1. You need a pencil and highlighter mountains reading and questions questions due Monday, aug. 21 hw: Africa map due aug. 30 eclipse permission slip due tomorrow!
AUGUST 17, 2017

2. Frq writing tips and tricks eclipse permission slip due tomorrow
AUGUST 17, 2017
Frq writing tips and tricks eclipse permission slip due tomorrow

3. Free (Focused, Constructed Response Questions) – FRQs
There are three Free (focused) Response Questions (FRQ) on the APHG Exam.
Tests knowledge and application
Each question is looking for the examinee to demonstrate different skills.

4. Skills Addressed on Free Response Questions
Definitions/terminology/content knowledge – description using basic terminology is needed, but depth and applied examples must be used.
Connections – making intricate geographic connections to real-world situations.
Critical Thinking – taking difficult concepts, explaining these concepts and then pulling information, which is not necessarily in the question, and developing it. Critical thinking questions are those where students should string together information they have learned from 3, 4, 5 or even more chapters from their APHG text.

5. In APHG We Do Not Write DBQs 
AP U.S. History, European History and World History focus on writing styles, which must be followed while writing about the desired content.
Writing a thesis and developing the thesis plays a major role in these three AP history courses; however, writing style is not scored in APHG.

6. In APHG We Do Not Write DBQs 
The APHG Exam is more content-based.
The student is only asked to answer the question using cogent constructs.
Most students who have trouble on the APHG exam simply do not answer the question which has been posed.
Get to the point!
Always use relevant, recent, real-world examples

7. Summary of main FRQ writing tips…
You should try to avoid writing “dump” essays where you “dump” or empty your brain of everything you can think of on to the paper.
Remember to try and integrate geographic themes in your response. For example, using a point from several different units of study in your answer.
PLEASE answer the question in the same format that it is written. For example, if the question has three parts which are labeled A, B and C, you need to answer in the same format.
You can sometimes “explain” in a sentence or two. You should not belabor a point. Please be direct and use evidence to support your argument. However, try to use Geo “vocabulary” wherever it is relevant.

8. Summary of main FRQ writing tips (cont.)
Please do not rewrite the question in your response and make sure you answer what the question asks!
Please, NO THESIS statements, introductions or conclusions.
DO NOT use bullets in your answers.

9. Outlines are your friend 
OUTLINING the questions is an important tool that will help students tremendously!
As soon as students get the FRQ’s, they should spend a couple of minutes outlining the main points for their answer right on the questions sheet.
This way, when they go to write their full response they will have a baseline of information/important points to send them on their way!

10. Outlines are your friend 
Students who have created outlines in the past have told me it has really helped them be successful on the exam!
I have my students do this throughout the course of the school year.
Worth the time!

11. Miscellaneous FRQ Tips …
Answer the question students think is the easiest first
This leaves more time for the difficult ones at the end
It doesn’t matter if the questions are in order when you write them in their answer booklet.

12. Miscellaneous FRQ Tips …
Write legibly!
Skip a line in between each line of your answer to the FRQs.
Underline KEY geographic terms in your response

13. Answer the Question and Elaborate
ONLY ANSWER WHAT YOU ARE SPECIFICALLY BEING ASKED TO ANSWER!
To earn a “5” elaborating on your basic premise is KEY!
Answer the WHY question!