This document provides information about an AP Language and Composition class taught by Ms. Deborah Aughey. It outlines the units covered in the class over the school year, important tests and exams, opportunities for journalism including the school newspaper, materials needed, and websites for class resources.

1. OPEN HOUSE
2012- 2013
Ms. Deborah Aughey, NBCT
404-545-9609 cell and text
Deborah.aughey@cobbk12.org
Work4ms.aughey@gmail.com

2. AP LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION
• Unit 1- Beginnings to 1800- 5 weeks
• Unit 2- Romanticism 1800-1850- 4 weeks
• Unit 3- Civil War and Reconstruction 1850-
1914- 3 weeks
• Unit 4- Modernism, Post-Modernism and
Contemporary Writers 1914- present- 6
weeks

3. TESTING
• Benchmark I in September 2012
• GHSWGT October 2012
• Benchmark II in November 2012
• EOCT in December 2012
• GHSGT in March 2012 (if student does not have a
passing EOCT score on file or has transferred from a
different state)
• AP Exam in May 2012- 60 multiple choice and three 40
minute essays (3 hour test)
• SAT and ACT exams in the fall, winter and spring of
the students’ junior and senior year

4. • Spartan Chronicles online
• Spartan Chronicles printed
editions
JOURNALISM • Freelance writing club after
- NEWSPAPER
school
• Public relations and media
• Broadcast journalism and
videography
• Podcasts in iTunes
• Mobile journalism and social
networking
• Quill and Scroll journalism honor
society

5. • AP Language- Outside
readings/novels(6 full length in
addition to summer reading),
MATERIALS notebook, response journal,
materials for AMP Project on
Fridays, diligence, Patterns for
College Writing and Prentice Hall
Literature
• Journalism/Newspaper- Camera, SD
card, flash drive, self-management
skills, desire to improve writing and
work with a team

6. • http://campbellhighschool.typepa
d.com/deborah_aughey/- class
blog
HOW TO BE • www.edmodo.com- class
assignments
SUCCESSFUL • www.phsuccessnet.com – class
textbook
• www.turnitin.com – summer
reading assignment
• www.my.hsj.org/spartans-
Campbell’s online newspaper
• Check in frequently with Pinnacle
grade book