AP Literature and Composition

Ranes

Contact information: michaelranes@fcschools.net

Virtual Office hours: M-F, 9am-4pm via google and canvas; students can access links for these hours from either Gmail (Grades 6-12) or their Google Calendar (Grades K-12) sent from their teacher(s).  

Students will access course information by clicking on Assignments.  Students will need their student number and password for NCEdcloud

PARENTS:  Use the following directions to create a Canvas Observer Account

• Have your student(s) Generate a Pairing Code (this will be different for each student).
• Go to https://fcschools.instructure.com/login/canvas (bookmark this site so that you can easily access your Observer dashboard for your student(s).
• Click on Parent of a Canvas User? in the upper right-hand corner of the window.
• Complete the required information in the window, which will include inputting the student Pairing Code. Multiple students can be added.
• Go to the Dashboard to see your student(s)' courses.
• Parents can sign into this account to easily access their student's courses within Canvas.
• What can parents view as an Observer?

Advanced Placement English- This course requires students to read critically and to write persuasively

about a wide-range of literary works of different genres and from different periods, following the

curriculum requirements outlined in the AP English Course Description. Students will write frequent

in-class and out-of-class essays with the aim of analyzing writing, expressing their own ideas and

evaluating the ideas of others. Emphasis will be placed on helping students develop their own writing

style, demonstrating effective and appropriate use of a well-developed vocabulary, variety in sentence

structures, logical organization, and a balance of generalization and specific detail. This course consists of genre units on the short story, poetry, drama, and the novel. In addition to the assigned readings in these units, students will choose four novels for independent study. These novels are chosen from those of our school-wide reading program as being of recognized literary merit and are designated in the school media center with an AP label. Students are required to pass objective tests on these books. Students will also have weekly vocabulary quizzes and literary terms quizzes. The first ten minutes of each class period will be devoted to either writing exercises or a grammar lesson.

Student Characteristics

Students are expected to write multiple pieces to analyze, explain, and/or evaluate a variety of subjects related to the literature studied in the class.  Students should be capable of reading up to 30 pages of assigned reading each day in addition to other assigned work.  In class, students should be prepared to demonstrate content area skills and actively participate in the discussion of course content.  Students at the AP level possess qualities that other students are still developing. 

AP students are presumed to be:

• Interested and talented in the subject.
• Strong and avid readers capable of reading above grade level.
• Able to work independently and in groups without constant direction.
• Able to face and overcome academic challenges.
• Ready to handle a rigorous workload.

 

COURSE OBJECTIVES

 

Students will

1. prepare to perform successfully in reading across the curriculum
2. prepare to perform successfully in language arts across the curriculum
3. prepare to use a variety of study skills
4. prepare to use critical thinking and processing skills
5. prepare to effectively be able to use a variety of analysis, summative, and evaluative skills to prepare for the AP Literature and Composition Exam.

CLASSROOM RULES  

Each student will

1. Act appropriately when entering and leaving classroom
2. Be in his/her assigned chair when the classroom door is closed after the tardy bell rings
3. Bring required supplies each day
4. Ask for permission to leave your school chair.
5. Turn in assignments during the class period when due.
6. Keep all notes and handouts in a three-ring binder.
7. Make up work within the first three days after returning from an absence. (See Board of Education Policy) No other make-up work will be allowed.
8. Use common courtesy language.
9. Ask for permission to talk.
10. Stay in the student section of the classroom and not touch or remove anything from the teacher’s area.

 

 

GRADING

The grade will be assigned on the basis of work in these areas:

                Quizzes-20%

              Homework/Daily Work-20%

                                Tests and Major Assignments (including four independent reading books)-60%

 

REQUIRED MATERIALS                            

Standard-rule (college-rule) paper                  

Blue or black ink pens are the only acceptable colors of ink to be used.

Three packs of 3 X 5 lined, white note cards

 

Tutoring Schedule:  Monday-Thursday 2:45p.m.-4:15p.m.