Review Pre-AP English Language and Composition for your test on Exam Skills. For students taking AP English Language
AP Language and Composition classes and advanced high school English Language Arts classes alike can benefit from this engaging argumentation portfolio. The use of portfolios is backed by sound educational research and provides a thoughtful way to collect a body of evidence for assessing a student's...
The AP English Language exam for 2024 will be full-length, can be taken at school only, and taken with a paper and pencil. Here's all you need to know.
How in the world do we start? There are so many ways to design an AP English Language course, that it’s hard to decide what to do the first week. For some schools, schedules are pretty fluid the first ten days or so, so you may be constantly dropping and gaining students. For others, students […]
The two synthesis essay questions below are examples of the question type that has been one of the three free-response questions on the AP English Language and Composition Exam as of the May 2007 exam. The synthesis question asks students to synthesize information from a variety of sources to inform their own discussion of a topic. Students are given a 15-minute reading period to accommodate the additional reading required for the question.
What is the Synthesis question? According to the College Board website, this question “asks students to synthesize information from a variety of sources to inform their own discussion of a topic” (apcentral.collegeboard.com). Similar to the DBQ on the AP U.S. History Exam. In short, this is an essay which you should read the available sources and utilize them to craft a balanced, knowledgeable argument in which you demonstrate argumentative balance.
Remember: you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think." - A.A. Milne
This is the second half of a two-part series about teaching AP Language and Composition. You can check out the first part here. Good feedback is everything. I still struggle with this, as feedback …
The AP Lang exam for 2020 will be shorter, online, cover less material, and have a different format. Here's all you need to know.
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The first escape room of the world opened in #Budapest back in 2011.
For each of the twenty-one poems or poetic forms for AP Literature and Composition, students and teachers will find a link to the poem and additional multimedia resources. These include EDSITEment lessons as well as EDSITEment-reviewed websites that discuss the poem, the poet, and its context.
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Teaching Secondary English Language Arts
This list of 20 Short Short Stories for AP Lit accompanies ideas for how to use Flash Fiction in AP Literature and High School English...
These five strategies will ensure that you get a score of 9 on the AP® English Language Synthesis FRQ.
Amanda Knox’s story is just one example of our continued quickness to heap scorn and slurs on women seen as sexually bold.
Review AP Language Exam Overview - Slides for your test on Exam Skills. For students taking AP English Language
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