AP Literature & Composition
START HERE!
AP Literature Class Policies
AP Lit College Board Resource Page
Ms. B's Very Partial List of Passages Appearing on AP Lit Exams, 1970-2022
The Seven Core Skills of AP Lit
How to Teach AP Multiple Choice
Teacher Notes: How to Teach AP Multiple Choice
AP Multiple-Choice Question Stems
Stable Wording Prompts for the FRQ Questions
Multiple Choice: The Compass
How to Write MC Questions - WRITING EXERCISE FOR STUDENTS
How to Teach the AP FRQs
The Command and Conquer Strategy
Next Steps: Get Six Pieces of Evidence
How to Read Literature Like a Professor
The MOWAW
Finding the MOWAW: Embrace the Weird
Poetry: FRQ #1 and MC
All FRQ #1 Poetry Prompts 1970-2022 (With Poems)
How to Teach Poetry I: The First Three Skills
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Skills 1 and 2: Character and Structure// Analyzing Cardinal Wolsey
Skill 3: Figurative Language // Olive Senior, "Plants"
Poetry 1 Quick Assessment: Write a Thesis Statement (Hardy and Collins)
How to Teach Poetry II: Structure // Figurative Language // Imagery
How to Teach Poetry III: Irony / Paradox / Conceit NOT DONE
Writing the Poetry Analysis Essay (FRQ #1)
FRQ #1 Writing Practice, "Plants" // Understanding the AP Rubric
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MORE FRQ #1 Writing Practice, "The Landlady" // Understanding the AP Rubric, Continued
Resource: How to Deal with a Difficult Poem
Poetry: MC Focus on Shakespeare's Sonnet 60, "Like as the Waves..."
Poetry: MC Focus on W.H. Auden, "Their Lonely Betters"
Poetry: MC Focus on Robert Browning, "My Last Duchess"
Poetry: MC Focus on Robert Browning, "Andrea del Sarto"
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Student Assignment - Writing MC Questions for"Andrea del Sarto": Write Own AP Multiple-Choice Section
Poetry Focus: Avoiding Cliché Themes in Billy Collins' "The History Teacher"
Poetry Focus: Modernism
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Modernism: Poetry Speaks to Paintings
WWI Poets
Themes in Modernism: Alienation
Poetry Focus: "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
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Poetry Focus: Secret Structure in "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
"The Author Uses Literary Techniques" Prufrock Essay
Independent Reading for Poetry
Prose: FRQ #2 and MC
All AP FRQ #2 Prose Prompts, 1970-2022
How to Teach Short Fiction I
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Short Fiction 1: Characters
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Character Analysis // Jackson, We Have Always Lived...
Skill 2: Setting // Shirley Jackson / Charles Dickens
Skill 3: Plot // Julio Cortazar
Writing Literary Analysis
How to Teach Short Fiction II: Ellis / Dickens / Jackson
How to Teach the Prose Analysis Essay (FRQ #2)
FRQ #2 Writing Assignment: How Not to Lean on Quotes (Dombey and Son)
FRQ #2 Writing Assignment: Using Key Words Throughout
Independent Reading for FRQ #2
Literature Unit Focus: Horror and the Gothic
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What is Horror? Unit Prereading Questions and Texts
Lecture: Horror vs. Gothic
Gothic
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Gothic Literature Homepage Link
Chac-Mool (Excerpt)
Symbolism: The Tropes of Horror and Gothic // The Haunted House
Symbolism: The Tropes of Horror and Gothic // The Other
Setting Focus: Shirley Jackson, Hill House
Horror and Gothic: Critical Lenses
Focus Story: Poe, "The Masque of the Red Death"
Podcast: John Langan, "Technicolor" (To accompany Poe)
Frankenstein
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Frankenstein Unit Overview
Frankenstein Prereading Questions
Central Question: What is "Human"?
Mary Shelley Background
What Was the Northwest Passage?
