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CHRISTINE CARSON
"Christine Carson was absolutely amazing! She delivered a wealth of information and did so in an engaging and energetic way. She had us hyped up everyday about our tasks." "She really had a passion for teaching and created a safe, supportive community." |
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CHRISTINE CARSON
Christine Carson has been a teacher in the Albuquerque, New Mexico area for the last 19 years, teaching AP and Pre-AP English Language Arts in grades 9-12 for the last 15 years, and will initiate the AP Program at her current institution in the upcoming year. 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 13 years; 9 of the last 13 as a Table Leader and more recently, Sample Selector and Operational Question Leader for the exam. As a consultant, she has facilitated APSIs for the University of Tennessee Chattanooga, Texas Tech University, the University of Arkansas Little Rock, and institutions in the Kansas City, San Francisco, and Atlanta areas. In addition,she has authored assessment materials for AP English Literature for a renowned textbook company. 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.
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.
Participant resources:
Day 1
Christine Carson has been a teacher in the Albuquerque, New Mexico area for the last 19 years, teaching AP and Pre-AP English Language Arts in grades 9-12 for the last 15 years, and will initiate the AP Program at her current institution in the upcoming year. 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 13 years; 9 of the last 13 as a Table Leader and more recently, Sample Selector and Operational Question Leader for the exam. As a consultant, she has facilitated APSIs for the University of Tennessee Chattanooga, Texas Tech University, the University of Arkansas Little Rock, and institutions in the Kansas City, San Francisco, and Atlanta areas. In addition,she has authored assessment materials for AP English Literature for a renowned textbook company. 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.
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.
Participant resources:
- Laptop
- Current syllabus
- Original lessons/instructional strategies to share
- The following works/authors will be mentioned/discussed throughout the workshop - The Poisonwood Bible, The Scarlet Letter, The Importance of Being Earnest, Their Eyes Were Watching God , One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich , Othello, The Tempest, Hamlet, The Merchant of Venice, Macbeth, Commonwealth, Afterlife, Station Eleven - Poets- Langston Hughes, William Blake, Marge Piercy, Mary Oliver, Cecil Day Lewis - Short Fiction - Katherine Mansfield, Kate Chopin, Edith Wharton, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Jacinda Townsend
Day 1
- Welcome and Introductions
- Equity and Access for all students
- 2023-2024 School Year/The AP Literature and Composition Exam overview
- Course and Exam Description- New instructional model activities/Course framework/ AP Classroom
- The AP Reading experience and process
- Teaching and approaching theme
- The Literary Analysis Triangle- teaching analysis
- The Multiple choice section- "One Question" Strategy - Skills, strategies and passage practice/2023-2024 resources
- The Scoring Guide/ Activities/Earning the Point in Row C
- Question 1: Poetry- prompt and scoring guide overview
- Team Building and review
- Question 1 continued- annotation and discussion
- Question 1 sample scoring and discussion
- Summary/Strategy/Question for Question 1
- Structure and meaning- teaching extended metaphor and tone shift in poetry/Vocabulary in AP Lit
- Lesson Simulations-Poetry
- Poetry Post-it Party!
- Teaching Shakespeare: resources, delivery, close reading activities, packets, Question 1 prompt application
- Team building and review
- Question 2 annotation and discussion- Table leader’s perspective
- Question 2 sample scoring and discussion
- Lesson Simulations- Short Fiction
- Brainstorm/ Lesson Development using Big Ideas/Understandings and Unit Guides
- Instructional approaches and Course Organization
- Question 3: Free response prompt scoring guide changes and overview
- Question 3 annotation and discussion
- Question 3 sample scoring and discussion
- Team building and review
- Free Response Essay Strategies- Unit 9 Review
- The “SnapShot” analysis
- Lesson Sharing- Instructional discussion- implementing the Units
- Exam Review Resource Presentations
- Novel Unit organization and alignment to the new Course Framework/discussion
- Independent novel units/structure
- Children’s novel project
- Wrap-up activity