This lesson introduces students to Bansky’s graffiti art, its impact on pop culture, its reflection of different societal, cultural, and political values, and the mystery behind the man who creates the art (and how this anonymity might engage us in his art and his story further). Students are...
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...
Want to learn more about author and Garden of English creator Timm Freitas? Tune into our new Author Q&A series! Learn who inspired to become a teacher, play a game of "this or that" and find out what his REAL favorite subject is (spoiler alert: it's not English!)
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...
The sophistication point on the essay rubrics often meets with much weeping and gnashing of teeth. Students want to know how to write it. Teachers want to know how to teach it. Readers want to know how to reward it. Consultants and trainers want to know how to advise it.
