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Dr. Brandon Abdon

Dr. Brandon Abdon has 20-plus years in education as a high school English teacher, a professor of English and Education, a curriculum and assessment developer, and as an instructional coach. Brandon holds advanced degrees in both English and Education - including a Doctorate in English with certification as a teacher, reading/literacy specialist, and an administrator. His academic work has revolved around the rhetoric of fiction, specifically the fiction of Richard Wright in its context; transitional literacy – that is literacy and reading instruction beyond the elementary grades; and alignment and interpretation of standards. For numerous years Brandon worked as a consultant for the Advanced Placement program at the College Board. He believes in the power of writing daily in the classroom. While he is passionate about educational opportunities for underrepresented groups, he knows that all students have a path to literacy when engaged and challenged suitably. Dr. Abdon is the senior author of two textbooks for AP® English Literature (2021) and AP® English Language (2020) and a collaborator on a number of projects to support secondary English teachers and their classrooms.

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    What to Teach in the First Weeks of AP® Language & AP® Literature

    The first weeks of an AP English course carry more weight than the calendar suggests. Some students walk in certain they belong. Others were talked into the class by a counselor or a parent and are already quietly convinced they've made a mistake....

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    Discussion with Chief Readers about 2026 AP® English Exams

    Watch an exclusive conversation with the Chief Readers and Chief Reader-Designate of AP English Language and AP English Literature and Composition as...

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    Now What? Some Ideas for After the AP® Exam

    The AP exams end, the proctors tell students to log out, and for a brief moment, the room exhales. That one day in May has really come and gone. Then...

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    AP® English Students and Teachers Share Strategies Before Exams

    These two AP English webinars offer practical strategies to help both teachers and students make the most of the final month before exams, so...

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    Webinar: Balancing Literacy Skills and Sustained Reading

    Dr. Brandon Abdon and Jennifer Abramson name the core tension secondary ELA teachers feel: the pressure to “cover” standards and test-prep skills...

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    Balancing Literacy Skills and Sustained Reading

    If you teach grades 6–12 ELA, you know the squeeze. You are expected to move students toward sophisticated analysis of theme, rhetoric, structure,...

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    Teaching Students to Think Rhetorically About Statistics

    In AP English Language and Composition, we ask students to enter an ongoing conversation, craft an argument, and make deliberate rhetorical choices....

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    AP English: Getting Poetry—and Getting Better at It

    As the school year reaches its midpoint, many AP Literature teachers find themselves asking the same questions: How are my students really doing with...

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    AP English at the Middle of Year: Where are you at? Where are you going?

    “The December spiral … prevents us from seeing the slow, meaningful gains our students are actually making.”

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    Situation and Context in AP English Language and Composition

    Rhetoric really is everything, everywhere, and all at once since every act of communication is spinning in a multiverse of contexts that all shape...

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