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This week on The Broski Report, Fearless Leader Brittany Broski answers sample AP Literature questions, goes down a Google rabbit hole, and researches birds.  Thank you to Dunkin for sponsoring this episode!

The Advanced Placement exams represent some of the most challenging subject-specific standardized tests a high schooler might ever take. Amy and Mike believe that every test warrants smart, serious preparation, so we invited educator Christy Shriver to share valuable strategies, insights, and resources for getting ready for the AP Literature exam. What are five things you will learn in this episode? What is tested on the AP Literature exam? What are the different approaches required by each essay? What strategies lead to higher scores on the AP Literature exam? How should students practice and prepare for the AP Literature exam? How has AI impacted student readiness for the AP Lit exam? MEET OUR GUEST Christy Shriver is an educator from Memphis, TN. Currently, she produces the How to Love Lit Podcast, a tool to support IB and AP students in preparation for their exams. She has been teaching both AP and IB in public and private schools in the Memphis area for the last 20 years.  Christy graduated from the Escola Americana de Belo Horizonte as an IB student and has lived much of her life internationally, primarily in the country of Brazil. Although she is a strong advocate of the IB program, she is currently an AP Language teacher and AP reader.  Christy first appeared on this podcast in episode 199 to discuss Choosing Between AP and IB Programs and episode 472 to discuss Getting Ready For The AP Language Exam. Find Christy at christy@howtolovelitpodcast.com. LINKS AP English Language and Composition Exam – AP Central | College Board AP English Language and Composition Exam What is the Test Format of the AP® English Language Exam? RELATED EPISODES GETTING READY FOR THE AP LANGUAGE EXAM GETTING READY FOR THE AP US HISTORY EXAM GETTING READY FOR THE AP STATISTICS EXAM GETTING READY FOR THE AP PSYCHOLOGY EXAM GETTING READY FOR THE AP CHEMISTRY EXAM ABOUT THIS PODCAST Tests and the Rest is THE college admissions industry podcast. Explore all of our episodes on the show page. ABOUT YOUR HOSTS Mike Bergin is the president of Chariot Learning and founder of TestBright. Amy Seeley is the president of Seeley Test Pros. If you're interested in working with Mike and/or Amy for test preparation, training, or consulting, feel free to get in touch through our contact page.

The eLearning market is expected to hit $400 billion by 2026. So this is a huge opportunity for us freelancers to support clients who are tapping into this digital source of revenue. There's an art to designing and writing a course where students get through to the finish line and have success. And we can be a part of that success as a digital marketing assistant when we understand how people learn and how they consume digital products and how things can be set up.        My guest is Cat O'Brien, and she's going to teach us how we can help our clients create an effective, successful online course. She's a former AP Literature teacher, now a curriculum designer for online course creators, and the founder of Cat O'Brien Agency. She does 1:1 curriculum design services and she empowers course creators to elevate student success, cultivate powerful social proof, and become the sought-after educator in their industry. Listen in to learn more about the #1 mistake course creators make that leads to low engagement and lack of student success the common struggle to collect powerful social proof (something Cat experienced a lot as a launch copywriter) why adding more content usually isn't the answer if your students aren't finding success why content should be the last thing you consider, not the first. how to build reflective exercises into your program that increase engagement and prime your students to write juicy testimonials If you're a marketing assistant or VA looking to enhance your client's course designs, this episode is your leg up so you can really help beyond just clicking the upload button.  Sponsored by Magic Mind  The World's First Productivity Shot™ I tried it. I loved it. It's improved my focus. It has organic ingredients that help you boost your mood, decrease your stress, support your immunity, and give you the energy you need to make it through the workday. Only this January, they help you gear up to crush your 2024 New Year resolutions fully focused. You get 1 month for free when you subscribe for 3 months using my link here AND with my code: UNICORNS20. It's an extra 20% off, which gets you to a 75% off. This only lasts until the end of January, so try it now! Connect with Cat: Instagram: @cato_brien Website: www.catobriencopy.com/learning     Links Mentioned in the Show Join Sage's Copy Sales Booster Membership: Triple your sales and shave 15-20 hours off your work week with easy-to-use copy templates, monthly coaching, and support. For emerging and established service providers, course creators, and ecomm folks. Registration closes Friday, Jan 30th, 12pm PT   Connect with Emily: Facebook Community: Emily's Unicorn Digital Marketing Assistant Lab Instagram: @emilyreaganpr  Facebook: @emilyreaganpr   3 ways we can work together:  Get on the waitlist for the Live Unicorn Digital Marketing Assistant School. My signature course on digital marketing implementation will give you the confidence and teach you HOW to do the work that's in demand and highly marketable. This is the secret weapon to getting booked out. Or get started now with the Self-Study version of UDMA School here. Got the skills but need help getting your digital marketing services business to take off? I've got an advanced tight-knit referral and networking community that can help and I would love for you to apply here for the Digital Marketing Workgroup. You'll get the latest updates and trainings, networking opps and job leads from online business owners who are looking to hire digital marketing implementers and assistants. Looking for a fast way to get your foot in the door with up-to-date skills? Take my 2-hour Quickstart to Facebook Community Management workshop and learn how to help online business owners like course creators and membership site owners manage and engage their community   >>> Download my Top Ten Most Requested Digital Marketing Tasks & Services

