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Exploring "The All of It" from the 2025 AP Lit Exam
There are occasionally released items on the AP Exam that cause a teacher to immediately think, Well I did all that I could. This thought is often...
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Teaching Students to Think Rhetorically About Statistics
In AP English Language and Composition, we ask students to enter an ongoing conversation, craft an argument, and make deliberate rhetorical choices....
Six Word Memoir Activity
In this creative and reflective assignment, you’ll explore the art of powerful storytelling through just six words. You’ll examine examples of 6-word...
Creating Text Messages to Reflect Rhetorical Situation Activity
Lesson Overview This assignment is designed to help students think critically about how we use rhetoric in everyday communication—specifically...
Analyzing Rhetorical Analysis FRQs by Medium & Genre
Before students begin writing full rhetorical analysis essays, they need to understand the kinds of texts they will encounter on the AP Language and...
AP English: Getting Poetry—and Getting Better at It
As the school year reaches its midpoint, many AP Literature teachers find themselves asking the same questions: How are my students really doing with...
From Summary to Insight: Pushing AP English Students Toward Sophisticated Commentary
One of the most persistent challenges in AP® English classrooms isn’t getting students to write—it’s getting them to move beyond summary.
5 Sentence Structures Every AP Lang Writer Must Master
Strong ideas matter in AP Language and Composition—but how students package those ideas often determines how clearly and persuasively they come...
AP English at the Middle of Year: Where are you at? Where are you going?
“The December spiral … prevents us from seeing the slow, meaningful gains our students are actually making.”
Situation and Context in AP English Language and Composition
Rhetoric really is everything, everywhere, and all at once since every act of communication is spinning in a multiverse of contexts that all shape...