Welcome!Ms. Angelina Gintonio

Room 210

Educational Background

• Bachelor of Arts in English, Minor in History• University of Kentucky 2005

• Master of Arts in Teaching • Secondary English

• Northern Kentucky University – 2008

• Rank I and National Board Certification • 2012

Teaching Background

• 8th year teaching

•Bracken County High School – 2007 - 2014• Taught All sophomores, including Advanced

• Worked with Springboard for two years prior to coming to HHS

• Taught AP Lang – helped start AP program, participated in AdvanceKY grant (received additional training to continue growing professionally)

• Had Highest pass rate in my school three straight years

• Served on SBDM council for four years

• Helped develop CSIP and CDIP

AP English Language and Composition

What is the basic ideology of Advanced Placement?

•Committed to the principle that all students deserve an opportunity to participate in rigorous and academically challenging courses

• AP students must be willing to accept the challenge of a rigorous academic curriculum

Course Objectives

• Course aligns to an introductory college-level rhetoric and writing curriculum; students will receive college credit upon passing the national exam.

• Students will develop, articulate, and craft analytic and argumentative essays using worldly knowledge and provided sources.

• Students will read and analyze texts for purpose and effect to rhetorical elements in non-fiction texts from a variety of disciplines and historical periods.

The A.P. Language Examination

Exam

• 3 hours 15 minutes

• 1 hour for MC

• 2 hours 15 minutes for essays

• 15 minutes is reading/annotating time for synthesis prompt

• 40 minutes writing time per essay

• Multiple Choice• 4-5 Prose Passages, 55(ish) questions

• 17th century to contemporary

• Multi-disciplinary

• Essays• Synthesis

• Rhetorical Analysis

• Argument

The Mock Exam

- March

- Offered Saturday & at

least 2 days/week

- Full length exam

- Scored by unbiased,

outside readers

- We encourage and

invite parents to join

(E.C.)

A.P. Scoring

The Readers’ scores on the free-response questions are combined with the results of the computer-scored multiple-choice questions; the weighted raw scores are summed to give a composite score.

The composite score is then converted to a grade on AP’s 5-point scale:

AP GRADE QUALIFICATION

• 5 Extremely well qualified

• 4 Well qualified

• 3 Qualified

AP Exam grades of 5 are equivalent to A grades in the corresponding college course; 4 = an A-, B+, and B in college. 3 are equivalent to grades of B-, C+, and C in college.

A.P. College Credit IncentiveThousands of four-year colleges grant credit, placement, or both for qualifying AP Exam grades, because these

grades represent a level of achievement equivalent to that of students who take the corresponding college course.

University/College Score Earned/needed Credits Awarded

University of Kentucky

34-5

3 Hours3 Hours +

University of Louisville

34-5

3 Hours (ENG 101)6 Hours (101, 102)

Ohio State 3, 4, 5 5 Quarter Hours

University of Dayton 45

3 Hours6 Hours (ENG 100, 200)

Ohio University 3, 4, 5 3 Hours

Miami University (Ohio)

3 – 4 5

3 Hours6 Hours (all requirements)

Morehead 3 3 ENG 100

NKU 3 3 ENG 101

Xavier 4 3 ENGL 101

So…How do we get there?AP Language Classroom Organization and

Curriculum Layout

AP Curriculum and Organization

• Course Pack

• Unit objectives

• Foundational curriculum – American Literature, primary source, nonfiction

• Calendar with assignments

• Fewer daily assignments, long-term assignments to parallel class lectures

• 3 novels (outside reading)

• Formative grades

• Summative grades

• Accrued point system

• Sliding Scale that aligns with AP 9 point scale

• Rubric based scoring (from annotations to class discussion)

Play; post-AP exam

Students are currently reading; Reading EXAM end of Quarter.

The Second Master: ACT

ACT Preparation

• My goals with the ACT are:• To teach specific skills assessed on ACT English and

Reading sections through complex and embedded instruction as well as explicit practice.

• To provide students with research-based test taking strategies and to provide students with time to practice those skills in class.

• To help students achieve benchmark in English and Reading

ACT Preparation

• Full length practice test today – scores will be used as a baseline data• In-house practice opportunities and diagnostics throughoutTest Date Registration Deadline (Late Fee Required)

October 25, 2014 September 19, 2014 September 20–October 3, 2014

December 13, 2014 November 7, 2014 November 8–21, 2014

February 7, 2015* January 9, 2015 January 10–16, 2015

April 18, 2015 March 13, 2015 March 14–27, 2015

June 13, 2015 May 8, 2015 May 9–22, 2015

English – 18Reading - 22

Contact Information

• School Phone: 859-815-2541

• Email: angelina.gintonio@fortthomas.kyschools.us

• Teacher webpage