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first period: AP Literature and Composition
second period: Success 101
third period: Journalism/Newspaper
fourth period: Planning
Advanced Placement Literature and Compostition has mulitiple learning objectives: British Literature and the NC Standard Course of Study, the objectives of the College Board and the AP exam, and preparation to succeed in college courses. AP classes are college level courses taught at the high school level. Students will take the AP exam in May to potentially earn college credit for the course. AP Literature students will complete an author study after the AP exam. Students in the AP course should exhibit a greater level of commitment to learning and dedicate the needed time and effort towards being successful in the course. Students in AP Literature will read How To Read Literature Like a Professor, The Poisonwood Bible, The Awakening, Frankenstein, Great Expectations, and "Macbeth". Students also read numerous short stories from Perrine's Literature: Structure, Sound and Sense and complete an intensive study of poetry.
Success 101 is a year-long course for selected students. Second semester, the Success 101 stduents will be enrolled in Enlgish I together. Success 101 is focused on helping students who scored low on the middle school reading and math comprehension tests catch up and develop needed skills for success in high school. Focuses of the class are character development, reading skills, test-taking and note-taking strategies. Students will apply skills through literature studies, but time is also allowed for application of these skills to work from other courses.
Journalism/Newspaper is a course designed to teach students the basics of journalism and newspaper publication. The student newspaper, Catalyst, is published monthly and distributed to all students during CATS classes. The newspaper class teaches basics of news reporting, and layout and design. New students to the course must complete the classroom porrtion to the satisfaction of the tecaher in order to begin work on publishing the newspaper. Experienced news students work on publication of the Catalyst. Students use the publication software Adobe's InDesign and PhotoShop, and all students should become adept at using both in order to be successful in the class. Articles for each issue are decided upon by students and assigned by the Editor-in-Chief. The adviser assigns grades for the class based on in-class assignments, issue folders containing all work for the current issue, and required ad sales. The newspaper class requires a high level of responsibility and self-motivation in students. Students must be able to work independantly and take direction from peers in editor positions.
Michelle Shue graduated from Peace College in Raleigh with an Associate of Arts degree, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a Bachelor's degree in English, and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a Master's degree in Teaching. Ms. Shue began her career at West Rowan High School where she taught and coached for seven years. She also began the newspaper program at West. She is currently the coach of Carson's Varsity Football/Competition Cheerleaders and acts as head coach for the JCHS Cheerleading program. Ms. Shue established the newspaper program at Carson and serves as a mentor to two initially licensed teachers. She has worked with Shakespeare Lives!, a program funded by the Kenan Foundation and the NC School of the Arts, which allowed her to spend time working at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London, England. Ms. Shue also is a National Board Certified Teacher. Married for 6 years to Todd Shue, Ms. Shue is also mother to three year old Trevor.
