AGENDA FOR AP ENGLISH LANGUAGE WORKSHOP

Rebecka Stucky

Westlake High School

Austin, Texas

MONDAY: 

1. The AP Exam

a. Multiple Choice questions

b.  Free Response questions

c. Tips for preparing students

d. Writing Multiple Choice questions

e. Adapting and Using Free Response prompts

2.  College Board Policies

TUESDAY: 

1. Vietnam Project

2. Close Reading

3. Two levels of Reading

4. Journal Writing

5. Alternative Assessments

WEDNESDAY:

1. Assignments which prepare students for synthesis

2. Reading seminars

3. Methods of teaching analysis

4. Textual projects

THURSDAY:

1. Banned Books Unit

2. Using technology

3. Writing prompts

4. Essays to cover

5. Methods of argumentation

FRIDAY:  Sharing best practice ideas:  Please plan to present a favorite lesson to the   participants.

This schedule is tentative.  Some discussions may occur on days other than when they are listed.

Rebecka Stucky is currently in her 33rd year of teaching, having taught high school students in Kansas and Texas.  Currently, she teaches AP Junior English and serves as department chair at Westlake High School in Austin, Texas.  A dedicated teacher, Ms. Stucky has won numerous awards for her efforts in the classroom. Among her other achievements, she has worked as a reader for the AP English Language exam and has written curriculum to accompany the award-winning Vietnam documentary, In the Shadow of the Blade.   For the past ten years, Ms. Stucky has been a College Board consultant for the Southwest Region, where she has led many seminars and summer institutes.  Recently, she has been named a National College Board Consultant and now works training other consultants.

Updated 2/5/08