AP English Language & Composition Lesson Plans & Printable Materials (FULL YEAR)

This resource contains a FULL YEAR (42 weeks) of in-depth daily lesson plans and printable materials for teaching AP English Language & Composition. These lesson plans address all of the College Board standards in ways that promote critical thinking, creativity, inference, evidence gathering, and content-to-world connections grounded in character building and deeper life meaning.

The following writing styles are covered in detail through essay writing tips, guides, models, and prompts: Rhetorical Analysis, Open-Argument, Synthesis, Compare/Contrast, Narrative, Persuasive, and Literary Prose.

Includes:

• 136 pages of thorough Lesson Plans and Printable Teaching Materials (Hook/Teach/Model/Practice/Apply format)
• Clear Objectives with Highlighted Bloom's Verbs, Bell-Ringers, Do Now's, Quotes, and Journal Writes with Text-to-World Connections
• Creative & Demanding Unit Plans & Projects with Text-Based, Standards-Based Options and Real-World Relevance
• Worksheets, Graphic Organizers, and Practice Activities with Explicit Directions
• Close Reading Comprehension Quizzes and Unit Tests with Rigorous and Differentiated Questioning
• Essay Prompts and Models for: Rhetorical Analysis, Open-Argument, Synthesis, Compare/Contrast, Narrative, Persuasive, and Literary Prose
• Vocabulary in Context, Vocabulary Notebook, and Original Dictionary (Inventing Words Using Word Parts)
• Highly-organized and easy-to-navigate content for delivering high-quality instruction throughout an ENTIRE year.

Students must be investigators of text, as close reading and scholarly writing are seamlessly interwoven in tandem throughout.

***All of these materials are also updated to match the most current changes from College Board. Having seen great overall growth in my students through these plans, I'd love nothing more than to see other classrooms benefit from all of this work too.

Here is a list of some of the texts these lessons cover throughout the school year (in this order):

“The Negro Speaks of Rivers” by Langston Hughes

“If We Must Die” by Claude McKay

“I Have a Dream” by Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Letter From Birmingham Jail” by Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Ballad of Birmingham” by Dudley Randall

“A Black Man Talks of Reaping” by Arna Bon-temps

“The Barrio” by Robert Ramirez

“The Fear of Losing a Culture” by Richard Rodriguez

I Will Fight No More Forever by Chief Joseph

Othello by William Shakespeare

“Problem of Time in Othello” by A.C. Bradley

“The Moral Enigma of Shakespeare’s Othello" by Alexander W. Crawford

“Othello’s Jealousy” by A.C. Bradley

“The Criminal in Iago” by Greg Del Russo

“The Politics of Muscle” by Gloria Steinem

Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

Lord of the Flies by William Golding (while this text can also be taught at a lower grade level, it is delved into much more deeply in terms of human nature.)

Be sure to also check out these related resources, including the accompanying Lessons in PowerPoint for the entire year along with an AP Practice Exam and the College Board Approved Syllabus for this course:

AP English Language & Composition Lessons in PowerPoint (Entire Year)

AP English Language & Composition Practice Exam

AP English Language & Composition College Board Approved Syllabus / Course Map

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