ap language and composition miss sandvick 2015-2016
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AP Language and Composition
Miss Sandvick2015-2016
About Me• Moved to Kingwood in 1991
• Attended Hidden Hollow Creekwood Kingwood High School
• Graduated an Oklahoma Sooner
• Have taught for seven years(six years at Atascocita High School)
AP Scores (Low to High) 1 2 3 4 5
National Scores (avg. 2010-2015)
15% 29% 30% 16% 9%
Kingwood 2015 2% 9% 33% 37% 19%
Kingwood 2014 0% 10% 40% 34% 16%
Kingwood 2013 0% 17% 19% 42% 22%
Kingwood 2012 0% 12% 31% 35% 22%
Kingwood 2011 0% 12% 31% 41% 15%
Kingwood 2010 0% 15% 36% 25% 24% 85% passed49% with a 4 or 5
88% passed56% with a 4 or 5
88% passed57% with a 4 or 5
55% passed25% with a 4 or 5
85% passed64% with a 4 or 5
90% passed50% with a 4 or 5
89% passed57% with a 4 or 5
AP Scores from the Last Six Years
How much credit?http://www.collegeboard.org/
Experience a college-level test
Primary Benefit: College Preparation
The intensity of college exams catches far too many freshmen by surprise:
“Students who have prepared for and taken the AP Exams adapt more easily to taking college essay exams, and are especially skilled in including a thesis and a well-developed argument. They are also less intimidated by sophisticated, college-level multiple-choice questions that seek to test understanding over memorization.”
—Robert Blackey, Professor of HistoryCSU, San Bernardino
Primary Benefit: College Preparation
• Colleges know AP classes are challenging.
• This course will live up to the reputation. Therefore, you will be better prepared to tackle college courses.
Hargrove, Godin and Dodd: College Grade Point Averages
• AP students who scored a 1 on AP Exams outperformed students who had taken neither AP nor dual enrollment
• AP students who scored a 2 or higher on AP Exams outperformed all students
Source: Hargrove, Godin and Dodd, 2007
Course OverviewWriting Reading Misc.
Descriptive Essay Non-fiction articles Visual Analysis
Timed-writings Anchor Pieces
Researched Essay
Course Overview
Required Books (in the order we will read them):
The Great Gatsby—F. Scott Fitzgerald (summer)
The Demon in the Freezer—Richard PrestonThe Devil in the White City—Erik LarsonThe Things They Carried—Tim O'Brien
Persepolis—Marjane Satrapi Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass,
an American Slave—Frederick Douglass
Area Support Day/Time
Instruction Lunch Tutoring Mondays (A-Block)
A.M./P.M. by appointment
Technology Remind 101 Text @cd04eTo 81010
Website document bank
Support System