English Literature

This workshop for AP® English Literature and Composition teachers promises to sharpen your analysis, composition, and pedagogy skills. During our five days together, we will explore various approaches—both time honored and innovative—for planning and teaching the course to students with a variety of abilities and from a variety of backgrounds. Attendees will experience a critical—yet supportive—environment as you challenge your methods and understandings while developing fresh and innovative approaches. This will include daily workshop and collaboration time. The week will also involve review of student samples and scoring commentary from the most recent AP® exam, exploration of the numerous resources and support materials provided on AP® Classroom, dives into data to inform your planning, and updates on the course from the College Board®.

• Get familiar with the expectations of the course
• Identify the necessary skills and knowledge for literary analysis and composition
• Reflect-on and refine your own teaching
• Recognize the opportunities for—and barriers to—success in your setting
• Plan for supporting all students in your AP English Lit course
• Understand what the course is and is not
• Begin planning and pacing your course
• Develop and refine some instructional approaches
• Monitor student progress and understanding
• Become a member of the AP community

• Textbook used for the course (if available)
• Access to teacher materials
• One text (Novel, play, short story, collection of poems/stories) they plan to use in the course

Note that the College Board® requires a minimum of 30 hours during the week.

Synchronous (4 hours daily)

• 8:00-9:30am Meet (1.5hrs)
• 9:30-9:45am Break
• 9:45-11:15am Meet (1.5hrs)
• 11:15-12:15pm Lunch
• 1:15-2:15pm Meet (1hr)

Asynchronous (1.5-2 hours daily)

• At your leisure, though you may need to collaborate with peers
• I will be available for meeting / conferring as needed
• We will use the stuff you do for the next day or later in the week