BIPOC, Latinx, Asian, Pacific Islanders, Native American, and world authors are not new to the scene. They are not "trendy." They've been around for ages. Unfortunately, many teachers (myself included) have not been concerned enough over their representation in the literary canon or the AP* Lit ...
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4 Quick Questions to Determine if a Book is “AP-Worthy”
Before you read this, it's important to know something: this is not a post about the canon. Or, maybe it is. What I mean is, this is not a discussion of books being "AP-worthy"® because they're in the literary canon. Frankly, I'm sick of the canon and all it represents. I'm not going to advocate ...
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Tips and Advice from the 2020 AP Lit Online Scoring
Confession: I did not participate in the 2020 AP* Lit Scoring. It was a combination of screen fatigue, lack of childcare, and skepticism towards my ability to learn the new online scoring methods. Now that the reading has ended I am happy I abstained, simply because I know I would never have gotten ...
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Independent Reading Strategies for AP Lit
Whether you're a newbie or a veteran to AP* Lit instruction, the biggest question always lies in what titles to teach. Unfortunately, an AP® Lit teacher cannot just teach books all year long (as much as we want to), as poetry and writing need equal time and instruction. With the new CED's emphasis ...
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A Day-by-Day Look at My Craziest Year of AP Lit
Several new and incoming AP* Lit teachers have wondered what really happens day-by-day in AP® Lit. Therefore, I set out to write everything down to give a detailed overview of what we cover in my own class, both for curious teachers and for those have have purchased my AP® Lit Full Course on TpT. As ...
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This Bookshelf Hack Will Eliminate Content Challenges
As a teacher in a parochial school, I've constantly had to walk the tightrope in book recommendations. It seems there's a war between books that are rigorous and books that are parent-approved. Most of the books published in the past 40 years contain strong language, violence, drug abuse, or sexual ...
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