Teachers can create meaningful businesses as solopreneurs, using education in ways that causes a ripple effect of change.Today I welcomed Cat O'Brien to talk about her journey from teacher to creating her own business as a solopreneur.Cat O'Brien is a curriculum designer who's on a mission to raise the bar for online education. By developing programs rooted in evidence-based and innovative strategies, she helps her clients cultivate student success and become go-to experts in their respective fields. In this episode, we talk about:Cat's journey from teaching to a full-time solopreneurHow freedom and flexibility are not the only requirements to feel successful, and how meaning, purpose and the quest to deliver life changing results are essential to building a sustaining business.We coached on the common fears of being seen and visible when creating a new identity, and how the fear of being “salesy” can often impact educators and other helping professionals when starting businesses as solopreneurs. Find the full episode and transcript at richlysuccessful.com/24Cat O'Brien is a curriculum designer who's on a mission to raise the bar for online education. By developing programs rooted in evidence-based and innovative strategies, she helps her clients cultivate student success and become go-to experts in their respective fields. When she's not nerding out over the most innovative ways to build flow into her client's program or obsessing over engagement strategies, you can find this former AP Literature teacher tuning out the world in her threadbare, two-sizes-too-big sweatpants reading the latest historical fiction novel.http://www.catobriencopy.com/learninghttps://www.instagram.com/cato_brien/Christina Renzelli helps solopreneurs set their businesses up for success with her individualized 1:1 coaching program. The program focuses on the unique goals and needs of each client, and often focuses on helping clients: design a schedule that creates balance and freedom figure out the best networking strategy to find the right clients learn to sell in an authentic way expand their business beyond the time for money model For personalized support, apply for Christina's Signature Program here and she will be in touch to invite you to a free consultation call.Or, if you are stuck and would like some clarity in an area of your business, grab a Strategy Session with Christina here.Download your free copy of 4 Ways to Set Your Solopreneur Business Up for Success here.You may contact Christina with any questions at christina@richlysuccessful.com

Join hosts Robert Bosley and Sharona Krinsky as we talk to Joe Zeccola. Joe is a National Board Certified English teacher and an Equitable Grading and Instruction mentor in the Los Angeles Unified School District. He primarily teaches AP Literature and AP Language classes. In this conversation, we talk to Joe about how he developed the learning targets that he uses in his classes. From his initial discovery of the problems with traditional grading through his journey of self exploration and understanding of what he values as a teacher, Joe provides a fascinating insight into the process he used to align his learning targets with his core values as a teacher and how he built his grading system to reflect those values. LinksThe Case Against the Zero by Douglas ReevesRevisiting The Case Against the Zero by Douglas ReevesNational Board Certification for TeachersResourcesThe Grading Conference - an annual, online conference exploring Alternative Grading in Higher Education and K-12.Some great resources to educate yourself about Alternative Grading:The Grading for Growth BlogThe Grading ConferenceThe Intentional Academia BlogRecommended Books on Alternative Grading:Grading for Growth, by Robert Talbert and David ClarkSpecifications Grading, by Linda Nilsen

Mike talks with Jennifer Camara-Pomfret, longtime AP English teacher, instructor for Mass Insight, and Department Chair at Seekonk High School. Topics include strategies in writing the Argument and Synthesis essays, making sure students “fill their cups” with knowledge including current events, history, and literature. Jen also emphasizes the need to “stay on the pole” or stick your thesis statement and respond logically to prompts with relevant lines of reasoning.  She shares insight on her AP Language units, activities, and curriculum that help her students to master skills, as well as improve their close reading ability and FRQ writing performance. 

