AP English Literature and Composition

Course Description

AP English Literature and Composition Summer Institute Combined

June 23-27, 2008

     The 2008 Summer AP English Literature and Composition Institute will focus upon various elements of an AP English Literature course.  “Beowulf, Chaucer and Dante,” “Hamlet and The Tragic Hero,” “Oedipus and the College Admissions Essay,” “AP Comedy,” “Grammar in Context,” “The Metaphysical Poets,” “Ekphrasis,” “The Multiple Choice Question,” and a “Simulated Reading of the 2008 AP Examination” are just a few of the units that will be presented and studied.  Participants, both experiences and inexperienced teachers, will be introduced to new and exciting AP strategies that they will be able to introduce immediately to their own courses.  These strategies require higher order thinking and are designed to engage students and rejuvenate the high school curriculum.

     Participants should bring 30 copies of a best practice (lesson or unit) to be presented on Thursday afternoon and Friday morning.

Instructor’s Biography

     Randy Baker, the lead instructor, has been teaching English for the past thirty-three years.  A Nationally Board Certified instructor, Dr. Baker has taught Pre-AP and AP for the past eighteen years and has been a national consultant for the College Board in Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, and Illinois.  He will conduct a workshop at the National College Board Convention in Seattle this July.  A reader for the AP English Literature Examination for the past eight years, Baker has been his building Teacher of the Year in 1986 and 2006 at Putnam City North High School and the District Teacher of the Year also in 2006.  He is a member of the Oklahoma State Master Teacher Program and recently received his doctoral degree in English Education at the University of Oklahoma.

Updated 1/4/08