AP English Language & Composition curriculum

Start with AP English Language and Composition and Writing Guide with Handbook. Take notes until you can explain: Identify speaker, audience, purpose, context, exigence, and constraints.

Do the first sequenced checks until the definitions, vocabulary, and setup are correct without hints.

Produce the assignment artifact, then pass the application and analysis checks tied to: Annotate a nonfiction passage for rhetorical situation and write a one-sentence purpose claim.

Any miss becomes an error-log entry, a clean redo, and one nearby transfer problem before advancing.

Bring your attempted work, the exact missed check, and one question about: Track what a writer is doing paragraph by paragraph.

Start with AP English Language and Composition and Writing Guide with Handbook. Take notes until you can explain: Separate claims, reasons, evidence, warrants, and commentary.

Do the first sequenced checks until the definitions, vocabulary, and setup are correct without hints.

Produce the assignment artifact, then pass the application and analysis checks tied to: Revise a weak paragraph so the evidence and commentary prove the stated claim.

Any miss becomes an error-log entry, a clean redo, and one nearby transfer problem before advancing.

Bring your attempted work, the exact missed check, and one question about: Evaluate whether evidence actually supports a claim.

Start with AP English Language and Composition and Writing Guide with Handbook. Take notes until you can explain: Trace introductions, transitions, sequencing, concessions, and conclusions.

Do the first sequenced checks until the definitions, vocabulary, and setup are correct without hints.

Produce the assignment artifact, then pass the application and analysis checks tied to: Outline an argument's line of reasoning and identify one structural weakness.

Any miss becomes an error-log entry, a clean redo, and one nearby transfer problem before advancing.

Bring your attempted work, the exact missed check, and one question about: Explain how structure shapes persuasion.

Start with AP English Language and Composition and Writing Guide with Handbook. Take notes until you can explain: Analyze sentence patterns, word choice, tone, imagery, and emphasis.

Do the first sequenced checks until the definitions, vocabulary, and setup are correct without hints.

Produce the assignment artifact, then pass the application and analysis checks tied to: Compare two short passages and explain how syntax changes the reader's response.

Any miss becomes an error-log entry, a clean redo, and one nearby transfer problem before advancing.

Bring your attempted work, the exact missed check, and one question about: Connect style choices to audience effect.

Start with AP English Language and Composition and Writing Guide with Handbook. Take notes until you can explain: Write a defensible thesis about rhetorical choices.

Do the first sequenced checks until the definitions, vocabulary, and setup are correct without hints.

Produce the assignment artifact, then pass the application and analysis checks tied to: Write a timed rhetorical analysis response, then revise the commentary only.

Any miss becomes an error-log entry, a clean redo, and one nearby transfer problem before advancing.

Bring your attempted work, the exact missed check, and one question about: Use evidence and commentary instead of device spotting.

Start with AP English Language and Composition and Writing Guide with Handbook. Take notes until you can explain: Read multiple sources for agreement, tension, credibility, and limits.

Do the first sequenced checks until the definitions, vocabulary, and setup are correct without hints.

Produce the assignment artifact, then pass the application and analysis checks tied to: Build a synthesis outline using at least three sources with one concession or qualification.

Any miss becomes an error-log entry, a clean redo, and one nearby transfer problem before advancing.

Bring your attempted work, the exact missed check, and one question about: Use sources as evidence in a student-owned argument.

Start with AP English Language and Composition and Writing Guide with Handbook. Take notes until you can explain: Develop a position with reasoning, evidence, and counterargument.

Do the first sequenced checks until the definitions, vocabulary, and setup are correct without hints.

Produce the assignment artifact, then pass the application and analysis checks tied to: Write a claim tree with evidence types, assumptions, and a rebuttal path.

Any miss becomes an error-log entry, a clean redo, and one nearby transfer problem before advancing.

Bring your attempted work, the exact missed check, and one question about: Avoid vague values claims and unsupported generalizations.

Start with AP English Language and Composition and Writing Guide with Handbook. Take notes until you can explain: Analyze reading and writing questions by task type.

Do the first sequenced checks until the definitions, vocabulary, and setup are correct without hints.

Produce the assignment artifact, then pass the application and analysis checks tied to: Create an error log grouping missed questions by reading, rhetoric, grammar, and revision cause.

Any miss becomes an error-log entry, a clean redo, and one nearby transfer problem before advancing.

Bring your attempted work, the exact missed check, and one question about: Use process of elimination based on textual evidence.

Start with AP English Language and Composition and Writing Guide with Handbook. Take notes until you can explain: Complete timed practice under exam-like constraints.

Do the first sequenced checks until the definitions, vocabulary, and setup are correct without hints.

Produce the assignment artifact, then pass the application and analysis checks tied to: Submit a portfolio with one revised rhetorical analysis, one synthesis outline, one argument essay, and a final error audit.

Any miss becomes an error-log entry, a clean redo, and one nearby transfer problem before advancing.

Bring your attempted work, the exact missed check, and one question about: Use feedback to target the final weakest skill.