Rhetoric. For many it sounds like a negative word. And yes, rhetoric can be used to persuade people to do very bad things. But on the flip side, Mr. Ben Oxford's 11th grade AP Literature and Composition students are learning that rhetoric can often be deployed in very good and nuanced ways to bring about positive change. Though Mr. Oxford applies rhetorical analysis to many of his students projects, during Black History Month, he is asking his students to break down some famous works by Martin Luther King Jr. I'll let him first explain what rhetorical analysis means in this context and then how he is using it to alter the ways in which his students approach both the man and his written and spoken work.

Teaching almost always involves having lots to do and not enough time. But what if we could all save time and significantly reduce our workload? Listen in as we explore whether ChatGPT is an effective teacher's aid that can free educators from some of the time-consuming teacher tasks. Follow on Twitter: @madeline_will @susangbarber @sgthomas1973 @bamradionetwork @jonHarper70bd Susan Barber teaches at Midtown High School in Atlanta, Georgia and serves as the College Board Advisor for AP Literature, on the NCTE Secondary Steering Committee, and blogs at MuchAdoAboutTeaching.com. She has offered training at NCTE, the Poetry Foundation, and the Folger Shakespeare Library, has been featured in the New York Times, The Washington Post, Edutopia, and is co-author of The Norton Guide to AP Literature. Susan, however, is most proud of the work she does on a daily basis in E216 and never tires of the beauty and chaos of the classroom. Madeline Will is a reporter for Education Week who covers the teaching profession. She graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2014.

We got some calls! Thanks a ton to Mark Eleveld and his students at Kankakee High School. Truly honored that you all took the time to call or write in your questions on our Episode 62 on the Iliad Book 5 where we discussed the apparent blurring of gods and mortals and especially Diomedes wounding of a god as well as the difference between courage and the absence of fear. If you have questions for us you can call in at 703.677.8645 or email us at combatandclassics@gmail.com. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brian-wilson5/support

The tea is PIPING HOT this week! Kristen, with special guest Reagan Ford, go back to their days as high school seniors and take a deep dive into a novel they read for AP Literature, Wuthering Heights. The discussion includes important themes, the significance of all of the characters, and things they hadn't even thought about when they first read the novel.References:Brontë, Emily. Wuthering Heights. New York: Barnes & Noble Classics, 2004. “Emily Brontë.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, July 14, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Bront%C3%AB. Music Intro Music“Bus Stop” Link: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0/city-slacker/bus-stop/License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/You & Me link: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Borrtex/You__Me_Live/1_You_And_Me_-_LiveLicense: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/legalcodeFollow Reagan on Instagram, @___reagan.xo___For more content and the next novel, visit @k.a.r.blog on Instagram! Also, feel free to follow my personal Instagram, @kristen.a.rhoda!

