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Boot Camps are designed to introduce students to the most challenging tasks they will encounter in their AP courses. Sessions focus exclusively on a specific task for its respective AP subject rather than covering a comprehensive overview of the entire course.
Boot Camps are designed to introduce students to the most challenging tasks they will encounter in their AP courses. Sessions focus exclusively on a specific task for its respective AP subject rather than covering a comprehensive overview of the entire course.
AP English Language & Composition
AP English Language & Composition
Instructor: Dr. Esther Armistead
Instructor: Dr. Esther Armistead
Offered: 5 Days in June 2025 (June 2-6; June 9-13; June 16-20; June 23-27)
Offered: 5 Days in June 2025 (June 2-6; June 9-13; June 16-20; June 23-27)
Time: 9:00am - 11:30am
Time: 9:00am - 11:30am
Total Cost: $295.00
Total Cost: $295.00
Max Capacity: 12-15 students
Max Capacity: 12-15 students
The AP Lang Boot Camp will focus on rhetorical analysis, a key writing task on the AP Lang Exam. Students will analyze the strategic choices writers make to address a rhetorical situation and explore how writers' stylistic choices enhances an argument's overall purpose. Students enrolled in this session will receive College Board-aligned materials to best prepare for the AP exam. For detailed information, the course syllabus is linked here.
Monday: Define Rhetorical Analysis & Understand Rhetorical Techniques
Tuesday: Whole Group Practice on Rhetorical Analysis
Anchor Text: Patrick Henry's "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death"
Wednesday: Small Group Practice on Rhetorical Analysis
Anchor Text: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail
Thursday: Rhetorical Analysis Practice Exam #1 with Individualized Feedback
Friday: Rhetorical Analysis Practice Exam #2 with Individualized Feedback
AP English Literature & Composition
AP English Literature & Composition
Instructor: Mr. Richard Armistead
Instructor: Mr. Richard Armistead
Offered: 5 Days in June 2025 (June 2-6; June 9-13; June 16-20; June 23-27)
Offered: 5 Days in June 2025 (June 2-6; June 9-13; June 16-20; June 23-27)
Time: 9:00am - 11:30am
Time: 9:00am - 11:30am
Total Cost: $295.00
Total Cost: $295.00
Max Capacity: 12-15 students
Max Capacity: 12-15 students
The AP Lit Boot Camp will focus on prose analysis and poetry analysis, two of the three key writing tasks on the AP Lit Exam. Students will learn ways to approach literary interpretation, practice writing the associated essays, and learn test-taking strategies specific to the exam. Students enrolled in this session will be using College Board-aligned materials. For detailed information, the course syllabus is linked here.
Monday: Literary Analysis Introduction
Anchor Text: "The Yellow Wallpaper", by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Tuesday: Whole Group Practice - Identifying Literary Elements & Techniques
Anchor Text: "Introduction to Poetry" by Billy Collins
Wednesday: Small Group Practice - Utilizing Literary Elements & Techniques
Thursday: Prose Analysis Practice Exam with Individualized Feedback
Friday: Poetry Analysis Practice Exam with Individualized Feedback
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