English Literature and Composition

Susan Frediani, M.A., has taught English in public and private schools. She earned her B.A. in English at UC Berkeley, and her M.A. in Curriculum, Reading, and Instruction at CSU Sacramento. She has taught grades 6 through community college in northern California. Susan has taught both AP* English Literature and AP* English Language. She has served Plumas Unified School District as both an instructional coach at four high schools and as Special Projects Coordinator. Susan was selected by the College Board as part of a cadre of expert AP teachers creating and delivering the AP Daily videos in AP Classroom. She has read the AP* English Literature exam as well as the AP* Seminar exam. She has trained AP* teachers both in person and online at CSU Sacramento, CSU Monterey Bay, San Gabriel, Spokane, WA, University of Alabama, University of Arkansas, AP* By the Sea, AP* Seminars Silicon Valley (Palo Alto), Boise, Idaho, and UCLA. Susan has also trained teachers in AP English Literature and AP English Language as an international presenter in Guam. She is also an endorsed Pre-AP National Consultant. She received a College Board appointment as a mentor consultant for new AP trainers in both AP Literature and AP Language. She has served as her district AP* coordinator, teacher induction coach and program coordinator, and ELA Vertical Team Lead Teacher. She has served as Chair of College Board’s ELA Advisory Committee, Chair of the SAT Test Development Committee for English Literature, and as a member of the SAT Writing and Language Review Committee. She was a former recipient of an NEH Summer Scholar Program Award focusing on the works of Richard Wright. Susan obtained her administrative services credential, and she currently serves as a CalTPA submission assessor and as an external application reader for UC Berkeley.
 AP English Literature and Composition APSI
Course Description and Agenda
Susan Frediani
 
Welcome! This AP English Literature and Composition session will cover the Advanced Placement* course as well as additional resources such as AP Classroom*.  We will explore the structure and grading of the exam, appropriate assignments and texts, and the relationship of these materials to the preparation of students for college-level work. This course is designed to benefit both new and experienced AP* English Literature and Composition teachers. We will review instructional strategies and assessments using a variety of texts. We will examine course syllabi, structure, and pacing. We will also explore the exam and instructional approaches for long works, short stories, and poetry. We will review teaching literary analysis and argument, developing close reading skills, preparing students for the exam, and managing the workload of an AP* course. Participants will engage in writing and reading activities designed to cultivate the critical thinking skills necessary for student success in the AP* class and beyond. We will participate in mock scoring sessions of the exam using current rubrics. Teachers with experience in the AP* program will review a variety of approaches to course structure, and they will gain numerous teaching strategies to add to their toolboxes. New AP* teachers will learn about the course requirements as well as various instructional strategies and techniques that will assist them in offering students a successful AP* English Literature and Composition course.
 
What to Bring:
• Many of our materials will be delivered in electronic format. Please bring a charged computer to class every day.
• Participants should have texts they will utilize in their AP class available to them as they work to develop lessons, units, and year-long plans aligned to the curricular requirements and the AP* English Literature Course and Exam Description (CED).

Goals: 
●      To identify and apply the standards of the AP* English Literature and Composition exam to classroom practices
●      To explore course resources including AP Classroom* and many others
●      To explore and develop effective year-long plans, units, and lessons that correspond to the course skills and curricular requirements
●      To review strategies that will help to recruit and retain underrepresented students
●      To expand participants’ “toolboxes” with successful instructional strategies
●      To network with colleagues and learn from each other
●      To return to classrooms with ready-to-use instructional plans
 
Agenda
Day 1: 
●      CED Framework Elements and Planning the AP* course
●      Diversity and Inclusion; Equity and Access
●      Connections to Curricular Requirements
●      Nuts and Bolts of AP* English Literature and Composition - Ongoing
●      Close Reading Instructional Activities
●      Poetry Prompts and Essays
  
Day 2: 
●      Poetry and the Line of Reasoning
●      AP Classroom* and AP Daily*
●      Resource Review
●      Managing Open AI in the AP Classroom
●      Instructional Activities
●      Building Lessons, Units, and Year-long Plans - Ongoing
●      Analytic Rubrics - Scaffolded and 6 Point
●      Scoring Poetry
●      Prose Prompts and Essays
 
Day 3: 
●      Multiple Choice Tips and Practice
●      Prose Rubrics and Scoring Session
●      Literary Argument Instructional Strategies
●      Introductions and Thesis Statements
●      Utilizing Data from Instructional Planning Reports (IPRs)
●      Drama Review
Day 4: 
●      Exam tips from Readers
●      Literary Argument Prompts, Rubrics, Scoring Session
●      Close Reading: The Novel
●      Importance of Tone
●      Project Sharing
●      Revisit Goals
●      Next Steps
 
Susan Frediani
sfredianiap@gmail.com