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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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AP English at the Middle of Year: Where are you at? Where are you going?
“The December spiral … prevents us from seeing the slow, meaningful gains our students are actually making.”
Helping Students Earn the Sophistication Point in AP® English
Every May, AP readers hear the same refrain: “The sophistication point is a unicorn.” But that’s not quite right. Unicorns don’t exist. The...
Reasoning and Commentary in AP English: Building Stronger Arguments
It’s a comment I hear from teachers everywhere I go. No matter what size of school or district or the AP “passing” rates of the students, it’s the...
What AP® English Teachers Must Know about Their Students on Day One
The first days of any AP® English course are less about handing out a syllabus and more about laying a foundation: telling students what is expected...
So You’re Teaching AP English Next Year? Start Here.
Congratulations—or maybe condolences? You just found out you are teaching an Advanced Placement® (AP) English class next year. Whether it’s AP...
25(ish) days Until the AP Lit Exam: What to do and not to do
Dr. Brandon Abdon and special guest Timm Freitas (The Garden of English) discuss last-minute strategies for the 2025 AP Language and Composition...
AP English Literature and Composition Exam Review Tips
As we near the AP English and Composition Exam, it is a temptation to rush through material we had hoped to cover, but didn’t. To give into that...
AP English Multiple Choice—Preparing for the Test without Teaching to the Test
Most AP English teachers recognize that the multiple-choice questions assess skills and essential knowledge in composition and reading, but students...
Bridging the Gap Between AP Lang and AP Lit
Join authors Dr. Brandon Abdon and Becky McFarlan to learn about how to connect learnings from the AP Lang and AP Lit courses.