AP English Courses

Teaching English Through The Conservative, Christian Worldview

Don’t Waste Your Child’s Precious Time With *WEAK* Dual Credit English Courses

Give the Gift of a Course That Will Prepare Him or Her Well for College-Level Thinking, Reading, & Writing in All Disciplines, While Also Receiving the Necessary Training to GET COLLEGE ENGLISH CREDIT By Taking AP and/or CLEP Exams!!

*Considering student/parent feedback, I’ve become increasingly concerned with the woeful lack of proficiency & challenging, meaningful work, involving critical thinking, reading, & writing skills in dual credit English classes. I have had numerous students who have gone to dual credit classes say such things as,
“That class is such a waste of time,”
“The work is so much less challenging than yours,”
“It’s such a joke!” or “I wish I hadn’t left your class!”
With so many public school 11th and 12th-graders (many from weak school systems) enrolling in dual credit classes, they have become even more watered down than before, causing students to be unprepared for university-level work. Because of this, AP credit is much more impressive to college admissions counselors and can help secure more scholarship money, as well.

Two different English Exams are offered each May by The College Board (this is the same organization that produces and offers the SAT Exams). The exams offered are the Advanced Placement English Language and Composition Exam (usually taken at the end of the junior year), and the Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition Exam (usually taken at the end of the senior year). If a student does well enough on either one of these exams, most colleges and universities will award credit for 1 or 2 college English courses (or 3 to 6 semester hours’ credit) for each exam with a score that is high enough. This means that scoring well on both exams could earn your son or daughter all of his/her college English credits before beginning college. CLEP instruction is also given, and CLEP Exams are another way to gain college credit. NOTE: The work we do helps students to score better on the SAT & ACT, also!

       There are many advantages to the Advanced Placement program. If a student scores well enough on the exam to gain college credit, then this credit replaces a course (or courses) that (s)he would have had to pay for, buy books for, study or write papers for, or sit under a potentially pagan professor for. The credits are simply recorded straight onto the student’s college transcript! Additionally, colleges are impressed with students who are willing to put in the extra effort that an AP course of study requires-whether or not they gain the credit. It looks great on the resume/transcript/college application.

A homeschooling mom and friend told me of a recent visit to a college fair. When she inquired of the counselor of a well-known college what could be done to increase a student’s chances of admission, the counselor replied that, if an AP course is listed on a student’s transcript, that student’s application is placed in a stack that will be considered for admission before other applicants, due to the commitment it takes to complete these rigorous courses. AP courses are impressive when competing for scholarships, as well.

Also, taking such a rigorous course prepares the students well, not only for college English, but also for ALL courses that require critical reading, thinking, and writing skills (this description fits most college courses). The most-often-voiced complaint by the Universities and the workplace is that young people do not have well-developed critical thinking/discernment skills, analytical reading skills, or (the most sorely lacking of all) clear and convincing writing skills. Advanced Placement English coursework helps develop strong skills in all these areas.

     If your son or daughter could benefit from this type of curriculum, I am offering these classes (which all have a great student-teacher ratio):
SENIORS-*Senior Advanced Placement Literature & Composition--
(with added instruction for Juniors & Seniors to also be ready to take CLEP exams for additional college credit)
JUNIORS-*Junior Advanced Placement Language & Composition--.
*These are 2 different courses to prepare for 2 different AP Exams (Scoring well on either exam may earn 3-6 college semester hours. Scoring well on both exams may place your student out of all of his/her college English courses.)
9TH /10TH -GRADE--Pre-AP/Novel Studies/Analytical & Creative Writing

Each course is a full-scale literature and composition course.
Skills emphasized in each course:
    Reading challenging material,
    Analyzing/discerning the material, and
    Writing convincingly about it.

These are skills which are not only essential for scoring well on the AP, CLEP, SAT, and ACT Exams, but more importantly, are imperative for success in any college course. Discernment is important for life.

Test-taking Strategies are included (with Multiple Choice sections and Literary Analysis ESSAY WRITING sections from actual past AP & CLEP Exams from the College Board)

All courses are taught from a conservative, Christian Worldview.

Course times and dates are listed on the side bar to your left, as well as in downloadable form straight to your computer: AP COURSES INFO '10-'11.doc. For more information, call Melody Lambert @ (817) 292-9409, & if you have not already done so, please leave your name, number, address, along with the NAME, AGE, DATE OF BIRTH, & GRADE YOUR CHILD WILL BE ENTERING IN THE FALL, & which division of which course you prefer. THEN MAIL YOUR AP COURSES INFO '10-'11.doc& DEPOSITS BACK TO ME ASAP SO I CAN SAVE A PLACE FOR YOUR STUDENT(S).
Thank you! Melody Lambert, B. S., M. Ed.
        (32 years’ experience in teaching. 21 years’ experience in Pre-AP & AP teaching.)

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Contact

Melody Lambert, B.S., M.Ed.

Email: LLambertMark@aol.com

Phone: 817-292-9409

Location: 4020 Alicante Ave., Fort Worth, TX, 76133 (Click for Directions)

Quick Download:

A P COURSES INFO '10-'11.doc

Class Times

Senior AP:

Wednesday: 2:45PM-4:30PM

OR Thursday: 9:30AM-11:15AM

Junior AP:

Wednesday: 1:00PM-2:30PM

OR Thursday: 11:30AM-1:00PM

Pre-AP (9th/10th):

Wednesday: 10:30AM-12:00PM OR Thursday: 2:00PM-3:30PM

MAthematics instruction & SAT/PSAT Preparation:

Contact:

Mary Hamilton 817-921-4404

WebMaster:

Email:

cowboyoftexas@gmail.com