Let’s face it, poorly answered free response questions are hard on both teachers and students. Most students shudder at the thought of answering the free response questions in AP Macro because it requires them to gather all their knowledge AND apply...
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Spring is in the air, and school children all across the nation are entering the last leg of the academic year. But before the final bell rings, many...
The best part of being an ELA teacher is getting to expose students to a diverse set of stories. To appreciate the new cultures and heritages more...
Join Dr. Brandon Abdon for top review tips for the last month of preparation leading up to the AP English exams.
Join Dr. Brandon Abdon and special guest Celine Gomez as they walk through some tried and true strategies for helping students understand and...
I don’t know about you, but I hate grading reading comprehension questions. First of all, the answers usually could be “borrowed” from websites like...
When I think about the success stories of my middle school emergent bilingual learners, I can’t help but smile. What about you? Sure, there were...
This blog entry is designed to provide some hints to help your students improve their writing on the free-response section of the exam. The...
Dynamic and flat characterization has been in language arts and English curricula forever, it seems. How do we up the rigor as students advance in...
Analyzing complex characters in a novel or a short story requires students to look at many things such as how they’re described physically, but also...
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