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Foundations of Advanced Composition
AP® and SAT®/ACT® Exam Writing
Grades 10–12
Strong college-level writing starts here
Equip students with the essential writing skills they need for AP and college-level success. Designed for flexible 20-minute lessons, this writing book breaks complex composition concepts into clear, manageable steps organized into units on Words, Sentences, and Paragraphs and Essays.
With AP-, ACT-, and SAT-style practice, scaffolded writing and revision tasks, and built-in support for teachers, this resource is perfect for AP, honors, and dual-enrollment classrooms.
The Learn section explains the lesson concept and provides direct, modeled instruction.
Practice explores the concept through practice activities.
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Part 1: Write asks students to generate their own writing demonstrating their mastery of the concept covered in the lesson
Part 2: Revise offers students an opportunity to apply the concept to a revision of a provided draft..png?width=500&height=270&name=SE%20Pg%208%20(WRITE%20AND%20REVISE%20section).png)
In Unit 3, another part of the lesson appears:
On Your Own carries students through the process of writing an original essay, applying what they have learned in the lesson to their own composition. The lessons in Unit 3 provide the deep instruction students need to develop, connect, and defend their ideas, skills threatened by an overreliance on AI
Reflect asks students to articulate the value or purpose of what they just completed on their essay.
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Why It MattersLets students know exactly how the lesson will help their writing. |
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Key PointDistills the main takeaway of the lesson into a concise statement students can reference as they write and revise. |
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What's the Point?Closes each lesson with a metacognitive prompt that invites students to articulate how the skill will help them in future writing tasks and on the exam. |
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Team UpAllows students to work together to apply or extend the concept the lesson explores. |
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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). |