Toni Rose is joined by Brittney Cairns to talk about teaching whole-class novels using MCP. Show Notes Get to know Brittney Kareem on the Cult of Pedagogy podcast: Everything you need to know about building a great screencast video (https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/screencast-videos/) How to create a self-paced classroom (https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/self-paced-how-to/) Setting up mastery-based grading in your classroom (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwiu4L6G0qb4AhVTg4kEHfO_DdMQFnoECCkQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fpodcasts.apple.com%2Fus%2Fpodcast%2F165-setting-up-mastery-based-grading-in-your-classroom%2Fid900015782%3Fi%3D1000511976657&usg=AOvVaw3E6fEwy5W_ZGYu7p-G1fQF) Planning for teaching whole-class novels Blended learning approaches to whole-class novels Self-pacing and whole-class novels Auto-updating progress tracker template (https://mcp-tracker.paperform.co/) Parlay Ideas (https://parlayideas.com) (you guessed it) Mastery-based learning and whole-class novels Edpuzzle (https://edpuzzle.com) Intermission: Feedback on displaying many names on a pacing tracker Erin's tracker template (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1a8zjOckTgrp7Q6QVFYw5a7ZHygoAVrJs8fUubtymtTA/edit#gid=0) (names displayed horizontally) Erin's tracker explainer (https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1OrRujYw7tlRYipI3ywujUyRjttuWOcjKSZ7ZWOgjSIs/edit#slide=id.p) Craig's tracker (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nA94bVB9yPT6rAbQJqHsh0N2s7y7WN7GLVWeLc9vyCw/edit#gid=1143580926) - a spreadsheet with formulas to move students' names automatically Note from Zach - try making a copy of this one and mess around with it. You'll see the magic happen when you give student an "x" on a lesson. Do note that, when everyone is on lesson 1, the names still display in a very long list that may be longer than the screen. However, as students make progress and spread across two or three lessons, the columns of names get shorter and should fit on screen. Challenges in implementing MCP in AP English On shifting from traditional to MCP Connect with Brittney On Instagram: @teachingwithbrittc (https://www.instagram.com/teachingwithbrittc/) Contact us, follow us online, and learn more: Email us questions and feedback at: podcast@modernclassrooms.org (mailto:podcast@modernclassrooms.org) Send us an audio note (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSffmqSsaaU7M0MTXowApIOt-wace2tD6LPct73oEQOlaFp4vQ/viewform?usp=sf_link) and we'll include it on a future episode! Modern Classrooms: @modernclassproj (https://twitter.com/modernclassproj) on Twitter and facebook.com/modernclassproj (https://www.facebook.com/modernclassproj) (remember you can tweet us questions by using the hashtag #askMCP) Kareem: @kareemfarah23 (https://twitter.com/kareemfarah23) on Twitter Toni Rose: @classroomflex (https://twitter.com/classroomflex) on Twitter and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/classroomflex/?hl=en) The Modern Classroom Project (https://www.modernclassrooms.org) Modern Classrooms Online Course (https://learn.modernclassrooms.org) Take our free online course, or sign up for our mentorship program to receive personalized guidance from a Modern Classrooms mentor as you implement your own modern classroom! The Modern Classrooms Podcast is edited by Zach Diamond: @zpdiamond (https://twitter.com/zpdiamond) on Twitter and Learning to Teach (https://www.learningtoteach.co/)

This episode has been published and can be heard everywhere your podcast is available. On Thursday, March 8, 2022 the KSBM Radio team interviewed another one of our outstanding teachers - Mr. Bryan Lindsey. AP Literature (13:32) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ksbm-radio-tvt/message

In this episode, Nitin Sawney and Ryan Blodgett discuss the AP Literature Exam in 2022.  Give it a listen to hear about the format and structure of the exam, expert tips on how best to study, and recommended strategies for scoring your best on the exam.

In this short teaser intro, Ryan Blodgett discusses some of the most important tips and tricks for doing your best on the AP Literature Exam in 2022.  Check out the full episode releasing shortly for much more detail as he and Nitin Sawney discuss the exam in depth.

The Spider-Man: No Way Home Trailers, Marvel Disney+ shows, Jake Gyllenhaal, and buying tickets to Avengers: Endgame during AP Literature. These topics and more are discussed in this weeks episode of the Act Four Podcast focusing on the Marvel Cinematic Universe and its lasting impact on Hollywood. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/actfour/support

In this month's episode of Book Briefs, Rachel Kim chats with AP Literature teacher Katherine Allen about the various pieces of literature read in this course and the importance of these works of art. 

On today's episode of the Sustainable Teacher Podcast I am so excited to welcome Charles Youngs, a 30-year high school English teacher in Western Pennsylvania, who has been recognized as a Pennsylvania State Teacher of the Year finalst, a Fulbright scholar, and is a frequent presenter at the annual convention of the National Teachers of English. Currently he spends his days in a suburban public high school just south of Pittsburgh, teaching courses in Writing, Public Speaking and in AP Literature. That's just part of his day. The other half is spent as an instructional coach for faculty on the ins and outs of ed tech. Charles and my paths crossed in the spring of 2020, as he explains in the interview, when he was thinking about ways to make his time with students more intentional and more effective. He took my online course, Flipped Classroom Formula, and offers today a unique perspective on flipping, one that includes that of an English teacher and how to flip in an ELA class, but also one that is incredibly reflective of what the past year's experience has been for educators and how we can move forward. Without further ado, here's Charles. SUSTAINABLE TEACHER SHOW NOTES: https://www.teachonamission.com/blog/a-teacher-s-flipped-classroom-transformation-part-3 SUSTAINABLE TEACHER FB COMMUNITY: https://www.facebook.com/groups/sustainableteacher FLIPPED CLASSROOM TEACHER-WORKSHOP: https://www.teachonamission.com/workshop

In this episode, we'll be talking about the aspects and enjoyment of AP literature and how they're helped us reach deeper into novels, films, etc. Along the way we'll provide advice and our favorite things we've experienced in AP literature this year!

