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What to Do after the Exam

Depending on your school calendar, the length of time after the exam and before the
end of the year can vary from a few days to more than a month. Here are some
suggestions of how to make creative use of the class time after your students have
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taken the AP Exam:
1 Read some more. Perhaps there is a novel or play that you couldn’t fit in before the
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exam — read it now. Another option is to provide your students with choice. Put them
into literature circles and let them choose their final book of the year. Students will
appreciate the opportunity to choose, and there can still be valuable discussion.

2 Plan a film festival. Perhaps show the film of one of the works that you read, or
more given time. It may be interesting to read something new and then watch the film
and have a comparison. What has Hollywood done differently? Why? Students are
often scandalized by the changes/additions/deletions they see in the films. This
could be great fodder for discussion.

3 Work on personal reflections. Graduating from high school is a pivotal moment in
life. Students might enjoy a chance to reflect on their years spent in school so far as
they look toward the future.

4 Assign a research or expert project. This is an especially good idea if you have
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around a month between the AP Exam and the end of the school year. The Topics
for Composing questions after each reading include many opportunities for research
projects — simply look for the prompts labeled Research. Students can be exposed
to MLA style and prepare for the type of research they will likely have to do in college.

5 Invite guest speakers. This is a fun and interesting way to keep students engaged
with some of the central questions of the course and opens the door to discussion of
how the ideas and issues of the readings relate to the world today.

6 Host reading days. Encourage students to find stories and poems they find exciting
and meaningful and share them with the class. Now would be a great time to invite
people into the classroom to share as well. Students are sometimes shocked to find
the Principal has a favorite poem, or that the Physics teacher has an impactful short
story to share.

Pacing Your Course

The Teacher’s Resource Materials contains an editable pacing guide aligned to the
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AP Course Framework. This pacing guide can be found in two places: the Teacher’s
Edition Planning Pages as well as the editable version, which is a Microsoft Word
document in the Teacher’s Resource Materials. The pacing guide is designed to help
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you plan and pace using this textbook in your AP English Literature course for the
entire school year. It is editable so that you can easily adapt it for your unique classroom
environment, schedule, and specific student needs. Should changes be made to the
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AP Course Framework in the future, an updated pacing guide showing alignment to
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the AP English Literature course will be placed on our AP updates page at
go.bfwpub.com/ap-course-updates.

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