Laurie Ranum

This Outliers BUNDLE contains the following products: Outliers Argument PromptsThis Google Drive folder includes eight AP-style argument essay prompts based on Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell. Thought-provoking prompts are based on the following subjects that appear in the book: * consequences of misunderstanding success* attitude vs ability* year-round school* school cut-off dates* adversity/opportunity* people do not rise from nothing* sacrifice for success vs social life* rest vs workStudent

This Syntactical Imitations Google Drive BUNDLE includes the following products: Syntactical Terms Practice | AP Lang & Pre-AP English | Google DriveInto the Wild: Syntactical Imitations | AP Lang | Google DriveJust Mercy: Syntactical Imitations | AP Lang | Google DriveThe Things They Carried: Syntactical Imitations | AP Lang & Comp | Google DriveIn Cold Blood: Syntactical Imitations | AP Lang | Google DriveOutliers Syntactical Imitations | AP Lang | Google DriveThe Glass Castle Syntactical Imit

This sentence revision activity helps AP Lang students eliminate wordiness, redundancy, choppiness, and repetitive word choice for rhetorical analysis. One practice revises for a clearer body paragraph topic sentence, two more for a richer and more concise blend of textual evidence and commentary, and one practice requires students to create a more concise thesis statement. All of the excerpt revisions are based on the 2003 AP Language prompt of Alfred M. Green's 1861 speech. Students do not h

Looking for a quick way to start the school year with a fresh AP Lang & Comp student syllabus? This completely customizable Google Drive syllabus product contains an AP Lang Student Syllabus Template, a full Example AP Lang Student Syllabus, and an AP Lang Parent/Student Signature Google Form.This syllabus includes the following areas of information:Instructor name and contact informationCourse objectivesReading and analysis & writing skills studiedHow this course is different from an on-le

This Google Drive Syntactical Terms Practice assignment asks students to write original examples of the following ten syntactical constructions: *asyndeton*ellipsis*polysyndeton*antithesis*parallelism*antimetabole*anadiplosis*epistrophe*anaphora*epanalepsisThese Google documents are completely editable, which will allow you to change the topic I have asked the students to write about: holidays. Other student-friendly topics could include sports, music, movies, books, food, etc. For differenti