Students will map a setting specific to a text, most likely a longer work of fiction, and specifically as that setting (or place/location) might relate to a specific character in the work. Students will consider how places and spaces can reflect characters, establish a context/general setting, and...
One of the benefits and challenges of the AP® Language course is that the skills need to be understood both as a reader and a writer; and, often when we do this, that means that the skills need to be spiraled throughout the curriculum. While that can take careful planning and creativity, it also...
For this activity, a place is considered to be a geographical location, whereas a space might be an abstract state of being. Students will review methods of development and practice using definition, compare-contrast, definition, and description to define their place or space, noting how their...
In this activity, students will read and reflect on the different types of writing they might encounter on the AP® Language & Composition Exam. First, they will match the mode/medium of writing to a definition and to how this might look at the AP Lang Exam. From there, students will do a...
Guide students through an engaging activity that stresses the importance of the thesis & topic sentences to structure the line of reasoning. Students will articulate their understanding of the essential components of a rhetorical analysis essay, specifically composition structures like thesis,...
Come hang out with one of our AP® Language and Composition coursebook by AMSCO® authors, Lauren Peterson! Lauren emphasizes that her role as a teacher extends beyond the classroom. Hear about how she became a teacher, her opinion on hardback versus paperback books, and how she inspired a student to...
It's almost the end of the school year! With the exam behind you and your students, take a moment in class to reflect on this past year (while giving them a final lesson in AP® Lang). The work on this reflection will start by studying, evaluating, and analyzing words and phrases that mainstream...
This resource will introduce students to each element of the rhetorical situation as it relates to a complex text, “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” by Martin Luther King, Jr. While students will not have a multitude of supplemental links to help them navigate the rhetorical situation for every text...
This resource is designed to provide structure, guidance, and inspiration for students to complete a series of dialectical journal entries based on their independent reading of longer works. The resources provided can be used with any text of various mediums, but this specifically is designed to...
This resource is designed to provide a guided lesson on close reading, specifically imagery, figurative language, word choice, tone, and tonal shift and how these elements can enhance our understanding of a work.
