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IMPORTANT

Key links in prep for the AP Exam on May 12. WATCH & Listen to ALL of them.

Videos About the Exam & Process: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoGgviqq4844oyQviUHOOddAaMOdDAqpk&SFMC_cid=EM305178-&rid=47602331
AP Testing Guide: https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/pdf/ap-testing-guide-2020.pdf?SFMC_cid=EM305178-&rid=47602331
Exam Day Check List: https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/pdf/ap-student-exam-day-checklist.pdf?SFMC_cid=EM305178-&rid=47602331

The Corona AP Awesomeness Plan

Below is a chart with Meeting Dates, Lesson Dates, Etc.
Official/Formal Lessons the directly relate to your 4th quarter grade will consist of ~5 Hours of total Work for the Week. The week will consist of 3 Parts/Components
- Asynchronous Work: 3 Days of Activities/Readings/Discussions done on your own time. This is the "New Learning" and will have the "graded work"* (Waiting on WCPSS/NC Board of Ed as to what grading will look like exactly)
- AP Test Prep Extensions: Optional, NON-GRADED Activities that students may CHOOSE to do to prepare for the AP Exam. These activities will be specifically focused on topics & skills needed for success on the AP Exam. Mr. Grether will give instructional feedback on these activities, but they will NOT impact a student's grade.
- Live Sessions. These are 1 Hour Sessions via Google Meet (Link Here. Different Link Each Session). Live sessions will allow students to ask questions about the content, have discussions, and go deeper. No new information will be learned in these sessions and they CANNOT be recorded.
  - 1st Period: 8:30-9:30am
  - 2nd Period: 10-11am
Office Hours
- Mr. G will be available to answer questions, tutor, etc from 1p-3p Mon through Friday. Mr. G will gladly be willing to help students who need it outside of 1-3p by appointment. If you know that 1-3 will not work and you need help, contact Mr. G by the Message Group ( Please click here to sign up) or by E-Mail: MGrether@wpcss.net

What To Do Until April 13th?

Complete any missing work (see below) & e-mail it to MGrether@wcpss.net .
Until April 13th, complete the following readings as AP Test Prep Enrichment. It would be wise to have all of these readings completed before the AP Exam to be the most prepared for the exam. These readings are available under "Modules."
- Ch 9: A-C
- Ch 10: A-B
- Ch 11: A-E
- Ch 12: A-D
- Ch 13: A-F

General Calendar

OFFICIAL AP Exam Information

Date: May 12
Time: Sign in @ 3:30, Exam Starts @ 4pm. No Late Entry
What do you need:

- A Device You can Type On: Laptop (Preferred), Phone or Tablet.
  - Typing is the idea/preferred.
  - You CAN hand write and upload a picture.
- Paper for planning
- Notebook. It will be "open note" **More on this below.
Format of the Test - 2 FRQs
- 1 FRQ with 2 Stimuli (Pictures/Maps/Charts/Tables) in 25 Min (55%)
  ***5 Min Break***
- 1 FRQ with 1 Stimuli in 15 min (45%)
Themes What do we know about these FRQs?
- Main Themes From:
  - Geo Tools, Population, Migration, Culture/Language/Religion, Political, Agriculture
    (Urban & Industrial may be a part of the answer or influence the answer)
  - REAL WORLD examples
  - Long Response Commands: Describe, Explain, Apply
    - Looking for Cause Effect Relationships, Patterns, Connections
Cheating? Don't...
- If caught cheating OR ATTEMPTING, you will be banned from ALL College Board testing including: Other AP Classes, CLEP Exams AND ALL SAT Tests in all their forms. They will also share a list of all people who cheated and share it with all the colleges in the USA.
- Cheating =
  - "Joking"/Sharing about ideas of how on social media (Tic Tok, Instagram, Twitter, etc)
  - FaceTime/Collaborating with Friends while taking the exam.
  - Copying off webpages.
- They have test security measures to catch plagiarism (especially copying off the internet). This includes giving Mr. Grether a copy of everyone's tests to spot inconsistencies and to flag for "too many similarities."
How to Prepare
- Make sure you can sign onto http://APClassroom.Collegeboard.org
- Read/notes through Chapter 13f.
- Quizlet to test understanding of vocabulary.
- Practice applying models/themes/processes to real world events through writing. Practice writing, describing, explaining, elaborating (review activities coming).
- Put bookmarks to each unit to easily flip to in a hurry.

Grades & Missing Work: 3rd Quarter is Finished. No new assignments accepted unless a previous arrangement had been made. Questions? Contact MGrether@wcpss.net

AP Human Geography