Let me do a deep dive in how to structure an AP course. Let’s tackle AP Language and Composition. First look at everything on College Board: Course Description. College Board has more materials if you join as a teacher. The issue is the audited syllabus—a bear! It must be approved by an administrator. Don’t worry. There is plenty of material to use on the web.
1. Here are materials from College Board, such as Quill and AP Teachers’ Recommended Sites, Rhetoric, Chief Reader Comments, and Argument. Download freebies from TPT. Look for syllabi: Mr.Rosenberg, Montgomery Schools, Golden Valley, and Texas Tech. These look like audited syllabi for College Board, which requires loads of details for approval. You’ll get a good idea about the course’s scope and sample assignments.
2. Look for great, summer assignments: Walden, Scenarios, Thank you for Arguing (Guide), Course Videos, Analysis Charts, Several Assignments, and Intro Essay. Summer assignments are used by teachers to launch their classes. You can, too!
3. Dig for FRQs. Free Response Questions (FRQs) are part of the AP exam. I use released FRQs as quizzes. Here are tips and samples. Here are FRQs from 1981-2025. Look at Sample Student Responses. These explain how a given FRQ is awarded points. Here is another example.
4. Locate released exams, the multiple-choice questions: 2007 Test and 2007 answers, 2015 (has answers), Princeton Review Sample Test, High School Test Prep, and College Board Practice Test. Use these exclusively for testing. Really.
5. Study Guides are also useful: AP Lang Study Guide, Marco Learning, and Matterton Middle High. Look for how-to sites: How to Write Lang Argument, Argument Guide, and Test Taking Tips.
6. Look at teachers’ websites: Mrs.Rosen, Ms Effie, Mrs.Walsh, and Avon Grove. Look for a detailed website and follow their schedule and assignments. Look at pacing guides.
7. Look for published book guides: Scarlet Letter, Emily Dickinson, Great Gatsby, and Flannery O’Conner.
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