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    AP® Lang: Mapping Setting Collaborative Activity

    Students will map a setting specific to a text, most likely a longer work of fiction, and specifically as that setting (or place/location) might relate to a specific character in the work. Students will consider how places and spaces can reflect...

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    Active Reading Notes & Purpose Statement

    Whether teaching literature or rhetoric, close reading is an essential and often difficult skill to teach. This note-taking system, which is a...

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    Tough Topics But Important Stories

    Many adults forget teens are experiencing a lot for the first time—friendships, love, heartbreak, and peer pressure. Sometimes these experiences lead...

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    How to Approach the 2023 AP® World History Exam

    Experienced AP World History teacher Dave Drzonek and AP World History Exam table leader Charlie Hart discuss what students did well and what they...

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    Interactive Plot Map

    Carmel McDonald walks you through how she walks her middle school ELA students through narrative structure with an interactive plot map. Download her...

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    AP® Lang: Formative Revisions Activity

    One of the benefits and challenges of the AP® Language course is that the skills need to be understood both as a reader and a writer; and, often when...

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    AP® Lang: Places & Spaces

    For this activity, a place is considered to be a geographical location, whereas a space might be an abstract state of being. Students will review...

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    Mediums for AP® Lang

    In this activity, students will read and reflect on the different types of writing they might encounter on the AP® Language & Composition Exam....

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    How Schools Create Productive ELPs

    ELPs provide them with a fun learning environment and create a sense of belonging. These learning programs are also a productive way to support...

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