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In the past, during Open House or Orientation, we would do a taster lesson for students. So, AP English teachers would do a sample lesson for all students while they were in their breakout groups. This opened up an opportunity for students who would not normally consider AP lit as an option to see what the class would be like.

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Even if you aren't sports-minded (I am not), you can still use this analogy for your athletes and armchair quarterbacks to help them conceptualize commentary. In any televised sportsball game, you have at least two commentators: play-by-play (evidence) and color. The color commentator is the one spouting off the implications for that player, the game, for their career, for the season. That's what commentary on any text should be doing.

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Some Helpful Resources (Not Mine!) on Practicing Building Commentary

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Some Helpful Resources (Not Mine!) on Practicing Building Commentary

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Teaching Students How to Write Commentary for the Literary Analysis Essay - Bespoke ELA: Essay Writing Tips + Lesson Plans

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Writing commentary is undoubtedly the most difficult part of writing any essay. All other parts of the essay are more formulaic in nature. But when it comes to commenting on evidence, there is no formula. This blog post explores strategies for teaching students how to write commentary for the liter

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Detailed Outline: Model for commentary vs. plot summary

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Detailed Outline: Model for commentary vs. plot summary

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Bailey's Origins Outline - Open-Ended Detailed Outline

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One option to discuss and practice commentary: Focus on the evidence section of the rubric and annotate a paragraph based on where it lands on the rubric. Students should defend their score and point out specific commentary in this paragraph. Students then use this paragraph (along with the rubric) as a model for their own writing (immediately).

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Sample Body Paragraph with New Rubric Fasting Feasting

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I created this lesson out of desperation after reading 122 abysmal poetry essays, ha! It took several days, but it was a great way to work through a whole essay as a class, and I think it was worth the time and effort.

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Writing Class Essay - Myth of Music 2023 Copy

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We used "Puppy" as our main text, but you can adapt this to use with anything! Later in the year, students will use their personalized data from Progress Checks to craft questions based on areas of struggle.

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Free to read short stories: crime, mystery, science fiction, romance, horror, fantasy and more. Best collection of short stories on the internet grows daily.

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It's the most amazing thing. It begins with close analysis and moves towards thematic relevance; it applies several critical theories to both art and literature. The online platform is spectacular. Check it out. Students love it.

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Great poem for structure, detail, punctuation, repetition, form creating meaning

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Short Story Project (Beginning of the Year)

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Short Story Project (Beginning of the Year)

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Contemporary Short Fiction

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Short Story Video Project Intro 2022 Copy

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I have a goofy, low-stakes graphic organizer that I give students to practice their poetry skills using one of their favorite songs. Kids are allowed to share with the class. It really is just to build confidence. They have earbuds in 24/7. They literally listen to poetry every day.

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Using topic questions as bell ringers could help students center into the work of the class period. They will have already started working in their groups and get into the AP Lit mindset.

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Learning Express for all AP Practice Tests and study interactives. Find it in the Library Resources Folder on Launchpad. Once in, have students sign in w Google so tests can be saved. Then go to Prepare for College center, click on Get Ready for AP Tests. Have them take the test in Learner Mode for immediate feedback.

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Our counselors have us hold off for a while having students sign up for our AP Classroom. Is there any reason we should have them wait?

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"Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin is fabulous for character, imagery, pov, figurative devices.

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"Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin is fabulous for character, imagery, pov, figurative devices.

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"Jorge the  Church Janitor Quit Today" by Martin Espada, great short poem that is culturally relevant and would be great to use for characterization and POV. Plus it is an "oh wow" poem.

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"Jorge the  Church Janitor Quit Today" by Martin Espada, great short poem that is culturally relevant and would be great to use for characterization and POV. Plus it is an "oh wow" poem.

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We need our counselors to understand our courses the way we do, so if we need to meet with classes or counselors or create a video that advertises our classes, then we should do that. But communication across the board with CCMR and counseling and classroom teachers has to happen.

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Dystopian Literature Circles were something students really enjoyed this year! Our choices were 1984, Brave New World, Station Eleven, Ready Player One, and Parable of a Sower.

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On my campus, I feel AP teachers would meet as a group if that obligation (because that's how most will view it) takes the place of another committee obligation.

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At LEE, the Honors and AP English classes tend to be dominated by the NESA students, who tend to intimidate the regular LEE students and scare them off from taking advanced classes. Starting this year, the 9th and 10th grade NESA students are going to be assigned to a special "NESA-only" English class and the regular LEE students will take the usual Honors 9th and 10th grade classes. This could have the effect of encouraging more of the regular LEE students to take the AP classes when they reach 11th and 12 grade. Or it might fail spectacularly.

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I love the idea of brining Honors English students into my class--either to go through a model lesson with me or have my students work with them on a close analysis or something along those lines. I definitely want to pursue this idea with teachers who would be interested also.

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AP Lit teachers swap (including rooms) with AP Lang and/or English III classes to teach a model lesson. Offers a "sampling" of the course in a low-pressure way that makes both the class and teacher more accessible to students who are on the fence or haven't considered AP Lit before.

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Is there a slight difference between Eng 3 and 4 in terms of writing a thesis statement?

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We use Hamlet and Frankenstein as the two longer pieces that "students need to know well".

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We use Hamlet and Frankenstein as the two longer pieces that "students need to know well".

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What literature have you used that really engaged students? 

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What literature have you used that really engaged students? 

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I like how there are sample activities that can be used either as is or as a starting point to create our own with different pieces. Definitely a great tool for planning out the year!

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I like the sample instructional activities. It is a good springboard for the types of content to teach.

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I like the sample instructional activities. It is a good springboard for the types of content to teach.

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I would love tips/tricks/ideas regarding commentary in writing. 

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I would love tips/tricks/ideas regarding commentary in writing. 

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The Skill descriptions and Essential Knowledge statements are an a helpful resource for articulating our students' goals in our required weekly lesson plans.

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The Skill descriptions and Essential Knowledge statements are an a helpful resource for articulating our students' goals in our required weekly lesson plans.

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Is it worth talking about the sophistication point? It seems it should not be a separate section of the rubric. How can a writer score a 1 for thesis, 4 for E/C but then score a 0 for sophisticated writing? I just don't know what to tell students about it.

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I would like to discuss how we get students to move beyond ID or description and into that real analysis or synthesis of ideas in a work.

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Focus on interesting instruction activities

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Focus on interesting instruction activities

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I liked the CED overview video. Many of our brand new teachers would really benefit from this. Where can I find the link? Is it on APcentral? Maybe I missed it. Thanks!

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I liked the CED overview video. Many of our brand new teachers would really benefit from this. Where can I find the link? Is it on APcentral? Maybe I missed it. Thanks!