Many adults forget teens are experiencing a lot for the first time—friendships, love, heartbreak, and peer pressure. Sometimes these experiences lead to poor decisions, addiction, changes in behavior, or legal issues. In high school, every grade counts toward their future aspirations. That’s a lot...
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!)
Love literature? Our new Scholar Talks series is for you! Hosted by AP® English coursebooks author Dr. Brandon Abdon, dive into important pieces of literature with experienced scholars. Brandon's first guest is Dr. David Miller, Professor of Composition & Rhetoric at Mississippi College. Join in as...
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.
Everything happens somewhere.
Hester and Pearl live on the outskirts of town; George and Lennie start off in the wilderness but then live on a farm; Sethe has to live in Cincinnati with her flashbacks across the river in Kentucky; and while Garcin, Inez, and Estelle suffer in their single room in...
