Nancy Goldberg, MA, teaches Language and Composition and Literature and Composition at Culver City High School in Southern California. Instituting the Language/Composition course in the 1980's, Ms Goldberg has participated in College Board activities since that inception. Nancy has been a Reader of the AP* Essays since 1997 and has served as a Table Leader since 2002. Ms. Goldberg has taught English in the Culver City Schools since 1969 and served as English Department Chairman on three occasions.

You can e-mail Nancy at nancygoldberg@ccusd.org

This institute session will review the requirements of the Advanced Placement Program* in conjunction with an American Literature curriculum. We will examine resources, effective strategies and texts that produce the desired student skills essential for achieving success in this program. While the practical handouts will be helpful, much of the benefit for participants will come from our exchanges and discussions. We will review tried and true strategies for accessing the AP* exam. Novels, short stories and non-fiction pieces will serve as the basis for our reviews from curriculum. It will be advantageous to bring the syllabus you presently use for your own course of study, since the ultimate goal of this institute is to coordinate your curriculum with some innovative strategies.

An appropriate amount of time will be spent on the 2009 Language Composition exam. Our willingness to share will be our measure of success; each of us has a significant approach that we know will work with high school students, so let's share them.

Please be prepared to share your most recent "great" read, whether it be a novel or non fiction.