1. How To Make Your APHG Readers Happy So You Get the MAXIMUM Score!

2. Writing tips for APHG Success If I can’t read it, I can’t give you points for your ideas! Get to the point – FACTS! This is not your English class… Don’t try to impress me – just answer the question Structure FRQ like the question itself (A, B, C) Use standard grammar, spelling, sentence structure, and punctuation

3. Vocabulary! Use geographic terminology correctly OVER POPULATION PATTERNS INFRASTRUCTUREINFRASTRUCTURE CONTAGIOUS DIFFUSION DISTANCE DECAY DISTRIBUTION OUTSOURCING CULTURAL LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS DEVELOPED COUNTRY GLOBALIZATION UNIVERSALIZING RELIGIONS SCALE

4. Think GEOGRAPHICALLY! Spatial Analysis Why is What Where? See Patterns and Make Connections

5. WRITING IN HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

6. WRITING IN APHG 1. FACTS, FACTS, & FACTS! 2. READ the question. 3. ANSWER the question. 4. NO introduction or conclusion. 5. Get to the point; CONNECT back to the question.

7. WRITING IN APHG 6. FACTS, FACTS, & FACTS! 7. If the question is numbered, lettered, or bulleted, use the SAME FORMAT for your answer. 8. SPECIFY everything; DO NOT IMPLY anything! 9. Use FACTS, FACTS, & FACTS! Use nothing but FACTS!

8. WRITING IN APHG 10. FACTS, FACTS, & FACTS! 11. Check for SCALE and time frame. 12. Use CURRENT examples unless otherwise noted; PRIORITIZE examples.

9. WRITING IN APHG 13. FACTS, FACTS, & FACTS! 14. PACE yourself. 15. WRITE, WRITE, WRITE until the time is up. 16. Bullet items only as time is running out.