AP English

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John Fogarty replied to John Fogarty's discussion 'Sharing essays online'
I am with you there!! They need to step out of the dark ages. Here's an example: I team teach an interdisciplinary Humanities course. The kids get enough art history in the 2 years of that program that many of them take the art history AP. But the...
6 hours ago
Dawn Hogue replied to John Fogarty's discussion 'Sharing essays online'
I am totally in agreement with you about preparing for college. I really am torn. My students do need to pass the test. They need the credits, financially. I worry about them being able to write three essays in two hours. But the fault lies not in...
7 hours ago
John Fogarty replied to John Fogarty's discussion 'Sharing essays online'
There are some other issues at play here, I think. I know that we are preparing kids for an AP test, but more importantly, I am preparing them for college. If they can share papers with their peers in college, I think they are more likely to do it...
yesterday
Dawn Hogue replied to John Fogarty's discussion 'Sharing essays online'
As a techie person, I'm all for paperless classrooms, but . . . since students cannot yet type their essays for the AP exam, is it wise to let them type papers for our class?
yesterday
Bobby and Rachel Leach joined AP English
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Dawn Hogue commented on Dawn Hogue's blog post 'One of my best ideas this year'
Here's my rubric. Independent Reading Rubric.pdf
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Robert W. Harris, Jean Rogers and Laurie Harriton joined AP English
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John Fogarty added a discussion
Sharing essays online
I am nearly paperless in my AP Lang/Comp class. The final step is to get the kids to collaborate with their peer editing online. I want them to upload their papers to a central site, then beginpeer editing each others' papers. I tried Google Docs,...
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John Fogarty

Sharing essays online 4 Replies

I am nearly paperless in my AP Lang/Comp class. The final step is to get the kids to collaborate with their peer editing online. I want them to upload their papers to a central site, then beginpeer...

Tagged: software, for, looking

Started by John Fogarty. Last reply by John Fogarty 6 hours ago.

Jeffrey Falzarano

Writing Assessment 3 Replies

Typically our district has been able to keep AP classes small. Due to scheduling issues this year, I have half of my 108 students in two AP Language classes. I'm fooling around with a few ideas reg...

Started by Jeffrey Falzarano. Last reply by Dawn Hogue Nov 10.

Jim Davis

Critical Analysis 4 Replies

What do you do with critical theory? As I look back on my college lit classes, I recall more interest in critical analysis of literature than proper use of terms like antimetabole and aposiopesis. ...

Started by Jim Davis. Last reply by Peter Donahue Oct 29.

Christina Kerr

AP Lang vs AP Lit 5 Replies

My students have asked me to give thiem a comparison between what the readers are looking for in a AP lang essay versus what the readers are looking for AP lit essay. What are the differences betwe...

Started by Christina Kerr. Last reply by ben reynolds Nov 2.

Blog Posts

Dawn Hogue

One of my best ideas this year

Independent Reading Assignment

One of my best ideas this year was to have students choose novels to read and study on their own. I got several first quarter "projects" that exceeded my expectations. I had not seen before how students could apply what we're learning in general about literature to their own study. I had always thought that we needed to go through texts as a whole group. I still think there is value in whole c… Continue

Posted by Dawn Hogue on November 17, 2009 at 2:09pm — 2 Comments

teacherho

After a week

After a week of pre-assessments I have discovered I have lots of work to do - but being organized and having an online class to more quickly disseminate information I feel confident I can do more, with less time.

The writing is definitely a target - students need to understand how to read the prompt and answer it properly, instead of engaging in tangents when they don't know what to write.

Posted by teacherho on August 30, 2009 at 8:25pm — 1 Comment

douglas mccann

AP Certification

I just took a 4 day seminar and got certification to teach AP Literature. Was there an actual requirement that I have this certification in order to teach in high school? In order for the AP Board to recognize the class and let students take the test at the end of the year. I ask this, because I think I could teach the Language and Composition (rhetoric) AP class without having to take the seminar.

does anyone know?

email me at

dem6025@lausd.net
thank you
douglas

Posted by douglas mccann on August 15, 2009 at 7:04pm — 1 Comment

 
 

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