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Reviewing for the AP Lang and AP Lit Exams
Join Dr. Brandon Abdon for top review tips for the last month of preparation leading up to the AP English exams.
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Top 5 Tips to Getting Poetry
Join Dr. Brandon Abdon and special guest Celine Gomez as they walk through some tried and true strategies for helping students understand and...
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...
Top 3 Tips For AP Lang
Join Dr. Brandon Abdon and partners in AP Lang Timm Freitas (Garden Of English) and Beth Hall (Coach Hall Writes) to discuss their top tips for...
AP Language: Teaching the MCQ
With 45 questions in an hour, four answer choices per question, it’s understandable why the multiple-choice section can be intimidating.
AP Language: Doodle Notes
In this lesson(s), students will create “Doodle Notes” to showcase their understanding of one of the free response questions on the AP Language exam...
Reflections from the 2023 AP Literature Reading
This summer, I had the privilege of scoring Question 2 at the AP Literature Reading. I had not been to the reading in a few years, taking off the...
Easy Access to Complex Poetry
Join Dr. Brandon Abdon and special guest Melissa Alter-Smith, founder of #TeachLivingPoets, to explore common-sense approaches to help even the most...
AP Literature: Character Layers Analysis Activity
We are all constantly practicing the skill of character analysis. I remind my often insecure students of this fact before we dive into a difficult...
Analytical Writing Templates and Starters
Join Dr. Brandon Abdon and Timm Freitas from The Garden of English to discuss templated essay writing strategies.