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    AP® English (8)

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    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...

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    The AP Rubric: Scoring, Grading, and the Sophistication Point

    Join Dr. Brandon Abdon, Senior Author of our AP English Literature and AP English Language coursebooks, for a deep dive into the rubric, strategies,...

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    Discussion with the Chief AP Lit Reader (2023)

    Join Brandon Abdon and Guest Dr. Steve Price to discuss what happens at the AP Exam reading and why it matters.

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    Discussion with the Chief AP Lang Reader (2023)

    Join Dr. Brandon Abdon and his guest, the Chief Reader of the 2023 AP Language and Composition Exam Akua Duku Anokye to talk about this year's AP...

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    AP® Language: Vocab Acquisition Template

    This lesson provides strategies for predicting meaning, previewing texts, and making inferences about word meaning and vocabulary. Students will be...

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    The Results Are In: Now What Do I Do With Them (AP Lit)

    Dr. Brandon Abdon and expert guests break down how to analyze results from the 2023 AP Literature and Composition exam.

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    The Results Are In: Now What Do I Do With Them? (AP Lang)

    Dr. Brandon Abdon and expert guests break down how to analyze results from the 2023 AP Language and Composition exam.

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    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...

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    AP® Language: Connect an Anchor Text to the Art of Banksy

    This lesson introduces students to Bansky’s graffiti art, its impact on pop culture, its reflection of different societal, cultural, and political...

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    AP Language: Analyzing Anti-War Protest Songs

    This lesson is designed to be a supplement for fiction or nonfiction anchor texts used in the classroom. This lesson would be appropriate for any...

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