AP Seminar becomes a new class at Northern

Feature
By Bridget Dooley
Husky Herald Reporter

  The end of the school year is just around the corner, and that means that students are beginning to schedule classes for next year. At Port Huron Northern, students can choose from a wide range of classes that are of interest to them,  the core subjects of Science, Math, English, and History, as well as a variety of electives.

  AP Seminar is a new course being offered at Port Huron Northern for the 2016-17 school year.  Although this sounds interesting, this new class has resulted in an abundance of questions from confused students.

  What is AP Seminar?

  “AP Seminar is a new course being offered at Port Huron Northern for the 2016-17 class year. It is a course that really integrates technology and the social science to challenge our english students to improve their research skills as well as their writing skills. ” Ms. VanValkenburg says. Ms. VanValkenburg is taking a course in August to help her prepare for teaching AP Seminar next year.

      “AP Seminar really is unique” she explains. “It doesn’t necessarily require students to read literature; instead, it prompts students to evaluate articles, speeches, and more informative nonfiction pieces.”

   So if you’re a student that enjoys the research and evaluation of ELA over the creative aspects, this class could be for you.

    AP Seminar  is going to be primarily for 10th grade students as an alternative to ELA 10. Kids do not have to test out of ELA 10 to take AP Seminar.

    In terms of workload, AP Seminar is not much different from AP Lang or AP Lit, but it is a very different type of work. It’s a lot of group work and research outside of class with lots of projects and deadlines.. If you’re planning to go into journalism, communications, or the social sciences, this class could be a benefit to your futures.