Forced fun in AP English
Student of the Week continues to be a great feature of AP English, but more is needed to keep the class fun. In between all the work and the criticism and the ...
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A successful student: Grit over intellect
I was never the smartest student. But my parents always told me to try my best. So I did, maniacally so. From school to baseball to piano, I made sure to work ...
One week, 23 writing mentors
Last weekend, I vowed to find writing mentors for each of my students in AP English. My thinking went: If suburban kids have access to a college-educated edito...
What’s unfair about AP English
Yesterday, my students finished up their study of The Metamorphosis with a thoughtful Socratic seminar. With no facilitation from me, they discussed symbols and...
Which books should make my AP English syllabus?
Another big question I have in teaching AP English Literature for the first time is, Which books should make the syllabus? To make the list, a book must meet fo...