One of the biggest headaches in our high school classrooms can be getting started. The students wander in over a 5 minute interval and some even meander in as if that bell doesn’t mean they were already supposed to be in the room. So I learned long ago that solid
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Sometimes you just need to let your students have a quick win. These short AP Lit books might just be the thing. All of these novels come in at under 250 pages and most of them are under 200. *** This post contains affiliate links to Bookshop.org. If you click
Somehow, a literature circle is not what I envision in AP® Literature classes. I think of classes where everyone is reading the same (classic) text and they are sitting in circles pontificating on said classic. And yet, I often use literature circles 2-3 times a year. And, in the year
Starting school again in January is hard. Most of us have had a long(ish) break. In my part of the country it can be anywhere from a 6 days to two full weeks depending on where the holidays fall. In other parts of the country, the break is sometimes three
When it comes to for writing the AP® Lit essay, there are so many balls in the air for our students. In the AP® Literature CED, the College Board has designated 5 essential skills related to writing in AP® literature. So the question is how do we help our students
One of the essential skills that our AP® English students need is to develop a line of reasoning. But the truth is that students struggle with the whole concept because it is so abstract. So these three lesson plans for line of reasoning will be just what you need. What
Even if this is your first year, if you have assigned any sort of evidence based response, I know you have seen this. It is the paragraph that is five sentences long with three sentences of quote. Our students don’t know how to embed a quote. And what’s worse, they
I find that teaching theme is one of the most challenging tasks I do during the year. Theme in literature is a very abstract idea which means it is hard for students to grasp. Yet if you are an AP® Literature teacher it is one of the most important concepts
An understanding of author’s craft is vital to a student’s ability to analyze text. But the problem is, what do students really know about craft in writing? Or even the concept of craft in general. The Short Short Fiction Boot Camp that I use at the beginning of the year
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