain a basic understanding of AP
English Language and Composition and AP English Literature and Composition
and the role of Pre-AP English classes. They will share best practices
and work independently or together to develop a unit on a work of
their choice.
Topics will include the following:
- How to structure curriculum, instruction and assessment to prepare
students for AP courses
- Classroom strategies in fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama
- Discussion techniques
- Close reading and annotation
- Grammar
- Style and rhetorical analysis
- Writing for EOC, SAT, ACT and AP
- Preparing Pre-AP students for the synthesis question
- Vertical teaming
- Designing a unit for a novel, play or other long work
Participants should bring:
- A novel, play or other long work you would like to teach, but
for which you have not developed a unit
- Highlighters
- Sticky notes
- Paper
- Computer or tablet is handy but optional
Presenter -
- Katie Stueart, Fayetteville H.S., Fayetteville,
AR

Pre-AP™ English (MS)
July 23 - 26, 2018
James Madison High School, San Antonio, TX
This course will provide strategies for incorporating
AP concepts into the middle school English classroom and for working
with an AP vertical team to develop a coordinated, articulated curriculum.
Topics and activities:
- Pre-AP strategies
- Close reading and analysis
- Grammar
- Writing
- Rhetoric
- Fiction, non-fiction, and poetry
- Modifying and adapting the AP test
What participants should bring:
- Poem, novel, or short piece of literature currently used or that
you would like to use
Presenter -
- Jan Harris, Crosby MS, Crosby, TX
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