Tom Lederer English Literature and Composition–New (tomlederer@comcast.net)    A Bit Regarding Tom Lederer Born and raised in San Francisco, I attended San Diego State and San Francisco State, and a variety of other universities. I did student teaching in NYC and then taught with the Peace Corps in Somalia for 2½ years. On returning, I worked as the teacher of grades 4-8 and principal of a two-room elementary school outside of Hollister. Then, for 33 years I taught high school English (10th grade, English Lit, Shakespeare, World Lit, AP, etc.) at Fairfield High, where I also directed a dozen Shakespeare productions, as well as serving as GATE facilitator, AP*coordinator, Mentor Teacher, etc. Over the years, I participated in several NEH seminars on Shakespeare, Ovid, counseling, and teaching. I have worked for ETS as a reader, table leader, question leader, and test developer for nearly 40 years, and I have been an AP*/Lit reader (9 years) and table leader (7 years, 3 as quadrant leader) . I have presented workshops on Shakespeare, holistic scoring, AP*, multi-media usage, and test preparation around the state and country. Apart from teaching, I love traveling (mostly in France and Austria recently, but I've been all over the world), theater, films, music in a variety of forms, museums, cooking, eating well, and more. Below is a tentative syllabus for the workshop, but I am open to considering other questions, should you have some particular issues to address. Please free to email me at tomlederer@comcast.net (Be sure to include "APSEMSU" in the subject line, or I may not open it!) with any topics you would like me to cover during the workshop.       AP ENGLISH: LITERATURE & COMPOSITION-New  Stanford Summer Institute July 2012  SYLLABUS   Monday-Prose and the Novel   8:30: Getting Started-Introductions and Plans and the Exam 10:00: Navigating the Novel-Analysis and Approaches (Summer Reading, Choices, "Happy/Sad," Methods, Close Reading, AP* questions)   Works: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Pride and Prejudice (Briefly mentioned: Candide, "Metamorphosis," The Stranger, Gulliver's Travels, Invisible Man)   12:00: Lunch   1:00: The AP Exam-Prose Passage Prompt and Holistic Scoring-Theory, Uses, and Practice   3:30: Review of the day and questions   Tuesday-Novels (continued) and Drama  8:30 Meet, Greet, and Review Finish work on novels   9:00 Delving into Dramas (Choices, Usefulness, Approaches) Works: Hamlet, Macbeth, A Streetcar Named Desire   12:00 Lunch 1:00 The AP* Exam-Open Question-Practice Scoring   3:30 Review of the day and questions   Wednesday-Drama (continued) and Poetry 8:30 Meet, Greet, and Review 9:00 Pondering and Plowing through Poems-Analysis and Approaches (Choices, Terminology, Methods) Works: "Chapman's Homer," African-American poetry, Chaucer, Sonnets, etc. 12:00 Lunch 1:00 The AP Exam-Poetry Prompt and Practice Scoring 3:30 Review of the day and questions Thursday-Poetry (continued) 8:30 Meet, Greet, Review 9:00 AP* Objective/Multiple-Choice questions 12:00 Lunch 1:00 The College Application Essay 3:30 Review of the day and questions Friday - Bits and Pieces 8:00 Meet, Greet, Review Writing-Out-of-Class/In-Class Plagiarism The Internet (web sites and AP* List-serv) Lederer's Favorites Approaches to Grammar Vertical Teams English Language Becoming a Faculty Consultant The Exam (taking it, required, section values) Evaluations 12:00 That's all, Folks!	James Cross English Language & Composition-Experienced (jamestcross@aol.com)     James Cross teaches AP English Literature and coaches boys varsity soccer at Lakewood High School in Southern California. He has taught in both private and public high schools since 1974 (he has taught AP* English since 1979.) He has also taught at the college level since 1981 and currently teaches at CSU Long Beach. Cross has been an AP* consultant and reader/table reader since 1994. He has served as the director, consultant, and lead presenter at the APSI at Worcester College in Oxford, England since 1997. Cross has also presented at APSI's in Washington, Colorado, and Montana. He has presented for NCTE, CATE, SCTE, and NCEA. He is a former SCTE President, CATE state representative, and NCTE Director; in 2003 he was recognized with the Living Tree Award for his dedication to the teaching profession. Cross has been published regularly in California English; his latest article appeared in the Fall, 2011edition and titled: "Upon a Modern Peak in Darien." He resides in Whittier with his wife Debbie.  A Tentative schedule for the week of July23-27, 2012   The week's syllabus is anchored by the College Board recommendation: to experience the best literature, then closely study it for interpretation which can lead to informed evaluation by developing and writing cogent and textually supported essays. The California Language Arts Standards will also be used to validate the college preparatory focus of the AP* classroom. The morning sessions will be focused seminars upon particular texts and in the afternoons there will be time to develop classroom curriculum that address the needs of the AP English Literature student . Monday July 23 Morning Introductions and Q/A session and planning the day Seminar focus: Shakespeare in the AP* classroom; texts to be covered: Hamlet and The Tempest. Afternoon: Curriculum building using Q3 questions (holistic scoring from AP* readings) Tuesday July 24 Morning: Q/A session and planning the day Seminar focus: Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness and close watching Apocalypse Now! Afternoon: Curriculum building using the Q2 question foci Q3 questions (holistic scoring from AP* readings) Wednesday July 25 Morning Q/A session and planning the day Seminar focus: the 19th Century novels: Wuthering Heights and Frankenstein Afternoon: Curriculum building using more Q3questions (holistic scoring from AP* readings) and "beyond" the text projects Thursday July 26 Morning: Q/A session and planning the day Seminar focus: the modern novel and dramatic comedy; texts to be covered: Going After Cacciato (novel) and Arcadia (dramatic-comedy) and close watching: A Beautiful Mind Afternoon Curriculum building using multiple choice Questions from retired AP* exams Friday July 27 Morning: Q/A session and planning the day Seminar focus: the poetry of John Keats Afternoon: Curriculum building using Q1questions (holistic scoring from AP* readings)