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Included here are six different handouts covering a total of 10 different grammar concepts; in addition, each handout has at least 10 accompanying practice problems. In addition to that, there is a full 60 question test that you can use a diagnostic or an end-of-unit assessment. Lots of great stuff here that will save time! Note: answer key IS included.

Here's an original synthesis-style essay prompt that's perfect for AP Lang & Comp or a college Comp/Rhetoric class (where I use it). Can be used as a formal assessment tool, or as an informal introduction to synthesis thinking and writing--I generally have students do some freewriting with it, and then do a Lincoln-Douglas-style debate to talk it through.

Included in this doc are 7 fantastic prompts for use with 1984--try them out as essays, in-class quickwrites, summative assessments, etc. Six are literary analysis-oriented; the other is a great exercise in reader response.

Save yourself the time and trouble of developing a participation assessment device with this handy tool! I usually give the students a copy so they know what I'm looking for; when I factor in the grade, I just circle the criteria and give them back a copy of this rubric.

This is an intriguing, intellectually stimulating synthesis prompt that can be easily adapted for the AP Language classroom. The topic/issue is on limiting/enabling choice, with several of the documents dealing with the "nudge" debate that popped up in 2008. The visual stimuli included should spark conversation as well. Would be a great summative assessment for an argumentative writing unit as well.

What we've got here is perfect for your poetry unit needs: an essay assignment focusing on the skills of definition and analysis--three different response options, all asking for complex responses. The prompts are broad and not poem-specific; design your own unit and use these prompt options to achieve your goals.