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Dr. Brandon Abdon
Preparing Your Students for the AP Literature Exam
It’s a month before the AP exam and you’re freaking out. You're trying to think about what you need to review with your students, what you should...
"But That's What I Wrote..." — Argument and Line of Reasoning
The concept of a "Line of Reasoning" is not unfamiliar to students, but the terminology and various approaches to developing a line of reasoning may...
So You’re Teaching AP English Next Year? Start Here.
Congratulations—or maybe condolences? You just found out you are teaching an Advanced Placement® (AP) English class next year. Whether it’s AP...
AP® English: Sophistication & Complexity Webinar
The sophistication point on the essay rubrics often meets with much weeping and gnashing of teeth. Students want to know how to write it. Teachers...
Top 5 Takeaways From the 2023 AP® Language Exam
While the 2023 AP English Language and Composition exam represents year 4 of assessment using the analytic scoring guide and year 3 of the changes to...
AP® Lang: Understanding a Line of Reasoning
Guide students through an engaging activity that stresses the importance of the thesis & topic sentences to structure the line of reasoning. Students...
Prepping Your Students for the AP® English Exams
It’s a month before the AP exam and you’re freaking out- You're trying to think about what you need to review with your students, what you should ask...
2022 AP Literature Scoring Bump: What Happened?
Dr. Brandon Abdon and guest Clair Antoon-Newton to dig into why test scores jumped on the 2022 AP Literature Exam, standards setting, and what it all...
2022 AP Literature Scoring Bump: What Happened?
Dr. Brandon Abdon and guest Clair Antoon-Newton to dig into why test scores jumped on the 2022 AP Literature Exam, standards setting, and what it all...
AP® Language: Exploring Contemporary Issues
In this lesson, students are asked to consider how they are situated within the world around them–locally, nationally, and globally. Students will...
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....
#APLangTop5 Session 4: Providing & Explaining Commentary
In this session of our #APLangTop5 Most Difficult Concept Series, we focus on concretely explaining what commentary is, why it matters in the context...