Description
Excellent writing skills are essential for long-term success. In this course, you will learn how develop writing skills in your G/T students by learning to craft an AP language class around a central theme and pull many examples of modern and historical speech writing, essays, non-fiction, and literature around it. You’ll be equipped on how to translate each piece into writing assignments or projects that will challenge your students and build these crucial skills.
You will learn how to:
- Create a central themes and tie-in multiple sub-themes
- Tap into a student’s passion
- Generate a classroom environment of active discussion and respectful debate
- Challenge students to expand their thinking and grow in nuance, sophistication and grow in nuance, sophistication, and depth
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Damaris – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Interesting take on having students write on something opposite of what they beleive.
Sonia – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Good information on writing.
Ben – ALAMO HEIGHTS ISD (verified owner) –
PIGSAC is memorable and effective
LaShea – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
cool
David – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
The presenter gave some great ideas to engage students in critical thinking.
Sonja – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This course provides excellent resources to improve students’ rhetoric when writing argumentative pieces.
Maderlin – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It can be applied to pre ap biology curriculum.
Veronica – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Intersting course
Cecilia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
great
Jeffrey – EANES ISD (verified owner) –
She had quite a few anecdotes, but her examples were spot on.
William – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
I think that this course was well rounded in how to teach students to write at a higher level of thinking. The presenter brought up some very good content, such as rhetorical analysis.
Lane – EANES ISD (verified owner) –
This course is excellent but poorly titled. The title should allude that the course is about writing. While the instructor was very good, the course wasn’t very helpful to my subject.
Terrasita – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
Great ideas to get students writing!
Elizabeth – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
I learned so much about the expectations of an AP Language class. I am not a teacher, I am a counselor and I will take her courses anytime.
Sarah – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
very informative
Alan – EANES ISD (verified owner) –
There was a lot of useful information and specific tips for higher level thinking.
Cynthia – WASHINGTON LOCAL (verified owner) –
excellent
Chris – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
Good stuff here that can be practically used in any classroom.
Erika – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Good training!
Rolando – LA FERIA ISD (verified owner) –
This course gave me the direction to the rhetorical bulls-eye I’m needing in English 1301 and 1302.
Monica – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
This was very helpful! I would’ve like access to pdfs of the documents mentioned.
Madeline – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
I thought the title was slightly deceiving. I thought it was language like foreign language….I feel that the content was for English language. I think this is an outdated course in multiple aspects, and that if you’re going to talk about the American Dream and founding fathers that you need to talk about those that the American Dream discriminated against and opporessed. This class seems to be portraying a hidden bias of the White narraitive, but not people of color. While the white narrative is important, I think more authors or color could be incorporated as well as history of oppression during these times founding America. I would recommend “The American School” by Joel Spring and “Reclaiming the Multicultural Roots of U.S Curriculum” byWayne Au to learn how to better incorporate ALL of America’s history, languages, and culture.
Julissa – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
very informative for teachers teaching high school students
Delia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It was a good module, but it needs to be updated. This was from 2016.
Erin – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Helpful, some useful resources
Rene – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
I like this course and will transfer the information to AP Spanish class.
Megan – EANES ISD (verified owner) –
I can’t believe I actually enjoyed a GT update course and got something out of it.
David J. – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
While I agree with the speaker on much of what she said, and I like her ideas, this was more of a “this is what I do in my class” course, rather than a how-to.
ROSAANGELICA O – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
It was a great course that covers a lot of contents.
Marsha – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –
I found the content of this course engaging, informative, and useful.
ESPERANZA – SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD (verified owner) –
It was not appropriate for me since I teach kindergarten. However, it was very interesting.
Dr. Natalie – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
5 Star. I really loved her focus on the American voice –what is it to be an American with diversified points of view who have utilized the same textual allusions in America and globally.
Chrissy – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
Seeing a break down of another teacher’s AP lang course was great!
Jesus – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
Great training
ADAN – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Wonderful.
Carrie – DAWSON-BRYANT LOCAL (verified owner) –
Kind of repetitive. Some good ideas if you want to teach a class focused on American history and identity.
Monica – VALLEY VIEW ISD PHARR – REGION 01 (verified owner) –
I like the flexibility to do at my own pace.
Jessica – Private Pay (verified owner) –
It was very informative – I liked all the examples given. I took many notes (2 pages worth!)
I will definitely be using the strategies that I have learned with my students.
Jenna – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
Course was fine; if you have experience teaching AP Lang., or upper level courses, this is likely a review.
Laura – Brazosport ISD (verified owner) –
It was informative, even though I don’t teach English.
Alyssa – FLOUR BLUFF ISD (verified owner) –
I liked the course for the variety of ideas to take back to my classroom; however, I believe some of the content might be heavy for my 8th grade students.
Christina – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
This aligns strongly with my understanding of AP Lang and would really help teachers who have not had experience with this course.
Maria – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very good because it has given me ideas about how to help my students become good writers.
MARTHA – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
ok
Carla Mae – COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
The course basically tells you how one teacher designs her AP Lang and gives you some of her tools.
linda – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –
It is truly geared toward the AP US History course but there are things that can be applied and used in other AP courses.
Cynthia – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –
The syllabus is organized and thoughtfully structures. I liked the specific texts that were discussed and the assignment suggestions.
As an immigrant also, I appreciated the perspective and framing of the course.
William – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Great course!
Kimberly – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
This course was useful for AP Language teachers. The teacher was great!
Maria – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
good