1. AP English Language and Composition: My Plan
By Angela Satterfield

2. Weekly Plan Monday: AP Formative Practice for feedback only
Tuesday: “American Lit” Discussions, Quizzes, Tests
Block Day: AP Summative Practice: MC, Prompt Responses
Friday: Student Presentations and Small Group Discussions

3. First Semester: ANALYSIS
Speeches, Letters, and Essays:
practice Lincoln (2002); WRITE Green (2003)
practice Chesterfield (2004); WRITE Downe (2003 B)
practice Carson (2004 B); WRITE Fridman (2008 B)
Descriptive Comparison and Abstract / Philosophical Passages:
practice Birds (2003); WRITE Okefenokee (1999)
practice Pink Flamingo (2006); WRITE Santa Ana Winds (1994)
Irony and Satire:
practice Environmentalism (2009); WRITE Magnasoles (2005)
practice Cat Bill (1982); WRITE Company Man (1995)

4. Second Semester: ARGUMENT
Synthesis:
practice Daylight Savings (2010); WRITE National Texts (2008 B)
practice Locavore (2011); WRITE Technology in Schools (2010)
Concrete and Specific:
practice Role of Adversity (2009); WRITE Incentives for Charity (2007)
practice Role of Humorists (2010); WRITE Entertainment (2003)
Abstract and Open:
practice Kundera and Privacy (2002); WRITE Paine’s America (2011)
practice Certainty and Doubt (2012); WRITE Plagiarism Issues (2003 B)
Bonus: WRITE ONE of last year’s prompts to replace lowest grade

5. Multiple Choice Practice
15-minute “warm up” before writing prompt responses:
One passage and accompanying questions
Review immediately
Additional practice as time allows: group work, discussion
TWO one-hour sets each semester: record only best grade

6. American Literature Tuesdays
First semester:
Of Mice and Men and The Glass Castle (summer reading)
The Scarlet Letter
Into the Wild
Second Semester:
The Great Gatsby
The Things They Carried
The Catcher in the Rye

7. Fun Fridays First Semester: two or three presentations each Friday
students sign up for ONE Friday
read aloud a short non-fiction passage of their choice
analyze three rhetorical strategies for the class
Second Semester: small group discussion each Friday
students follow ONE columnist for five weeks
annotate and analyze each column
repeat process with another columnist