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ENGLISH LITERATURE/COMPOSITION

Participants will read, score and discuss the most recent AP English Lit Exam.This course will address organization of the AP class; curriculum development; strategies for teaching poetry, short stories, and the novel. Particular emphasis will be placed on teaching the rudiments of literary theory and creating a student-centered classroom which will encourage creative as well as analytical thinking and writing.

Texts:

Abrams, ed. The Norton Anthology of English Literature: The Major Authors, Seventh Edition

Meyer, ed. The Bedford Introduction to Literature, Seventh Edition

 Schedule and Assignments:

Tuesday

  1. Essential questions for seminar
  2. The A.P. English Literature student
  3. The A.P. English Literature course
  4. Grading the A.P. Literature Exam (1)

Wednesday

  1. Read the following in Bedford before class: 
    Chopin, "The Story of an Hour," pp. 15-16
    Joyce, "Eveline," A Cultural Case Study, pp. 509-27
    "Critical Strategies for Reading," pp. 2029-52
  2. Student-centered teaching methods
  3. Best practices (1)
  4. Grading the A.P. Literature Exam (2)

Thursday

  1. Read the following in Bedford before class:
    Owen, "Dulce et Decorum Est," p. 803; Nims, "Love Poem," p. 733-4; Shakespeare, "My Mistress' Eyes," pp. 918-19; Olds, "Rite of Passage, p 952; "Thematic Case Study: Border Crossings," Insert between pp. 1098 and 1099
  2. Teaching Writing in the A.P. course
  3. Best practices (2)
  4. Grading the A.P. Literature Exam (3)

Friday

  1. Before class read the following in Norton:
    Christina Rossetti introduction, pp. 2134-35 and "Goblin 
    Market," pp. 2140-52. Consider the applications of the various critical strategies to the poem.
  2. Grading the A.P. Literature Exam (4)
  3. Best practices (3)
  4. Wrap up 

Dr. Peter Drewniany - Peter teaches at Germantown Academy, Fort Washington, PA, where he serves as the head of the English Department and holds the William Schoff Chair for Distinguished Teaching in English. He is experienced as a reader, and Table Leader for both the English Language and Literature exams.  He co-authored The AP Verticle Teams Guide for English and leads Vertical Team and AP workshops for the College board.

"Dr. Drewniany was enjoyable and his teaching went beyond expectation."

- Past Client