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CHRISTINE CARSON
Christine Carson has been a teacher at Rio Rancho High School, her alma mater, for the last 18 years, teaching AP and Pre-AP for the last 14 years. She holds a B.A in Secondary Education with endorsements in English and Social Studies from the University of New Mexico and an MS in Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment from Walden University. Mrs. Carson has been serving as an AP Literature and Composition reader for 12 years; 8 of the last 12 as a Table Leader and more recently, Sample Selector and Question Leader. She was awarded Staff Member of the Year in 2014, and was inducted into Rio Rancho High School’s athletic hall of fame in 2017, as she was the head coach and choreographer of the Varsity Dance Team for 15 years. She describes herself as a diligent, enthusiastic educator who seeks genuine,authentic connections with students to encourage them to grow into mature readers, writers and thinkers. |
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Christine can be contacted at christine.carson@rrps.net
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This Advanced Placement Summer Institute will examine the key pillars of AP English Language and Composition, as outlined by the recently published Course and Exam Description. This course will focus on the integration of close reading, rhetorical analysis, argument, and synthesis as a culmination of developing skills. Participants in this APSI will have the opportunity to focus more in depth on all areas of the course. Focus areas will include: the integration of speaking and listening into the work of original argument; the use of authentic inquiry as a springboard for reading rhetorically and synthesized arguments; the integration of key concepts from social studies pedagogy to help leverage student skill development; the exchange of best practices among colleagues to best help the needs of contemporary learners. This course will also examine strategies to expedite the effective and quick evaluation of student writing, as well as how to adopt a standards based approach towards evaluation, in order to provide students greater opportunities to develop their skills. Participants will also work together in the exploration of relevant contemporary authors and creation of original research projects for their students. This course will also provide participants ample time to revise and develop their own curriculum.
4 Day Syllabus—APSI Agenda
This Advanced Placement Summer Institute will examine the key pillars of AP English Language and Composition, as outlined by the recently published Course and Exam Description. This course will focus on the integration of close reading, rhetorical analysis, argument, and synthesis as a culmination of developing skills. Participants in this APSI will have the opportunity to focus more in depth on all areas of the course. Focus areas will include: the integration of speaking and listening into the work of original argument; the use of authentic inquiry as a springboard for reading rhetorically and synthesized arguments; the integration of key concepts from social studies pedagogy to help leverage student skill development; the exchange of best practices among colleagues to best help the needs of contemporary learners. This course will also examine strategies to expedite the effective and quick evaluation of student writing, as well as how to adopt a standards based approach towards evaluation, in order to provide students greater opportunities to develop their skills. Participants will also work together in the exploration of relevant contemporary authors and creation of original research projects for their students. This course will also provide participants ample time to revise and develop their own curriculum.
4 Day Syllabus—APSI Agenda