Poetry and Prose
What chapter in the student edition of Lit & Comp would you point out to a customer who says their students struggle with poetry?
What is...Chapter 2 - Poetry
(Teaches all the reading and writing skills for the AP Lit course)
How many full-length works are in the print book for Literature & Composition 3e?
Trifles, Passing, Hamlet, Fences, Frankenstein
How does the number of chapters in Lit & Comp 3e align to the AP Lit course?
What is...9 chapters correspond to 9 units!
What opening chapter of Lit & Comp 3e covers the writing skills for the Prose Fiction Analysis FRQ on the AP Exam?
Chapter 1 - Short Fiction
Why do AP Lit teachers like full-length works so much?
What is...the Literary Argument FRQ of the AP Exam (fka the open question)
This prompt asks students to select a full-length work of fiction or drama and write about how some aspect of character, plot, theme, etc. contributes to the meaning of the work as a whole.
How do the Lit & Comp 3e reading questions help students build AP lit writing skills?
- AP-style FRQ prompts accompany every reading - these use the "stable prompt wording" formula that's on the real exam.
- Reading questions are labeled by CED Big idea
- The question sets are scaffolding, building from understanding basic literary elements to analyzing style and structure of a work.
A teacher wants to incorporate more short stories into their AP Lit course now that the course has a stronger short fiction focus. What 3 chapters in Lit & Comp would you point out to them?
What are...Chapters 1, 4, and 7
(This is because Units 1, 4, and 7 of the AP Lit CED are short fiction units)
Which 3 chapters of Lit & Comp 3e focus on full-length works?
What are... Chapters 3, 6, and 9
(This is because the AP Lit course units are arranged by genre. Units 3, 6, and 9 are full-length works units.)
What teacher resources does Lit & Comp provide that make it easy to teach in alignment with the AP Lit CED?
(Will also accept the editable pacing guides in the TRMs -- these are the planning pages' pacing guides in Word form so teachers can customize reading selections.)
What teacher resources for Lit & Comp 3e would help with teaching poetry?
What are:
- Close Reading wraparound notes (also help with reading prose passages)
- Planning pages for chs. 2, 5, and 8 (these are the poetry-focused chapters because units 2-5-8 of the CED are poetry units)
- Annotation handouts
What resources outside of the print book would you point out to a customer looking for more full-length works than are in Lit & Comp's SE?
What is...The Digital Collection of Full-Length Works
(Nearly 100 full-length works gives teachers the freedom and flexibility to build their AP Lit course, their way.)
How are the opening 3 chapters of Lit & Comp aligned to the CED?
These chapters divide into 9 neat sections that make it easy to pair instructional content from the opening chapters with readings in each CED unit.
What thematic chapters of the student edition of Lit & Comp would you point out to a customer who says their students struggle with poetry?
What are... Chapter 5 and Chapter 8
(While all of the thematic chapters contain poetry, Chapters 5 and 8 are poetry-focused, with Central and Classic Texts in that genre. That's because Units 5 and 8 of the CED are Poetry units.)
Why is teaching diverse full-length works more important than ever in light of the new AP Lit CED?
Where does Lit & Comp 3e teach how to achieve the elusive "sophistication" point on the AP rubric?