AP ENGLISH LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION FOR EXPERIENCED TEACHERS

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

THIS STRAND FOCUSES ON TEACHING PRACTICES WHICH HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN ACCOMMODATING ADVANCED PLACEMENT LITERATURE STUDENTS.  THESE PRACTICES PROVIDE TEACHERS STRATEGIES FOR BETTER ADAPTING THEIR CLASSROOM TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE ADVANCED PLACEMENT STUDENT'S ACCELERATED RATE OF LEARNING.  INCLUDED WILL BE AP WRITING AND OBJECTIVE TEST STRATEGIES, DISCUSSION OF WORKS THAT PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH THE ABILITY TO CONNECT THEMES IN LITERATURE, CONCRETE TO ABSTRACT METHOD OF ANALYSIS, SAMPLE ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION OF PROSE AND POETRY, AND MANY, MANY MODEL UNIT LESSONS TO ENRICH THE AP CLASSROOM SETTING.

TEACHERS SHOULD BRING A "BEST LESSON" FOR PRESENTATION. (30 COPIES)  TEACHERS SHOULD BRING A FAVORITE NOVEL OR DRAMA UNIT TO SHARE WITH THE GROUP FOR THE BOOK TALK SESSION.

LEAD CONSULTANT BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION:

PEGGY LEEMAN IS AN ADVANCED PLACEMENT ENGLISH TEACHER AND VERTICAL TEAM LEADER AT BRYAN ADAMS HIGH SCHOOL AND ALSO SERVES AS DEPARTMENT CHAIR AND AP LITERATURE TEACHER AT YAVNEH ACADEMY.  WITH MANY YEARS OF TEACHING EXPERIENCE, SHE HAS WON THE SOUTHWEST REGIONAL AWARD FOR ADVANCED PLACEMENT ENGLISH: THE PEROT, COLLINS, AND CABELL TEACHER OF EXCELLENCE AWARDS FROM DALLAS ISD; CHICAGO UNIVERSITY OUTSTANDING TEACHER AWARD; AND WAS NAMED ADVANCED PLACEMENT LITERATURE TEACHER OF THE YEAR BY THE O'DONNELL FOUNDATION.  PEGGY HAS SERVED AS AN INSTRUCTOR IN THE TEXAS GOVERNOR'S SCHOOL FOR TALENTED AND GIFTED, UT AUSTIN, AS AN ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR AT DALLAS COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, AND AS A COLLEGE BOARD CONSULTANT FOR MORE THAN TWENTY YEARS, PRESENTING ON THE STATE AND NATIONAL LEVEL.  MOST RECENTLY SHE WAS INDUCTED INTO NATIONAL HONOR ROLL'S OUTSTANDING AMERICAN TEACHERS FOR EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCE IN THE MOTIVATION AND EMPOWERMENT OF TODAY'S YOUTH.  AS OF DECEMBER 5, 2007, SHE WAS INFORMED THAT SHE IS BEING CONSIDERED FOR INCLUSION IN THE CAMBRIDGE WHO'S WHO AMONG EXECUTIVE AND PROFESSIONAL WOMEN IN TEACHING AND EDUCATION HONOR'S EDITION.

Updated 1/14/08