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But What Does It Do? Rhetorical Analysis with David Jolliffe
Dr. David Jolliffe walked through the origins of his widely shared rhetorical framework, how he teaches it today, and why every rhetorical analysis...
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How to Teach Rhetorical Analysis: Jolliffe's Rhetorical Framework
I’ve chosen a tired metaphor for this, but it really does work (and is less ominous than the first one that came to mind: icebergs). Picture a duck...
How to Create an AP® American Studies Course
Many years ago, I remember standing outside my classroom door, greeting students as they arrived for the day. My classroom was next to one of the AP...
AP® Language: Digital Epistolary Writing
Today's students consume stories through texts, emails, social media posts, screenshots, voice messages, and online conversations. Yet many still...
AP® Lang: Teach Students to Support an Original Argument with Sources
One of the most important skills students can develop is making a claim and supporting it with evidence. Too often, students believe research is...
Summary vs. Analysis Lesson Plan for ELA Teachers
Students often rely on summaries as a shortcut to understand literature. While summaries help review the plot, they flatten storytelling into a list...
Student-Generated Questions: How to Teach 3 Levels of Questioning
There is no shortage of professional development on teaching educators how to write questions. We add them to our lesson plans, we spin manual or...
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What to Teach in the First Weeks of AP® Language & AP® Literature
The first weeks of an AP English course carry more weight than the calendar suggests. Some students walk in certain they belong. Others were talked...
Teaching Students to Have Original Ideas in the Age of AI
As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly accessible, many teachers are asking the same question: How do we teach students to think for...
AP® Reader Reflection: 2026 FRQ 3 Argument
The 2026 argument FRQ focused on the following 2009 keynote address quotation by physician, engineer, and former astronaut Mae Jemison: “Never be...