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    AP® English (4)

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    Real-Life Connections to AP® Free Response Questions

    To reinforce essential AP Free Response skills (argumentation, rhetorical analysis, synthesis) by having students connect question types and...

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    Read and Write Like and AP® Language Exam Reader

    The Rhetorical Analysis Essay or FRQ 2 on the AP Language Exam is historically one of the most challenging parts of the exam. One reason is that the...

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    AP® English Students and Teachers Share Strategies Before Exams

    These two AP English webinars offer practical strategies to help both teachers and students make the most of the final month before exams, so...

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    AP® Literature: Line of Reasoning Activity

    A clear, defensible line of reasoning is what turns scattered insights into a cohesive, high‑scoring AP Lit essay. This worksheet helps students...

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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....

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    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...

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    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...

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    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...

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    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...

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