August 5-9, 2024

Detailed information

English Language and Composition

Taught by Nanci Bush

Overview

This AP® English Language and Composition Summer Institute will provide teachers with a foundation for setting up new AP® courses, guidance creating AP® Units relevant to each participant’s students, invigorating ideas for energizing existing courses, and ample strategies for the pre-AP® classroom. As a current AP® English Language teacher, the workshop consultant will offer numerous strategies for improving students’ abilities to read critically and write purposefully. Additionally, participants will receive an overview of My AP® Classroom (web-based resources and support from the College Board) and time to prepare a syllabus for the AP® Audit. Plus, as an AP® Reader and Table Leader, the consultant will provide scoring experience on recent AP® essays and practice with AP® multiple choice passages. The workshop will be structured with many hands-on lessons to help teachers choose classroom strategies to strengthen student success on AP® English skills.

Schedule

  • Monday, Day 1
    • Morning
      • Course Exam Description
        • The 9 Key Units
        • Big Ideas
        • Skill Categories
    • Afternoon
      • My AP® Classroom
        • Demonstrate features
        • Overview of question types and styles
      • AP® Audit Process
        • Overview of sample syllabi
      • Planning time for AP® Units
  • Tuesday, Day 2
    • Morning
      • Rhetorical Analysis
        • View sample tests and practice scoring with new 6-point rubric
        • Share Teaching Strategies
          • *SOAPS/SPACECAT
          • Tone Activities
          • Syntax Activities
    • Afternoon
      • Argument
        • View sample tests and practice scoring with new 6-point rubric
        • Sample Unit - Justice
      • Planning time for AP® Units
        • Exploration of resources
        • Group activities
  • Wednesday, Day 3
    • Morning
      • Synthesis – A Researched Argument
        • View sample tests and practice scoring with new 6-point rubric
        • Strategies for Instruction
          • Synthesis Party
          • They Say/I Say
          • Attribution
    • Afternoon
      • Sharing of Best Practices
      • Managing the AP® workload
      • Equity in Access to AP® courses
      • Technological Resources
  • Thursday, Day 4
    • Morning
      • Overview of Available Resources
        • Texts, readers, prep books, etc.
      • Tips for Test Preparation for Students/Final Review
    • Afternoon
      • Participants’ Choice
        • Critical Reading Lesson
        • Differentiated Instruction in AP®
        • Study Team Strategies
        • Essay scoring practice
      • Unit/Syllabus Work Time
      • Closing Activities