Reading Schedule
Frankenstein Discussion Questions
Frankenstein Motifs and Writing Assignment
Assessment for Frankenstein
How to Teach Jane Eyre (NOT DONE)
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Step One: Jane Eyre Prereading Questions
NOOOT DOOOONE Step Two: Give Charlotte Bronte's Background
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT DOOOONEStep Three: Basic and In-Depth Discussion Questions
Novel/Drama: FRQ #3
All FRQ #3 Open-Ended Prompts, 1970-2022
How to Teach the Literary Argumentation Essay (FRQ #3)
Mr. Banto's One-Page Review Sheet for FRQ 3
How to Teach Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
How to Teach A Doll's House
How to Teach The Importance of Being Earnest
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Focus: Analyzing Humor in The Importance of Being Earnest
Writing: Find the Theme Line
Shakespeare's Drama
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Playing With Shakespeare's Words
How to Teach Hamlet
How to Teach King Lear
Lear in Film // Discussion Questions and Scenes
How to Teach Macbeth
How to Teach The Merchant of Venice
Independent Readings
Independent Reading Round 1: Great Voices
Independent Reading Round 2: Gothic and Horror
Independent Reading Round 3: Corruption and Concealment
Life After AP: Post-Exam Activities
The Common App Essay
Do Nows
The Big Writing Page of Writing
Writing Thesis / Claim / Body
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Basic Thesis Templates
Writing: The Thesis Template
Writing: Using Thesis to Write Claims
Writing: Using Claims to Write the Paragraph
Writing: Incorporating Quotes
Writing: Strongly Linked Sentences
Writing: How to Write a Decent Paper for Lit Class
How to Edit and Proofread Your Work
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Proofread Your Work
How to Teach Self- and Peer-Editing
How to Write Better Papers: The Link Method
Writing is Rewriting: Fixing "Shaving"
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Student Activity: Fix "Shaving" Essay Problems
NOT DONEWriting: Moving Beyond the Poetry Template
The Game
Main Game Page
Hoard of Wisdom
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Greeks and Romans
Old and New Testament
Quotable Quotes & "Blank"-ian
Save the Date
Post-AP: Designing a New Canon
Basic Literary Theory NOT DONE
How to Teach
Macbeth
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AP Literature Class Policies
AP Lit College Board Resource Page
Ms. B's Very Partial List of Passages Appearing on AP Lit Exams, 1970-2022
The Seven Core Skills of AP Lit
How to Teach AP Multiple Choice
Teacher Notes: How to Teach AP Multiple Choice
AP Multiple-Choice Question Stems
Stable Wording Prompts for the FRQ Questions
Multiple Choice: The Compass
How to Write MC Questions - WRITING EXERCISE FOR STUDENTS
How to Teach the AP FRQs
The Command and Conquer Strategy
Next Steps: Get Six Pieces of Evidence
How to Read Literature Like a Professor
The MOWAW
Finding the MOWAW: Embrace the Weird
Poetry: FRQ #1 and MC
All FRQ #1 Poetry Prompts 1970-2022 (With Poems)
How to Teach Poetry I: The First Three Skills
>
Skills 1 and 2: Character and Structure// Analyzing Cardinal Wolsey
Skill 3: Figurative Language // Olive Senior, "Plants"
Poetry 1 Quick Assessment: Write a Thesis Statement (Hardy and Collins)
How to Teach Poetry II: Structure // Figurative Language // Imagery
How to Teach Poetry III: Irony / Paradox / Conceit NOT DONE
Writing the Poetry Analysis Essay (FRQ #1)
FRQ #1 Writing Practice, "Plants" // Understanding the AP Rubric
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MORE FRQ #1 Writing Practice, "The Landlady" // Understanding the AP Rubric, Continued
Resource: How to Deal with a Difficult Poem
Poetry: MC Focus on Shakespeare's Sonnet 60, "Like as the Waves..."
