English 11 AP

Assessments: Benchmark Writing Assessments, Portfolios, projects, exams, quizzes = 40%

• Analysis, Synthesis, and Argumentative essays will prepare students for the AP exam and often allow individual choice.
• Group Assignments require students to collaborate with peers and apply acquired knowledge.
• Major Writing Assignments and other projects are done over an extended period of time and follow the writing process (prewriting, drafting, revising, feedback, editing, reflecting).
• The Mid Year Portfolio and Year End Portfolio involve collecting and revising your best assignments from the year and reflecting. 

Coursework/Classwork = 60%

• Weekly AP Assignments support core understandings and build skills.  
• Guided Reading Responses involve reading shared and independent texts and completing reading responses.
• Practice AP essays and Reading Comprehension passages will be completed both inside and outside of class.
• Class Notes include responses to in-class assignments, discussions, presentations, shared texts and vocabulary lists.
• Participation includes: 
  • Always being respectful towards your teachers and peers; 
  • Being prepared to independently read and write when directed; 
  • Contributing to class discussions in a positive manner.
• Consistent attendance and frequent participation are basic expectations; obviously, excessive lateness and unexcused absences negatively impact completion of class work and participation in class.

Creative Writing A/B

Assessments (40%)

• Major Writing Assignments (Personal Narratives; Descriptive Writing; Poetry) are done over an extended period of time and follow the writing process.
• Projects are culminating assignments based on curriculum units.
• Literary Analysis responses are based on analyzing texts and discussing relevant textual evidence. 
• Group Assignments require students to collaborate with peers and apply acquired knowledge.

Coursework/Classwork (60%)

• Checkpoint assignments for Major Writing Assignments (prewriting, drafting, revising, giving/receiving feedback, self evaluating).
• Guided Reading Responses based on shared and independent texts.
• Class Notes include responses to in-class assignments, discussions, presentations, shared texts and vocabulary lists.
• Participation includes: 
• Always being respectful towards your teachers and peers; 
• Being prepared to independently read and write when directed; 
• Contributing to class discussions in a positive manner.
• Consistent attendance and frequent participation are basic expectations; obviously, excessive lateness and unexcused absences negatively impact completion of class work and participation in class.

***The grade for the “Final Exam” in Creative Writing A/B is based on the Final Portfolio, which is a collection of a student’s best work from the course.***