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The Essay Autopsy: My New Introductory Writing Assignment

I first heard of the concept of an “essay autopsy” a few years ago in the AP Lit Facebook group. Teachers used it when a student wrote a poor essay and wanted to earn some points ...
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Introducing Interpretation: The AP Lit Olympics

This last week was my first week back at school. In my AP Lit class, I usually begin with a lesson I call “Literature is a Verb.” However, my class this year is kind of small and, ...
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Assess, Pair, Share, Score: My New Favorite Multiple-Choice Strategy

If some of your teaching aims for tests like AP, ACT, or SAT, you know that multiple choice is a CHORE. Improving multiple-choice performance is about much more than giving ...
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