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4. Assign a research or expert project. This is an especially good idea if you have
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about a month between the AP Exam and the end of the school year. The Topics
for Composing questions after each reading and the Suggestions for Writing at
the end of the thematic chapters (Chs. 4–9) 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.
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5. Write letters to next year’s students. Now that they have a year’s worth of expe-
rience under their belts, consider assigning students to write a letter that starts
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with “Dear New AP Lang student” and includes advice, suggestions, and
encouragement to students who will be taking the class next year. When the time
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comes, you can greet your next class of students at the door and hand them one
of the letters to read on the first day of class.

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

Pacing Your Course

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The Teacher’s Resource Materials contain Pre-Built Units aligned to the AP Course
Framework. These pacing guides can be found in two places: as a static resource in the
Teacher’s Edition Planning Pages, and as editable Microsoft Word documents in the
Teacher’s Resource Materials. These pacing guides are designed to help you plan and
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pace using this textbook in your AP English Language course for the entire school
year. They are available in an editable format so you can easily adapt them for your
unique classroom environment, schedule, and specific student needs. Should changes
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be made to the AP Course Framework in the future, updated pacing guides showing
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alignment to the AP English Language course will be placed on our AP updates page
at go.bfwpub.com/ap-course-updates.

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