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Dr. Brandon Abdon
"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...
Preparing Your Students for the AP Lang 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 ask...
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...
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...
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...
AP Language: Quote Displacement Activity
In this lesson, students will choose pages from a scene from an assigned novel (this can be done with a shorter text, too). Students will start by...
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...
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...
#APLangTop5 Session 2: Writing for Sophistication
Over the course of three sessions, Lauren and I use the language from the College Board released exam rubrics to inspire strategies that will...