1 lodi unified school district advanced placement pathways introduction to pre-ap strategies
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Lodi Unified School DistrictLodi Unified School DistrictAdvanced Placement Advanced Placement
PathwaysPathways
Lodi Unified School DistrictLodi Unified School DistrictAdvanced Placement Advanced Placement
PathwaysPathwaysINTRODUCTION TO INTRODUCTION TO PRE-AP STRATEGIESPRE-AP STRATEGIES
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What is Pre-AP?
Pre-AP is a set of content-specific strategies designed to:
– Build rigorous curricula– Promote access to AP for all students– Introduce skills, concepts, and
assessment methods to prepare students for success when they take AP and other challenging courses
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What is Pre-AP? (con’t)
– A instructional process to strengthen the curriculum and increase the academic challenge for all students
– An inclusive program for encouraging more students to access higher learning
– A tool for working together in the same direction
– A new way of thinking and approaching the classroom
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Who should be considered for AP
Pathways?• GATE identified students• AVID identified students• Underrepresented student sub-
groups• Student/Parent/Guardian
choice/request• Teacher/Counselor/Administrator
choice/request
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Pre-AP Strategies in Social Science
History (US, European) Government
EconomicsHuman Geography
Psychology
a study of change over time
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Pre-AP Strategies in Social Science (Con’t)
Students should be able to recognizeand understand:
• Cause and effect relationships• Multiple causations• Trends, themes, and interactions• The importance of BOTH change and
continuity is shaping human events
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Pre-AP Strategies for Social Science
Primary Source Analysis Strategies
– APPARTS: Author, Place and time, Prior Knowledge, Audience, Reason, The main idea, Significance
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G-Persia• G—Geographic• P-- Political• E—Economic• R—Religious• S—Social• I—Intellectual• A--Artistic
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C-GRIPES• C—Cultural• G—Geographic• R—Religious• I—Intellectual• P—Political• E—Economic• S--Social
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SPRITE• S—SOCIAL• P—Political• R—Religious• I—Intellectual• T—Technological• E—Economic
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SPEC
• S—SOCIAL• P—P0litical• E—Economic• C--Cultural
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SOAPSTone• S—Speaker• O—Occasion• A—Audience• P—Purpose• S—Subject• T--Tone
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OPTIC• O—Overview• P—Parts• T—Title• I—Interrelationships• C—draw a Conclusion
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BART• B—BIAS• A—Attribution• R—Reliability• T--Tone
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Strategies for going from Main Idea to
Details
Big Picture Strategy Creating Guiding Questions
Working from Essential-Thematic
Questions
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Strategies for going from Details to Main
Idea
1. Conceptual Identifications2. Using Subheadings3. Generating main ideas from a
reading4. Half-page solutions (note-taking
strategy)
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Strategies for Synthesizing Information
1. Categorization2. Generalization3. Evaluation
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Assessment Strategies
1. Multiple Choice—test-taking strategies
• Tips
2. Designing effective questions • Improving Student Writing
• Focus on Thesis
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Assessment Strategies (con’t)
3. Writing supporting paragraphs 4. Writing effective conclusions 5. Construction/use of Rubrics 6. Frequent and appropriate use of past AP exams as models and skill-building strategies
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Pre-AP Mathematics
Pre-AP Strategies in Mathematics and Statistics
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Pre-Ap Mathematics•Posing Questions•Reflection•After-class Debriefing•Classroom Illustration(s)•Use of Circular Objects
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Teaching from a Conceptual “Big Picture”
view of Mathematics
• Identifying and Generating Patterns• What’s the Rule?• Deducing Relationships• Looking below the surface— Identifying common structures• Sequencing Problems
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Teaching from a Conceptual “Big Picture” view of
Mathematics (con’t)
• Talking Mathematically—Class Discussions
• Providing Summaries• Indicating Agreement• Retelling Problems• Assembling Clues
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Math Assessments
• Formative• Summative• Short Answer Tests• Use of past AP Tests
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Pre-AP Science
