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30 years teaching 9-12, community college, and university courses
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Preview of Advanced Placement Language 8-week Lesson Plan

Advanced Placement Language 8-week Lesson Plan

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Are you looking for a way to start an Advanced Placement Language class where you teach the skills for each of the three types of essays--argumentation, rhetorical analysis and synthesis--and teach writing skills? Here is an 8-week plan to help you do that. This plan includes 8 weeks of plans for an essay that incorporates the skills of all three. The lesson includes a schedule, resource links for each week, sample student essays, and handouts for students. In addition, there are handouts and
Preview of Advanced Placement Language Essay Formulas

Advanced Placement Language Essay Formulas

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These handouts are designed to help Advanced Placement Language students focus on the key points for the three essays on the test--Synthesis, Argument, and Rhetorical Analysis. Each of the handouts has a formula for the essay, key points for the essay type, and an annotated sample paragraph with the parts from the formula marked. Want a color version of the handouts? See my TPT Hard Good entry!
Preview of Advanced Placement Language Essay Formulas in color

Advanced Placement Language Essay Formulas in color

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Here are Advanced Placement Language handouts in color. Each handout is a two page (front and back) handout that includes a formula to help students remember how to approach each essay, explanation and an annotated sample paragraph.
Preview of AP Language Essays Overview PowerPoint

AP Language Essays Overview PowerPoint

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This PowerPoint is an introduction/overview designed to help Advanced Placement Language students focus on the key points for the three essays on the test--Synthesis, Argument, and Rhetorical Analysis. The PowerPoint has a formula for each essay to make it easier to remember the parts, key points for the essay type, and an annotated sample paragraph with the parts from the formula marked. Couple this PowerPoint with the handouts--also available on TPT.
Preview of Multiple Choice Analysis

Multiple Choice Analysis

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I use this form after my Advanced Placement students have taken a multiple choice quiz. They use the form to analyze the answers to the questions they have missed.
Preview of Multiple Choice Log

Multiple Choice Log

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The document is designed for Advanced Placement Language multiple choice passages. I use the log as a way for students to track their progress on the practice passages. I give them the passages as quizzes, grade them, and then return them. I provide the answers to the questions and categorize the questions into types—tone, comprehension, inference, etc.—so that students can log the information on the sheets. If there are 3 total comprehension questions, for example, students will put their total
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About the store

Experience

30 years teaching 9-12, community college, and university courses

Teaching style

Whatever works for the students!

Awards & shining teacher moments

Delta Kappa Gamma State and International Scholarships High School Teacher of the Year Advanced Placement Language and Composition Test Reader (ETS) June 2012, 2013

My own education history

Bachelor's - English - Hillsdale College; Master's - Romantic Literature - University of South Florida; Doctorate - 20th Century American and British Literature and Critical Theory - University of South Florida

Additional biographical information

Ashford University Online * Courses taught: ENG 121 Adjunct Instructor, Saint Leo University online * Courses taught: ENG 311, ENG 210, ENG 215 High School Teacher, Sunlake High School * English Department Chair (2007-2013) * Courses: AP English Language and Composition, Dual Enrollment English (ENC 1101, ENC 1102, LIT 2110, LIT 2120) Adjunct Instructor, Saint Leo University ground campus * Courses taught: Academic Writing I (ENG 121), Academic Writing II (ENG 122) Adjunct Instructor, Pasco-Hernando Community College * Courses taught: English Composition I (ENC 1101), English Composition II (ENC 1102), World Literature I (LIT 2110), World Literature II (LIT 2120) Adjunct Instructor, Rasmussen College * Courses taught: English Composition I, Introduction to Literature (blended courses-online+classroom) Adjunct Instructor, University of South Florida * Courses taught: English Composition I (ENC 1101), English Composition II (ENC 1102) High School Teacher, Zephyrhills High School * English Department Chair (1995-2007) * Courses: Regular, Honors, Dual Enrollment (11-12)