EnglishLit

MARCI BOWMAN, PRESENTER

Marci Bowman currently teaches AP* English and Pima College Concurrent enrollment English at Catalina High School. She has taught high school history, English and Advanced Placement* English for 27 years in the Tucson Unified School District.

Her classroom experience includes, but is not limited to, highly motivated students reading above grade level to reluctant students struggling several grade levels below their developmental age. She was an AP* English exam reader for 10 years and has served as a consultant for the College Board* in English and Social Studies interdisciplinary Strategies (formerly known as Building Success), English Vertical Team Training, Advanced Placement* English and Composition, and Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition. Her experiences have focused her teaching and training on high-leverage strategies for all students, and as a Literary Specialist and instructional Coach, she has worked closely with teachers in middle and high school as they help their students meet and exceed district and state expectations.*

CLASS DESCRIPTION

Grammar, Poetry, Art and Novels: While deepening our understanding of the philosophical principles underlying the Advanced Placement* English Literature and Composition exam, we will explore academic and creative ways to nurture our students' analytic and aesthetic senses regarding literature and the writing process. The week will be filled with practical methods and strategies designed to ease your work load while sharpening your students' thinking and writing.

* Setting Up AP* Boot Camp

* Identifying Literature of Merit

* Moving Through the School Year with Grace and Ease

* Demystifying the Exam for Students

* Countdown to Test Date

AP* ENGLISH LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE

AP*/College Board* Materials/What's in the Test?

Foundational Issues for Success

* Language Registers

* Spheres of Writing

* Expectations of Academic Writing

* Bloom's Taxonomy as an aid to academic writing

* Homework protocol

* Abstraction Ladder

* What's a thesis?

* The Writing Process

* Literary Analysis for Dummies

* Questioning Strategies, class discussion, homework protocol, essay construction

Syntax and Style

* Review of Abstraction ladder

* Grammar for Dummies

* Mimicking for basic syntax

* Grammar of Irony

* Mimicking grammar of irony

* Grammar of Paradox

* Mimicking Grammar of Paradox

Poetry

* Engaging the Senses through Creative Writing

* Creative Writing to Develop Analytic Reading and Thinking Skills

* Ekphrasic Poetry

- Analyzing & Writing about Art

- Art and Poetry

- Ekphrastic Creative Writing Exercises

Novels and Drama

* Literary theories

* The Use of Previous AP* Open-Ended Prompts

* Critical Reading and Annotating

Multiple Choice Questions