Preparing Students

for

AP Language and Composition

AP Literature and Composition

What are the goals for an AP program?

What are the goals of an AP program?

Opportunities for gifted students

Challenge students

Provide college courses

Opportunity to earn college credit

BUT they’re still kids

College texts don’t provide the

rich before, during, and after

activities that students still need

(albeit, perhaps, less intensely)

Strategies to be sure to encourage staff to consider:

Strategies to be sure to encourage staff to consider:

Reading Journal (note the examples in

Reading and Writing from Literature)

Text Read My Response Rhetorical/ Effect

Literary

Device Used

Strategies to be sure to encourage staff to consider:

Reading Journal (note the examples in

Reading and Writing from Literature)

Literature Circles

More sophisticated Literature Circle Roles:

What is the author’s purpose?

What is the author’s audience?

What strategies does the author use?

What points do we need to discuss?

What single passage has the most impact?

The exams and scoring

The AP Language and Composition Exam

The AP Language and Composition Exam

The Riverside Reader

The AP Language and Composition Exam

The Riverside Reader

• The goal of the text is to produce writing

The AP Language and Composition Exam

The Riverside Reader

• The goal of the text is to produce writing

• The arrangement is rhetorical

The AP Language and Composition Exam

The Riverside Reader

• The goal of the text is to produce writing

• The arrangement is rhetorical

• Readings progress from simple to complex and get longer

The AP Language and Composition Exam

The Riverside Reader

• The goal of the text is to produce writing

• The arrangement is rhetorical

• Readings progress from simple to complex and get longer

• There are professional and student models

The AP Language and Composition Exam

The Riverside Reader

• The goal of the text is to produce writing

• The arrangement is rhetorical

• Readings progress from simple to complex and get longer

• There are professional and student models

• “Persuasion and Argument” section has paired examples

The AP Language and Composition Exam

The Riverside Reader

• The goal of the text is to produce writing

• The arrangement is rhetorical

• Readings progress from simple to complex and get longer

• There are professional and student models

• “Persuasion and Argument” section has paired examples

• Second Table of Contents organizes by theme/issue

The AP Language and Composition Exam

The Riverside Reader

• The goal of the text is to produce writing

• The arrangement is rhetorical

• Readings progress from simple to complex and get longer

• There are professional and student models

• “Persuasion and Argument” section has paired examples

• Second Table of Contents organizes by theme/issue

• Purpose, Audience, and Strategies form the framework

The AP Language and Composition Exam

The Riverside Reader

• The goal of the text is to produce writing

• The arrangement is rhetorical

• Readings progress from simple to complex and get longer

• There are professional and student models

• “Persuasion and Argument” section has paired examples

• Second Table of Contents organizes by theme/issue

• Purpose, Audience, and Strategies form the framework

• Study questions focus on Purpose, Audience, and Strategies

Examine

The Riverside Reader

Instructor’s Resource Manual for The Riverside Reader

The AP Literature and Composition Exam

The AP Literature and Composition Exam

Reading and Writing from Literature

The AP Literature and Composition Exam

Reading and Writing from Literature

• Text provides instruction, models, and an anthology

The AP Literature and Composition Exam

Reading and Writing from Literature

• Text provides instruction, models, and an anthology

• Intertextuality is the theoretical basis

The AP Literature and Composition Exam

Reading and Writing from Literature

• Text provides instruction, models, and an anthology

• Intertextuality is the theoretical basis

• Provides instruction and models for:

• Reading and Writing

• Reading Notebooks

• Writing Portfolios

• Genres

• and a Thematic Anthology of Readings

The AP Literature and Composition Exam

Reading and Writing from Literature

• Text provides instruction, models, and an anthology

• Intertextuality is the theoretical basis

• Provides instruction and models for:

• Reading and Writing

• Reading Notebooks

• Writing Portfolios

• Genres

• and a Thematic Anthology of Readings

• Interchapters provide practical ideas and models

Examine

Reading and Writing from Literature

Instructor’s Resource Manual for Reading and Writing from Literature