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AP® English (3)

Author Q&A: Lauren Peterson

Lauren Peterson, M.S. Education

Come hang out with one of our AP® Language and Composition coursebook by AMSCO® authors, Lauren Peterson! Lauren emphasizes that her role as a...

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Author Q&A with Timm Freitas

Timothy Freitas, M.S. Teaching, Secondary English Education

Want to learn more about author and Garden of English creator Timm Freitas? Tune into our new Author Q&A series! Learn who inspired to become a...

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Scholar Talks: Drs. Brandon Abdon and David Miller Discuss Frankenstein

Dr. Brandon Abdon

Love literature? Our new Scholar Talks series is for you! Hosted by AP® English coursebooks author Dr. Brandon Abdon, dive into important pieces of...

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AP® Lang: Word of the Year

Lauren Peterson, M.S. Education

It's almost the end of the school year! With the exam behind you and your students, take a moment in class to reflect on this past year (while giving...

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My Favorite Day of the AP® Year...

Nick Anello, M.A. General Administration and Curriculum & Instruction

The test is over! Your students feel much better and relieved now that the exam is over. Score releases are in the distant future. You feel relieved...

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Prepping Your Students for the AP® English Exams

Dr. Brandon Abdon

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...

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AP® English: Sophistication & Complexity Webinar

Dr. Brandon Abdon

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...

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Architecture, Design & Structure in Literature

Dr. Brandon Abdon

Ernest Hemingway once famously said that “Prose is architecture. It’s not interior design.” Well-known for the sparsity and tight structure of his...

Literature Professional Learning AP® English

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Rhetorical Analysis: Letter from a Birmingham Jail

Lauren Peterson, M.S. Education

This resource will introduce students to each element of the rhetorical situation as it relates to a complex text, “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” by...

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AP® Literature at The Middle of the Year

Dr. Brandon Abdon

It’s December. You’re tired. You are fairly certain that you cannot lead another discussion about—or design another activity around—something like...

Professional Learning AP® English

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Come hang out with one of our AP^® Language and Composition coursebook by AMSCO^® authors, Lauren Peterson! Lauren emphasizes that her role as a teacher extends beyond the classroom. Hear about how she became a teacher, her opinion on hardback versus paperback books, and how she inspired a student to...

Author Q&A with Timm Freitas

Timothy Freitas, M.S. Teaching, Secondary English Education

Want to learn more about author and Garden of English creator Timm Freitas? Tune into our new Author Q&A series! Learn who inspired to become a teacher, play a game of "this or that" and find out what his REAL favorite subject is (spoiler alert: it's not English!)

Scholar Talks: Drs. Brandon Abdon and David Miller Discuss Frankenstein

Dr. Brandon Abdon

Love literature? Our new Scholar Talks series is for you! Hosted by AP^® English coursebooks author Dr. Brandon Abdon, dive into important pieces of literature with experienced scholars. Brandon's first guest is Dr. David Miller, Professor of Composition & Rhetoric at Mississippi College. Join in as...

AP® Lang: Word of the Year

Lauren Peterson, M.S. Education

It's almost the end of the school year! With the exam behind you and your students, take a moment in class to reflect on this past year (while giving them a final lesson in AP^® Lang). The work on this reflection will start by studying, evaluating, and analyzing words and phrases that mainstream...

My Favorite Day of the AP® Year...

Nick Anello, M.A. General Administration and Curriculum & Instruction

The test is over! Your students feel much better and relieved now that the exam is over. Score releases are in the distant future. You feel relieved as well. Now…we wait.

Prepping Your Students for the AP® English Exams

Dr. Brandon Abdon

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 them to do, how you can best support them. What do you do? How do you set them up for success? How can you encourage them to review what they have...

AP® English: Sophistication & Complexity Webinar

Dr. Brandon Abdon

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 want to know how to teach it. Readers want to know how to reward it. Consultants and trainers want to know how to advise it.

Architecture, Design & Structure in Literature

Dr. Brandon Abdon

Ernest Hemingway once famously said that “Prose is architecture. It’s not interior design.” Well-known for the sparsity and tight structure of his prose, this is no surprise. That said, there are a number of other writers (and readers) who would no doubt argue with this. Where would most poems be...

Rhetorical Analysis: Letter from a Birmingham Jail

Lauren Peterson, M.S. Education

This resource will introduce students to each element of the rhetorical situation as it relates to a complex text, “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” by Martin Luther King, Jr. While students will not have a multitude of supplemental links to help them navigate the rhetorical situation for every text...

AP® Literature at The Middle of the Year

Dr. Brandon Abdon

It’s December. You’re tired. You are fairly certain that you cannot lead another discussion about—or design another activity around—something like the juxtaposition of short sentences and longer sentences in the same text and the effect that variance would have on the text.

AP® English (3)

A community-driven blog providing resources for educators, by educators.

AP® English (3)

Author Q&A: Lauren Peterson

Author Q&A with Timm Freitas

Scholar Talks: Drs. Brandon Abdon and David Miller Discuss Frankenstein

AP® Lang: Word of the Year

My Favorite Day of the AP® Year...

Prepping Your Students for the AP® English Exams

AP® English: Sophistication & Complexity Webinar

Architecture, Design & Structure in Literature

Rhetorical Analysis: Letter from a Birmingham Jail

AP® Literature at The Middle of the Year

Author Q&A: Lauren Peterson

Author Q&A with Timm Freitas

Scholar Talks: Drs. Brandon Abdon and David Miller Discuss Frankenstein

AP® Lang: Word of the Year

My Favorite Day of the AP® Year...

Prepping Your Students for the AP® English Exams

AP® English: Sophistication & Complexity Webinar

Architecture, Design & Structure in Literature

Rhetorical Analysis: Letter from a Birmingham Jail

AP® Literature at The Middle of the Year

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