A Practical Guide to the Advanced Placement (Ap): English Literature and Composition Examination - Softcover

Earnest, Duane

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1928741010 ISBN 13: 9781928741015

Publisher: School House Books, 1999

Synopsis

This textbook offers clear, thoughtful advice on how to give students the most comprehensive preparation possible for the Advanced Placement Literature and Composition Exam.

It includes a suggested reading list, categorized by author, title, and time period. To decrease teachers' workload and increase student learning, this text offers a unique plan to teach students how to evaluate and grade each other's papers. Included are strategies for taking the Advanced Placement Literature and Composition Exam, with a detailed list of typical questions asked, as well as a glossary of terms used on previous AP exams. Both the multiple choice and essay sections of the AP exam are addressed with an eye toward informative and strategic analysis. Also included are separate chapters on poetry, prose, and drama that offer many ways to read more perceptively and write more analytically, as well as three full-length multiple choice examinations. Overall, this book offers many creative and entertaining ways to engage students in learning.

About this title

About the Author

Duane Earnest is an experienced Advanced Placement English instructor teaching at Detroit Lakes High School, in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. He has prepared hundreds of students for Advanced Placement exams. His books reflect the insights and techniques he has refined during his years of teaching and writing on the subject of AP English.

Edition details

• Publisher: School House Books
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1928741010
• ISBN 13: 9781928741015
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 270