EOC Basics
The amount of time that you have for the entire EOC
What is two hours?
EOC, Part A contains this number of stimulus materials.
What is one?
EOC, Part B contains this number of stimulus materials
What is four?
Performance Task 1 includes these two through-course performance tasks.
What is the Individual Research Report (IRR) and the Team Multimedia Presentation (TMP)?
The recommended amount of time for EOC, Part A
What is thirty minutes?
The date and time of the AP Seminar EOC
What is Monday, May 11, at 12:00 p.m. (E.T.)?
The total number of possible points for EOC, Part A
What is 15?
The total number of possible points for EOC, Part B
What is 24?
The total weight of Performance Task 1
What is 20% (IRR: 10% and TMP: 10%)?
The recommended amount of time for EOC, Part B
What is ninety minutes?
The weight of the EOC in the overall assessment of an AP Seminar student's score
What is 45%?
Part A1 asks students to do the following.
What is analyzing the author's argument, main idea, or thesis?
The response must identify a/an ______________from the provided sources.
What is a theme or issue?
Performance Task 2 contains these two through-course performance tasks.
What is the Individual Written Argument (IWA) and the Individual Multimedia Presentation (IMP)?
The recommended length of each section (A1, A2, and A3) for EOC, Part A
What is the following?
The College Board does not prescribe a length for the short answer responses, but students might consider the following:
A1: Two well-developed sentences
A2: At least one well-developed paragraph of 8-12 sentences
A3: At least one well-developed paragraph of 8-12 sentences
The qualifying score for AP Seminar
What is a score of 3 or higher?
Part A2 asks students to do the following.
What is explaining the author's line of reasoning by identifying relevant claims and clearly explaining the connections between them?
The student must incorporate this number of sources from the stimulus materials.
What is at least two?
The total weight of Performance Task 2
What is 35%?
The recommended length for EOC, Part B
What is the following?
The College Board does not prescribe a length for EOC, Part B, but high-scoring essays often range from 500 to 750 words, organized as follows:
--Introduction
--Body Paragraph 1 (Claim/Reason 1 with 2-3 pieces of evidence from the stimulus materials plus your commentary)
--Body Paragraph 2 (Claim/Reason 2 with 2-3 pieces of evidence from the stimulus materials plus your commentary)
--Body Paragraph 3 (Counterclaim/Rebuttal--only if time permits)
--Conclusion
This FRQ is series of short answers, whereas this FRQ is an argumentative essay.
What is EOC, Part A (short answer) and EOC, Part B (argumentative essay)?
Part A3 prompts students to do the following.
What is evaluating the relevance and credibility of the author's evidence?
EOC, Part B should be driven by _________________.
What is the student's perspective or argument?
The number of College Board-required checkpoints for Performance Task 1 and Performance Task 2
What is 1 for Performance Task 1 and 2 for Performance Task 2?
Ms. C's suggestions for managing your time while writing EOC, Part A and EOC, Part B
What is the following?
EOC, Part A
--Reading and Annotating: 5 minutes
--A1: 3 minutes
--A2: 10 minutes
--A3: 10 minutes
--Proofreading: 2 minutes
EOC, Part B
--Reading and Annotating: 15 minutes
--Planning and Outlining: 10 minutes
--Writing: 55 minutes
--Proofreading: 10 minutes