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Writing for the AP® Exam: English Language and Composition
Grades 11–12
Free-response questions make up 55% of the overall score on the AP Language exam
Provide students with a consistent plan for successfully approaching each FRQ type on exam day
- How to use the information the exam gives them.
- How to efficiently plan their response.
- How to effectively write their response.
The Learn section explains the lesson concept and provides direct, modeled instruction based consistently on one prompt.
Practice explores the concept through practice activities. These activities are based consistently on a second prompt.
Write extends the concept into composing, reflecting a skill required on the AP Lang exam.
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BRANDON ABDON Former College Board Director of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment for AP English. Fifteen years of experience teaching AP Language and AP Literature. Currently a College Board-endorsed consultant working as a curriculum, instruction, and assessment coach and affiliate faculty at Murray State University (KY). |
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TIMOTHY FREITAS College Board-endorsed AP Language consultant teaching AP Language and AP Literature for 10+ years. AP Reader, Table Leader, Question Leader, and member of the College Board’s instructional design team for the current AP Language framework. Currently an English teacher at Whitinsville Christian School (MA) and oversees The Garden of English—a website and YouTube instructional channel. |
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BETH HALL A College Board-endorsed AP Language consultant and AP reader. Teaching AP Language for nearly a decade. Founder of Coach Hall Writes, a platform providing writing resources for AP Language teachers and students. Currently teaches honors, AP, and concurrent credit classes in Arkansas. |
