Welcome to CHS Open House

Amy Komitzky (Henning)

AP/IB English Literature

Room 103

Contact Information

Email address:

komitzky.amy@cusd80.com

http://ww2.chandler.k12.az.us//Domain/1026

(best way to contact me)

Phone number:

480-812-7753

(please do not call during class time)

Course Description

In order to give students who wish to take the IB or AP tests a wider reading background, this class will focus on European writers and authors from other parts of the world. The works selected will be studied in depth and will include fiction, drama, essay and poetry. Composition will also be an integral part of the course. This is a rigorous course designed to prepare students for the IB/AP examinations in this subject area. Please note that this class uses a college-level reading list, which is available from the instructor upon request.

CUSD Course Catalog

Textbooks

The Norton Introduction to Literature Ninth Edition

How to Read Literature Like a Professor Thomas C. Foster

Assessment Information

AP LiteratureMay 2014

60 Minutes multiple- choice exam (45% of AP score)

120 Minutes Free-response essay questions (55% of AP score)

Poetry Passage Prose Passage Free Response

IB Literature Exam

See IB Language A1 Assessment Overview

Texts

Fall SemesterSiddhartha Hesse

OedipusA Doll’s House

TriflesThe Metamorphosis

The StrangerWaiting for Godot

Spring SemesterAnnie Dillard (selected

Essays)Hamlet

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

John Donne (selected poetry)The Importance of Being

Earnest

Policies to highlight

Students are required to act in a responsible and ethical manner throughout their participation in the AP/IB programs. In particular candidates must avoid any form of malpractice. The IBO define malpractice as “behavior that results in, or may result in, the student or any other student gaining an unfair advantage in one or more assessment components. Students found to have engaged in academic dishonesty may be subject to disciplinary as well as academic penalties.

The final exam will count for 20% of the final semester grade. Every student will take the final exam as I am preparing them for college, and exemption status will be determined after the exam is completed. If exempt from the final exam students will be able to choose whether or not to count it into their grade. An exempt grade will not lower as a result of the final exam.

A PRACTICE SESSION FOR THE AP AND IB TEST TAKERS ONLY WILL BE SCHEDULED IN THE SPRING. STUDENTS ATTENDING THE ENTIRE SESSION AND COMPLETING THE ENTIRE EXAM CAN RECEIVE FINAL EXAM EXEMPTION AND UP TO 45 ADDED TO THEIR SEMESTER GRADE.

Assessment StandardsEssays will be assessed using the AP Literature rubric

Major projects will be evaluated using a teacher-created, content specific rubric

Thank you for coming tonight.

Please check you student’s grades online often, and email or call me if you have any questions.

There is a “wish list” of items that will help me provide for my students; if you wish to donate, please make a note and send the item(s) to school with your student.

Wish List

Markers

Colored Paper

Used Magazines

Glue Sticks

Tissues

Pencils

Now I’ll show you my website. Hooray!