As the school year reaches its midpoint, many AP Literature teachers find themselves asking the same questions: How are my students really doing with poetry? How can I help them move past frustration and into deeper understanding before the exam? In...
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“The December spiral … prevents us from seeing the slow, meaningful gains our students are actually making.”
Rhetoric really is everything, everywhere, and all at once since every act of communication is spinning in a multiverse of contexts that all shape...
Every May, AP readers hear the same refrain: “The sophistication point is a unicorn.” But that’s not quite right. Unicorns don’t exist. The...
It’s a comment I hear from teachers everywhere I go. No matter what size of school or district or the AP “passing” rates of the students, it’s the...
The first days of any AP® English course are less about handing out a syllabus and more about laying a foundation: telling students what is expected...
If you've ever worked with students who struggle with reading—or experienced that struggle yourself—you’ve likely seen it firsthand: the hesitation,...
Congratulations—or maybe condolences? You just found out you are teaching an Advanced Placement® (AP) English class next year. Whether it’s AP...
Ask a teenager how they feel about reading, and you’ll likely get an eye roll, a groan, or a halfhearted, “I don’t like books.”
Dr. Brandon Abdon and special guest Timm Freitas (The Garden of English) discuss last-minute strategies for the 2025 AP Language and Composition...
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