About the Course
The course will review curriculum content and strategies for teaching AP Language and Composition for new and advanced teachers. Areas to be covered include: writing for college and life success; preparing students to take the AP Exam; preparing students for concepts in rhetoric; analyzing reasoning and expression of ideas in prose passages; expository, analytical and argumentative writing; using the AP Course and AP Exam Description; and navigating AP Central and AP Classroom.
Summer 2025 dates and information will be announced January 2025.
- Utilizing close reading, summary, paraphrasing, response, and other skills to build student understanding of dense texts, both modern and pre-20th century.
- Utilizing the new AP rubrics, highlighting, peer editing, modeling, and other techniques to improve student writing.
- Utilizing vocabulary, mnemonic aides, reasoning techniques, and other skills to improve student performance on multiple choice questions.
- Exploring the idea of “Analysis is analysis” to teach students the analysis of film, advertisements, art, music, current events, poetry, fiction, and other media.
- Evaluate how instructors can increase student transfer of those skills to dense informational texts.
- Review how the instructor can harness AP Classroom, old prompts, instructor-made activities, and other methods to improve student learning.