Is a list of literary terms found frequently on AP English exams of value to test takers? Now there's a rhetorical question. Here's a list that provides definitions for everything from allegory to vernacular. To say the list is...

Work on -ap words with a straightforward exercise. Class members read a short poem that includes plenty of -ap words and respond to three included reading comprehension questions.

English language learners prepare to be a part of the workforce with this resource. Included is a brief survey, the results of that survey, and some intra-office memos. There are several vocabulary terms worth covering like:...

Those new to teaching an AP level language and composition prep course and seasoned veterans will find much to treasure in a unit that is designed to help young language scholars develop the skills they need to analyze the language...

Scholars show what they know about word families with a worksheet that requires them to list as many words with a specific word ending as possible. Word families in focus are -at, -et, -ap, and -ip.     

In this comprehension exercise, readers compare Carl Sandburg's "Chicago" to a description of the city from Upton's Sinclair's The Jungle.

Invisible Man is a core text in high school literature classes and one of the most cited works on the AP Literature and Composition exam. Instructors new to using Ralph Ellison's novel and those who have long included it as part of...

David Sedaris is quite the story-teller. Read "Remembering My Childhood on the Continent of Africa" and follow it up with this two-page activity. Readers will revisit the text to answer higher level thinking questions. Designed...

In this word search worksheet, students find 13 words ending in "ap." Words include clap, map, chap, scrap, flap, lap, gap, and wrap.

Engage your pupils in a seres of journalism activities. For this journalism lesson plan, learners practice with AP style, analyze an article, practice writing leads, work with organizing information, and take a stab at writing headlines....

Here’s a 19-page Things Fall Apart teacher resource packet from the UK that includes background information on Chinua Achebe, the culture of the Ibo people before and after colonization, and activities designed to prepare learners for...

Once the class learns about the hero's journey, they'll find it in every story and movie they see! Take characters from their humble beginnings to their atonement and apotheosis with a set of lessons about the hero's journey...

Brad Manning’s essay, “Arm Wrestling with My Father,” is used as the basis of an AP Language and Composition exercise. Readers identify the purpose of the essay, analyze the essay structure, evaluate the diction, and unpack the analogies.

Like Scrooge, your language arts learners will not shut out the lessons you teach in a vocabulary activity based on Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Included in the packet is a variety of vocabulary activities and two...

“Ich bin ein Berliner.” Here’s the full text of John F. Kennedy’s famous address delivered to the people of Berlin on June 26, 1963. The resource could be used as part of a study of Kennedy’s presidency, of rhetorical devices, or as...

In this CVC activity worksheet, students fill in the blanks in 8 sentences with the letter "ad" or "ap". Students also list as many other CVC words with the letters "ad" and "ap" as possible.

For this early childhood word families worksheet, students fill in the blanks with -ap to form 9 words. Students then write an -ap word on the line and draw a picture of the word in the space provided.

In this phonics worksheet, students read 6 words that all end in -ap. They then draw a line between the picture and the word that matches it.

In this phonics ending worksheet, students view and analyze six mini colored pictures and then fill in the missing letter to complete the picture name that ends in --AP.

In this rhyming words activity, students complete four activities that help them learn rhyming words containing 'ap.' Students color words that rhyme with cap, pair the rhyming words, make silly sentence with the words and a nonsense poem.

In this language arts worksheet, students locate and identify various vocabulary terms related to their vocabulary. There are five words located in the puzzle.

In this word family learning exercise, 1st graders examine 16 words and write them in their word family lists. They place them in columns that are labeled with -at, -an, and -ap.

Although it does not properly address how to use the Common Core standard, this resource does provide a decent writing prompt that explores how minor characters influence Hamlet's decisions throughout the play. The prompt can be used for...

Need a DBQ practice set? Whether or not your class is preparing for the AP exam, learners will benefit from analyzing primary source documents about economic and social change. For Part A, the short-answer questions, participants read...