REVIEW READING PLAN

Here is a suggested guide to reading the review book (beneath is a list of testing dates). Spacing it out is important. If you try to read 3 chapters the day before they are due you will not retain as enough information. I know some of you are die hard fans of cramming, but that method only works when the test questions are directly based on a lesson/reading. The AP test questions and essays are not something for which you can cram. These questions require a synthesis of knowledge from many chapters that can only be found when we have a good, solid, deep memory of the information.

My best suggestion is to keep pace with the reading timeline. Bring you book with you to school everyday. You will be surprised by how man "nothing" minutes you have throughout the day. You don't have to finish a chapter in one sitting. The reading is divided into very short little sections and as long as you reach the end of a section, you're fine. Remember to highlight (see the guide below) and, most important, reread and double check you knowledge again post reading. If you pace with timeline and highlight, you can do the reread and double check the day of class.

Multiple encounters with information is the only way to learn this stuff. We've covered it once. Cramming will only get you one more encounter (totaling 2). Following my suggestions will get you four to five encounters. (our first lesson, reading the review book, thinking about what to highlight, skimming or better-rereading the highlighted parts, quizzing yourself).

Good Luck!

Suggested Reading Timeline:

Over Spring Break- CH 1 & 2

4/6- CH 3

4/8- CH 4

4/10- CH 5 & 6 *extended weekend

4/13-CH 7 & 8

4/15-CH 9 *so you won't need to read over prom weekend

4/21-CH 10

4/23-CH 11

4/27-CH 12 & 13

4/29-CH 14

5/1-CH 15

Set-In-Stone Test Dates:

4/8- anything up through chapter 3

4/15- anything up through chapter 7

4/23- anything up through chapter 10

5/1- anything up through chapter 14

In between the test dates, you can expect other assignments/essays/quizzes in class BUT the will only be on chapter you have already covered. For example, on 4/22 you can have an activity on anything through chapter 7 even though we should have read through 10 by that date.