Anonymous Year-End 12 A.P. Survey 2008-9

2008-9
Ms. Oestermeyer

I appreciate your candid and constructive feedback.

Please be sure to hit DONE (at bottom of page) when you have completed the survey.

As a reminder, here are highlights of what we did this year:
*Summer reading (JANE EYRE, THE AWAKENING, THE PLAGUE, QUARTET IN AUTUMN)
*Boot Camp (JANE EYRE essays)
*ALL THE KING'S MEN (3-2-1 discussions, tests, timed essay)
*DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE (timed essay)
*CRIME & PUNISHMENT (discussions, close readings, test, paper)
*Poetry Project (comparing two poets' works)
*Plays (Sophocles' "Oedipus" and "Antigone," Chekov's "The Cherry Orchard," Shakespeare's "Hamlet," Williams' "Streetcar Named Desire," O'Neill's "Long Day's Journey into Night," Albee's "The Sand Box")
*THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD (journal, essay)
*INVISIBLE MAN (3-2-1 discussions, timed essay)
*Cultural Events

1. What percentage of each book did you honestly read? (remember, this is anonymous)

	0%	30%	60%	86.52%	100%
THE PLAGUE	What percentage of each book did you honestly read? (remember, this is anonymous) THE PLAGUE 0%	30%	60%	86.52%	100%
QUARTET IN AUTUMN	QUARTET IN AUTUMN 0%	30%	60%	86.52%	100%
THE AWAKENING	THE AWAKENING 0%	30%	60%	86.52%	100%
JANE EYRE	JANE EYRE 0%	30%	60%	86.52%	100%
ALL THE KING'S MEN	ALL THE KING'S MEN 0%	30%	60%	86.52%	100%
DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE	DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE 0%	30%	60%	86.52%	100%
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT	CRIME AND PUNISHMENT 0%	30%	60%	86.52%	100%
CHERRY ORCHARD	CHERRY ORCHARD 0%	30%	60%	86.52%	100%
LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT	LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT 0%	30%	60%	86.52%	100%
STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE	STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE 0%	30%	60%	86.52%	100%
HAMLET	HAMLET 0%	30%	60%	86.52%	100%
THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD	THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD 0%	30%	60%	86.52%	100%
INVISIBLE MAN	INVISIBLE MAN 0%	30%	60%	86.52%	100%

2. What did we do that was MOST valuable this year? Why?

What did we do that was MOST valuable this year? Why?

3. What do you think was LEAST valuable? Why?

What do you think was LEAST valuable? Why?

4. What did you enjoy...

What did you enjoy... MOST? Why?
LEAST? Why?

5. Did the timed essays...

	NO!	not really	sort of	yes	YES!
Help you read more critically?	Did the timed essays... Help you read more critically? NO!	not really	sort of	yes	YES!
Make you more comfortable with A.P. prompts?	Make you more comfortable with A.P. prompts? NO!	not really	sort of	yes	YES!
Help you find/develop writing topics?	Help you find/develop writing topics? NO!	not really	sort of	yes	YES!
Help you think and write under time pressure?	Help you think and write under time pressure? NO!	not really	sort of	yes	YES!
Help you address "so what?"?	Help you address "so what?"? NO!	not really	sort of	yes	YES!
Improve your writing?	Improve your writing? NO!	not really	sort of	yes	YES!

6. Did this course...

	NO!	not really	sort of	yes	YES!
Improve your reading skills?	Did this course... Improve your reading skills? NO!	not really	sort of	yes	YES!
Improve your writing skills?	Improve your writing skills? NO!	not really	sort of	yes	YES!
Improve your presentation skills?	Improve your presentation skills? NO!	not really	sort of	yes	YES!
Give you a sense of accomplishment?	Give you a sense of accomplishment? NO!	not really	sort of	yes	YES!
Increase your appreciation of literature?	Increase your appreciation of literature? NO!	not really	sort of	yes	YES!
Help you prepare for success on the A.P. exam?	Help you prepare for success on the A.P. exam? NO!	not really	sort of	yes	YES!

7. What suggestions do you have for better preparing students for the A.P. exam? Please be as SPECIFIC as possible.

What suggestions do you have for better preparing students for the A.P. exam? Please be as SPECIFIC as possible.

8. a. What is one aspect you would NOT change about this course? Explain, please.

b. If you could change this course, what would you alter (books, activities, assignments, etc.)? Please explain.

a. What is one aspect you would NOT change about this course? Explain, please. b. If you could change this course, what would you alter (books, activities, assignments, etc.)? Please explain.

9. What advice would you give next year's incoming 12 A.P. (my students next year)?

What advice would you give next year's incoming 12 A.P. (my students next year)?

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