Building Pre-AP Capacity in Middle School Students

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Building Pre-AP Capacity in Middle School Students

• Susan Cobb smb4_at_vigoschools.org
• Cheryl Dean ckd_at_vigoschools.org
• Kristy Brackall kkb2_at_vigoschools.org
• Kristin Schalburg kms3_at_vigoschools.org
• West Vigo High School

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AP/Honors Orientation

• Parents of Eighth Graders Learned About Academic
  Challenges
• Panel Discussion
• Question and Answer Session

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AP/Honors Orientation 2008-2009
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AP/Honors Orientation 2009-2010
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Orientation Invitation
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Pre-AP Club

• Foster Relationship Between Middle and High
  School
• Orientation Video
• Panel Members
• AP for a Day

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AP For a Day 2008-2009

• 40-50 Middle School Students
• 29 English 9 Students
• 9 European History Students
• 6 Pre-AP Club Members
• 27 Comp. AP Students

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AP For a Day 2009-2010

• 40-50 Middle School Students
• 21 English 9AH Students
• 30 English 10AH Students
• 28 AP Literature Students
• 29 AP Language Students
• 15 AP U.S. History Students

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Goals of AP For a Day

• Expose Middle School Students to High School
• Encourage Enrollment in AP courses
• Define AP Courses to Middle School Students

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Middle and High School Activities

• Middle and High School Participants Read The
  Worn Path by Eudora Welty
• Students Participated in a Discussion of the
  Story

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AP For a Day

• High School Students Mentored Middle School
  Students
• Wrote A Thesis

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Freshmen and Seniors

• Freshmen Created a Story Map for The Worn Path
• Freshmen Wrote an Introductory Paragraph
• Seniors Wrote a Literary Analysis

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• Groups of Seniors and Freshmen Compared Their
  Writing