Pre-AP Strategies in Science
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Pre-AP Science Strategies
• Individualized Instruction• Electronic Communication• Technology Tools in Education
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Pre-AP Science Strategies (con’t)
Applying Technology in the Classroom Observation and Analyses Small Group Collaborative learning Multimedia Quizzes/Tests The Calculator-Computer Connection
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Pre-AP Science Strategies (con’t)
• Using Computers in the Science Classroom
Integrating Power point Concept mapping Drawing a Concept Map• Using Spreadsheets to Analyze
Experimental data
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Pre-AP Science Strategies (con’t)
• Creating a Live Web Page• Linking the Graphic Calculator to
the Computer• Use of Scientific and Graphing
Calculators • Scaffolding Science Lessons/Labs
for various Grade Levels
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Pre-AP Science Strategies (con’t)
• Improving Reading Comprehension PACA—Predicting and Confirming Activity QAR--Question/Answer Relationship K-W-L
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Pre-AP Science Strategies (con’t)
• I-N-S-E-R-T: Interactive Notation System for Effective Reading and Thinking
• Spider (Web) Map• Continuum Scale (Time Line)• Series of Events Chain
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Pre- AP Science Strategies (con’t)
• Fishbone Map• Concept map• Human Interaction Outline• Problem/Solution Outline• Cycle• Use of past AP Exams
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Pre-AP English
English Pre-AP Strategies
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English teachers who utilize Pre-AP strategies at any grade level
must:
• Introduce literary terminology and definitions.
• Model the application of terminology to the reading of the work.
• Structure activities to ask students to explore a work and independently recognize the elements of style, use of literary techniques, etc.
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Pre-AP English Strategies (con’t)
• Structure close critical reading experiences
• Select passage from works that illustrate an author’s style, technique, etc.
• Teach students to write a prose-analysis essay
• Provide historical background of a work of literature when necessary.
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Pre-AP English Strategies (con’t)
• Levels of Questioning• SOAPSTone: S—Subject
O—Occasion A—Audience P—Purpose S—Speaker T--Tone
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Pre-AP English Strategies (con’t)
• Literary Analysis Strategies SIFT—Symbol, Images, Figures of Speech, Tone and Theme• Dante’s fourfold Method: Analyzing Symbol and Allegory• Aristotelian Theory of Criticism
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Pre-AP English Strategies (con’t)
LEAD: Analysis of Diction L—Low or informal diction E—Elevated language or formal
diction A—Abstract and concrete diction D—Denotation and connotation
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Pre-AP English Strategies (con’t)
• Advanced Syntactical strategies• Syntax Analysis Worksheet• Introduction and analysis of
Archetypes• DIDLS: Diction, Images, Details,
Language, Sentence Structure
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Pre-AP English Strategies (con’t)
• TP-CASTT: Title, Paraphrase, Connotation, Attitude, Shifts Title (again) Theme
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Metacognitive Strategies
• Thinking Notes
• Reading Aloud
• Thinking Aloud
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Pre-AP English Strategies (con’t)
Ladders of Questions Reading Journals Reading Strategies
Annotating Texts
Discussion Methods Fishbowl Discussions Timed Discussions
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Pre-AP English Strategies (con’t)
Reading Conferences Bulletin Board Threaded Discussions Literature Circles
Using Graphic Organizers
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Pre-AP English Strategies (con’t)
• SMELL: Sender-receiver relationship
Message Emotional strategies Logical Strategies Language
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Pre-AP English Strategies (con’t)
•TWIST: Tone Word Choice Imagery and detail Style Theme
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Pre-AP English Strategies (con’t)
• Assessment Strategies PAMDISS: Writing Strategy— Purpose, Audience, Mode,
Diction, Images/Concrete Details, Syntax, Structure
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Pre-AP English Strategies (con’t)
• Self-Evaluation and Revision: The Four Bases of Effective Writing
• Peer Editing• Teacher-Made Scoring Guides and
Rubrics• Use of AP Exam Student Samples
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Pre-AP English Strategies (con’t)
• Modification of AP Exam questions to meet classroom objectives
• Use of Past AP Exams
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