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
Visit the TAGT website to learn more about the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented.
Maria – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It will be of great help for those of us teaching ap courses
Rachel – VALLEY VIEW ISD PHARR – REGION 01 (verified owner) –
Excellent ideas
Nianna – VALLEY VIEW ISD PHARR – REGION 01 (verified owner) –
I think she addresses learners right where they are and offers them a chance to find their own voices and value systems.
Maria – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Good course. The presenter did a great job in addressing target audience.
Shawn – Private Pay (verified owner) –
This is good for English, but is not for world languages.
Cynthia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Even though I teach AP Chemistry, I do have to guide my students how to properly wtite a long or short response question.
Araceli – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Dr. Schaffer goes pretty fast. Would like a more in depth session.
Julissa – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed the way that she presents it with an example of a lesson .
Julie – BRAZOS ISD (verified owner) –
Great for upper grades.
Judith – SAN DIEGO ISD (verified owner) –
This course provides relevant information and examples for enforcing writing with intention.
RIZWANA – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Great!
Jennifer – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Not all content can be used in this day and age, but the strategies and themes are great!
norma – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
very informative
Annais – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
excellent
becky – PORT NECHES-GROVES ISD (verified owner) –
more on high school level
Melissa – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent Course
Nahuel – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great couse!
maria – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
of course
Kelli – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
It was very informative.
Destine – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Great
Christina – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –
Focused on English writing classes
Grace – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great course to encourage critical thinking in the classroom.
Stephenie – BLANCHESTER LOCAL (verified owner) –
This session was not what I expected. I hoped to learn more about the skills and learning outcomes of the AP Language course and gain instructional strategies to teach these skills. Instead, the presenter provided an overview of the texts and themes of her course. The session was more of a lecture on the themes taught rather than the skills taught. There was little that helped me understand what is expected of students by the end of this course. I did not gain a wealth of strategies to apply to my own course if I were to design a syllabus for submission to the College Board.
Donald – MARION CITY (verified owner) –
Good course, though GT connections are not overt.
Edward – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
Well done. Very helpful.
Gina – HUNTSVILLE ISD – TEXAS ONLINE PREP (verified owner) –
It is dated and does not reflect an awareness of current issues impacting our students.
Orlando – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
good course, good information
Stacey – BELLVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed her ideas on teaching certain concepts and skills at a higher level.
melissa – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
It opened up my eyes with diversity and different ways to incorporate ir.
Abdulkader – GALENA PARK ISD (verified owner) –
Great!
Jakeia – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
Great
SANDRA J – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Great ideas to use to challenge students.
Derek – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and engaging
Meredith – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –
This course is outdated. I have taught AP Lang since 2017 and many of the core concepts she is teaching/taught are no longer widely promoted in the AP Lang teaching community. I am not sure when this video was recorded, but I’m assuming during Obama’s presidency. The College Board re-vamped the course in 2019, so y’all need to update this course to be in alignment with the new course structure.
Kristi – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
She explains a good way to restructure a traditional AP course with ongoing themes.
Sherry – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed learning how I can implement these writing strategies in my classroom.
HEATHER – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
JeNell – COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
It was good.
Amanda – COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
It is very helpful in setting up thematic units for your course and there are multiple texts and authors mentioned.
Jonathan – BOLING ISD (verified owner) –
good
Mary – COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Great example of how to organize an AP Lang course.
Jeffrey – COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Covers the central themes of this AP Lang teacher’s course.
Irene – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
I think the presenter is a bit monotone and boring.
Florencio – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
I think this course is an excellent course that all AP teachers should attend.
Tina – MONTGOMERY ISD (verified owner) –
This is not constructive for improving an existing AP Lang course. It is one teacher’s syllabus.
Melissa – MONTGOMERY ISD (verified owner) –
Great course!
Elva – VALLEY VIEW ISD PHARR – REGION 01 (verified owner) –
Informative for the respective grade level
Guvanchmyrat – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
Although I accidentally choose this course (my background is science), I learned a lot about the language.
Jorge – RIO GRANDE CITY CISD (verified owner) –
Great for Language Arts Teachers.
Dylan – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
great course