AP Summer Institute 2018
AP Literature and Composition
News from the College Board
2019 Launch of Additional Supports for AP
College Board AP Literature for Students
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AP English Literature Exam
AP Teacher Community
2019 Launch of Additional Supports for AP
College Board AP Literature for Students
AP Credit Policy Search
AP English Literature Exam
AP Teacher Community
The College Board’s Equity and Access Policy Statement
The College Board strongly encourages educators to make equitable access a guiding principle for their AP programs by giving all willing and academically prepared students the opportunity to participate in AP. We encourage the elimination of barriers that restrict access to AP for students from ethnic, racial and socioeconomic groups that have been traditionally underserved. Schools should make every effort to ensure their AP classes reflect the diversity of their student population. The College Board also believes that all students should have access to academically challenging course work before they enroll in AP classes, which can prepare them for AP success. It is only through a commitment to equitable preparation and access that true equity and excellence can be achieved.
Applied Practice
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Applied Practice AP Lit Free Packet
Applied Practice AP Lang Free Packet
Applied Practice Pre-AP Free Packet
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Released AP MC Accessible to Public:
*Course Description
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Classroom Activities
Think/Pair/Share
Communicators--Dry Erase Protectors
Eliminate one answer choice
Lead4ward Instructional Strategies Playlist
Test Corrections Template
Test Corrections Chart
Corrections
Reading Strategies--Acronyms
PAINTT-- Purpose, audience, irony, narrator, tone, theme
SAINT—Setting, attitude, irony, narrator, theme
SAPI--Speaker, attitude, purpose, irony
Annotation Strategy 1 (Inspired by Falling in Love with Close Reading by Christopher Lehman and Kate Roberts)
1. Read through a lens
2. Find patterns
3. Identify purpose
Annotation Strategy 2
1. Find the shifts
2. Identify the effect on the left of the passage (This shows____________.)
3. Identify the theme on the right of the passage
CommonLit
Vocabulary Used on the Exam
Albert IO Free Access for the Summer
Poetry Foundation
Poem-A-Day
Teach this Poem--Poets.org
*Mental Floss--A Quick Video Analysis
*A Guide to Film Analysis from ACMI
*"Film Analysis" from the Writing Center at UNC
*"Elements of Art" from the Getty
The New Yorker
*"One Art" and clip from In Her Shoes
*"I carry your heart" and clip from In Her Shoes
*"Self-pity" and clip from GI Jane
*"Nothing Gold Can Stay" and clip from The Outsiders
*"The Hollow Men" and clip from Apocalypse Now
*Article from New York Times "Bob Dylan Wins Nobel Prize"
*bobdylan.com
*Don't Look Back--video for "Subterranean Homesick Blues"
*Jeff Daniels from Newsroom "America is Not the Greatest Country Anymore"
*Langston Hughes "Let America Be America Again"
My Favorite Poetry Project
*"My Last Dutchess" read by Mike Wallace
*"We Real Cool"
Video Projects from My Class:
"When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer"
"Mirror"
Sample Paper
"I'm All About That Bass"-- EFFECT and Fat paragraphs
Ekphrastic Poetry from the Getty
Ekphrastic Poetry from Poetry.org
Powerpoint for "Musee des Beaux Art"
My Favorite Poetry Project for "Musee des Beaux Art"
The New Yorker Tiana Clark reads "Repentance" by Natasha Trethewey
EDPuzzle.com
"The Best Songs Based on Art and Literature" from The Atlantic
Assignment on EDPuzzle--"Billy Jean": Is it a ballad or dramatic monologue?
Assignment on EDPuzzle--"How to quote poetry and songs"
Button Poetry
Crash Course on Existentialism
5 Ways to Respond to a Poem
Past Prose Prompts
Sample Debrief on "Lenina"
Lenina Prompt
Lenina 7
Debrief Packet for Lenina Prompt
Debrief for The Stranger Timed Write
New Yorker Comma Queen Series
Ridge Point High School Department Rubric
List Rubric for Prose
List Rubric for Poetry
List Rubric for Q3
Ms. Effie's Rubrics
New Yorker Flash Fiction Issue
Short Short Packet of Stories for Students
50 Word Stories
The New Yorker Flash Fiction
The New Yorker Fiction Podcasts
Worksheet for Fiction Podcasts
Sample Debrief on "Lenina"
Lenina Prompt
Lenina 7
Debrief Packet for Lenina Prompt
Debrief for The Stranger Timed Write
New Yorker Comma Queen Series
Ridge Point High School Department Rubric
List Rubric for Prose
List Rubric for Poetry
List Rubric for Q3
Ms. Effie's Rubrics
New Yorker Flash Fiction Issue
Short Short Packet of Stories for Students
50 Word Stories
The New Yorker Flash Fiction
The New Yorker Fiction Podcasts
Worksheet for Fiction Podcasts
Novels used on the AP Literature Exam on the Open-ended Response
List of Past Q3 Prompts
John Green's Crash Course on Frankenstein
Wordle
Wordle for Frankenstein Part I
Theme PowerPoint with Students' Favorite Movies
Theme Four-Square
Novel Groupings
Summer Readings: All the Light We Cannot See, The Goldfinch, or The Sympathizer
Science Fiction Readings: Brave New World, The Handmaid's Tale, Pym, or Slaughterhouse Five
Social Issues Unit-- Invisible Man, The Color Purple, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, or The Poisonwood Bible
Plays: Wit, Proof, Doubt or Disgraced
Contemporary Fiction: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Middlesex, Delicious Foods, or The Round House
More Cowbell Skit from SLN
Sample COWs
COW Rubric
Schools of Criticism
Professional Discussion: If all students are reading the same novel, organize students by profession. Consider careers such as detective, psychologist, scientist, journalist, financial consultant, lawyer, doctor, housekeeper, or novelist. You may want to include a novelist, poet, or character with whom the students are familiar. Pose questions to the groups such as 1. What is the protagonist's biggest problem? 2. Why is the protagonist attracted to another character? 3. Why is the protagonist angry or annoyed with another character? 4. Will the protagonist achieve his or her goal by the end of the novel? Why or why not? After the students have discussed three or four questions, organize students in groups where each profession is represented: one detective, one psychologist, one scientist, etc. Discuss questions again. End class with a whole group discussion/debate. If students are reading different titles (in lit circles), organize students by novel. Then assign a profession to each member in the group. Discuss questions. Next, organize the students by profession so that all the lawyers are in one group and all the psychologists are in one group. Each novel should be represented in the group if possible. Discuss questions again. Whole group share before leaving.
New Titles from 2018 Exam
Mama Day by Gloria Naylor
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Kindred by Octavia Butler
Midnight's Children by Slamon Rushdie
The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay
Death in Venice by Thomas Mann
Steps to Organizing Your Independent Reading Unit
- Select a few books you know well. Group by theme or genre.
- Divide book up into 4 parts.
- Introduce novels a week or two before students need to make a choice. Sell the novel. Use First Pages Exercise to write themes before students have to make a selection.
- Provide a focus for annotations by picking Question 3 prompts you might use for the exam.
- Schedule reading quizzes, verbal COWs, written COWs, silent reading days, and discussion days.
- Final Assessment: Use Question 3 Prompts from AP English Literature Exam.
- Use AP Rubric to score essays.
- Plan a debriefing day after essays are scored.
How to Organize Lit Circle Readings for AP: Workshop Packet