Poetry: MC Focus on W.H. Auden, "Their Lonely Betters"
Poetry: MC Focus on Robert Browning, "My Last Duchess"
Poetry: MC Focus on Robert Browning, "Andrea del Sarto"
>
Student Assignment - Writing MC Questions for"Andrea del Sarto": Write Own AP Multiple-Choice Section
Poetry Focus: Avoiding Cliché Themes in Billy Collins' "The History Teacher"
Poetry Focus: Modernism
>
Modernism: Poetry Speaks to Paintings
WWI Poets
Themes in Modernism: Alienation
Poetry Focus: "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
>
Poetry Focus: Secret Structure in "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
"The Author Uses Literary Techniques" Prufrock Essay
Independent Reading for Poetry
Prose: FRQ #2 and MC
All AP FRQ #2 Prose Prompts, 1970-2022
How to Teach Short Fiction I
>
Short Fiction 1: Characters
>
Character Analysis // Jackson, We Have Always Lived...
Skill 2: Setting // Shirley Jackson / Charles Dickens
Skill 3: Plot // Julio Cortazar
Writing Literary Analysis
How to Teach Short Fiction II: Ellis / Dickens / Jackson
How to Teach the Prose Analysis Essay (FRQ #2)
FRQ #2 Writing Assignment: How Not to Lean on Quotes (Dombey and Son)
FRQ #2 Writing Assignment: Using Key Words Throughout
Independent Reading for FRQ #2
Literature Unit Focus: Horror and the Gothic
>
What is Horror? Unit Prereading Questions and Texts
Lecture: Horror vs. Gothic
Gothic
>
Gothic Literature Homepage Link
Chac-Mool (Excerpt)
Symbolism: The Tropes of Horror and Gothic // The Haunted House
Symbolism: The Tropes of Horror and Gothic // The Other
Setting Focus: Shirley Jackson, Hill House
Horror and Gothic: Critical Lenses
Focus Story: Poe, "The Masque of the Red Death"
Podcast: John Langan, "Technicolor" (To accompany Poe)
Frankenstein
>
Frankenstein Unit Overview
Frankenstein Prereading Questions
Central Question: What is "Human"?
Mary Shelley Background
What Was the Northwest Passage?
Reading Schedule
Frankenstein Discussion Questions
Frankenstein Motifs and Writing Assignment
Assessment for Frankenstein
How to Teach Jane Eyre (NOT DONE)
>
Step One: Jane Eyre Prereading Questions
NOOOT DOOOONE Step Two: Give Charlotte Bronte's Background
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT DOOOONEStep Three: Basic and In-Depth Discussion Questions
Novel/Drama: FRQ #3
All FRQ #3 Open-Ended Prompts, 1970-2022
How to Teach the Literary Argumentation Essay (FRQ #3)
Mr. Banto's One-Page Review Sheet for FRQ 3
How to Teach Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
How to Teach A Doll's House
How to Teach The Importance of Being Earnest
>
Focus: Analyzing Humor in The Importance of Being Earnest
Writing: Find the Theme Line
Shakespeare's Drama
>
Playing With Shakespeare's Words
How to Teach Hamlet
How to Teach King Lear
Lear in Film // Discussion Questions and Scenes
How to Teach Macbeth
How to Teach The Merchant of Venice
Independent Readings
Independent Reading Round 1: Great Voices
Independent Reading Round 2: Gothic and Horror
Independent Reading Round 3: Corruption and Concealment
Life After AP: Post-Exam Activities
The Common App Essay
Do Nows
The Big Writing Page of Writing
Writing Thesis / Claim / Body
>
Basic Thesis Templates
Writing: The Thesis Template
Writing: Using Thesis to Write Claims
Writing: Using Claims to Write the Paragraph
Writing: Incorporating Quotes
Writing: Strongly Linked Sentences
Writing: How to Write a Decent Paper for Lit Class
How to Edit and Proofread Your Work
>
Proofread Your Work
How to Teach Self- and Peer-Editing
How to Write Better Papers: The Link Method
Writing is Rewriting: Fixing "Shaving"
>
Student Activity: Fix "Shaving" Essay Problems
NOT DONEWriting: Moving Beyond the Poetry Template
The Game
Main Game Page
Hoard of Wisdom
>
Greeks and Romans
Old and New Testament
Quotable Quotes & "Blank"-ian
Save the Date
Post-AP: Designing a New Canon
Basic Literary Theory NOT DONE