This four day course is designed to benefit the new and experienced AP English Language and Composition teacher. We will examine the course and exam description and the units provided, as well discuss ways to incorporate AP Classroom and other College Board provided tools throughout the year. During the week, we will examine the syllabi/course structure, exam, and strategies and pedagogical tools that will help to support students. We will identify key skills necessary to be successful on multiple choice as well as our three free response questions (synthesis, rhetorical analysis, and argument), and how to use contemporary and classic texts to spiral these skills throughout the course. Teachers will also practice applying the scoring guidelines to samples of student work. Teachers will leave with an understanding of the course, ready-to-use strategies, instructional tools, and units created throughout the week.

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Chancy Smith, a College-Board-endorsed AP English Language and Composition consultant, has been an educator for more than twenty years in Texas and has been teaching AP English Language and Composition for a decade. She has participated in curriculum writing for sophomore English, junior English, and AP Language and Composition, while also serving on multiple campus and district level support programs and presenting as part of campus and district level professional development. In addition to her teaching experience, she is a veteran AP Language and Composition College Board Table Leader, College Board Mentor and has served as a National Math and Science Initiative Consultant.