Marks Education Managing Director Nitin Sawney and Senior Tutor Ryan Blodgett discuss how to study for the AP English Literature exam, what resources to use, and strategies to follow to maximize your score potential.  We also talk about some differences about the 2021 AP Exam.Linkshttps://apcentral.collegeboard.org/courses/ap-english-literature-and-composition/coursehttps://markseducation.com/

This was a fun episode with a long family friend, Susan Barber. Susan is an AP Literature teacher from Atlanta and we talk about what it looks like to change as you grow, the limits of tolerance, is there a singular answer to the big metaphysical questions we have in life, and what does it mean to have a freedom to speak. Subscribe to my newsletter here: https://calebslaton.substack.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/caleb-slaton/support

ASHA von LIEBTAG, Ed.M./ M.A: Founder of Lit to Liberate LLC, Educational Consultant, Motivational Speaker, Teacher Mentor CONTACT INFO: asha@littoliberate.com website: www.littoliberate.com Asha von Liebtag is certified within the state of New Jersey as an English supervisor and teacher of English, K-12, with pending Principal Certificate of Eligibility. With a Bachelors in English, an Ed.M. in English Education, and a M.A. in Educational Leadership, she served over a decade teaching English literature curriculum in Blue Ribbon schools ranked in the top 20 in New Jersey and in the top 500 nationally according to the US News and World Report. With experience teaching in charter and public, Abbott and affluent, middle and high school settings in classes ranging from modified, college prep, honors and AP Literature, she uses evidence-based curriculum and data analysis to improve teaching, learning, and instructional methods that promote student achievement and academic rigor in accordance with NJSLS Standards. She has developed English literature curriculum for high school and has created academic coaching curriculum for a private educational organization to help support and transition 1st year college students through virtual schooling during the Covid-19 pandemic. In addition, Asha von Liebtag has worked with Rutgers University's Graduate School of Education in the capacity of a Teacher Portfolio Coach where she evaluates teacher portfolios and provides direct feedback that enables aspiring English teachers to become certified by the state of New Jersey. She became trained to serve as a teacher mentor for the 2019-2020 school year and mentored new high school English teacher(s) as part of Diverse Teachers for Diverse Schools (DTDS) initiative of the Center for Effective School Practices at the Rutgers Graduate School of Education in partnership with the NJ Department of Education. Moreover, this award-winning educational leader also uses her public speaking skills to provide professional development workshops to teachers and interactive motivational talks to students. Her most recent presentations include the 3rd Annual Convening for Diversifying the Teacher Workforce hosted by Rutgers Graduate School of Education and NJEA's 2020 Teacher Convention. She loves presenting on topics relating to culturally responsive teaching and is passionate about exploring ways to be a highly effective teacher in an English literature classroom. She works tirelessly to develop motivational content that embeds literary skills into interactive talks, incorporates her personal narrative to relate to the students, and she caters all presentations to suit the school's needs by providing each school with a questionnaire to learn about their student populations.

Hey guys! We bring to you today a review on Blues: Odysseus by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers. A group of AP Lit students bring you an example of how to TPCASTT a poem, with insightful thoughts and analysis on the poem.

On this week's episode of Blessed Picture, Shelby and Skye cover the divisive biopic from 2016, Jackie! What sets Jackie apart from other biopics? Is Peter Sarsgaard an undercover Skarsgard? Did Natalie deserve a second Oscar? What is Ronan Farrow's opinion on Jackie? If you want an AP Literature level assessment of Jackie, well baby, you've got it. Plus a brand new weekly segment is brought into the fold.

Writing Matters with Dr. Troy Hicks is a Writable podcast. Learn how to grow great writers at https://www.writable.com/ Like and subscribe to Writing Matters on: ∙ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2HcOcaP ∙ Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2XA5wwl ∙ Soundcloud: bit.ly/2SFbrwr ∙ Google Play: https://bit.ly/2SOrUOM ∙ Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/writable/writing-matters Learn more about Dr. Troy Hicks at hickstro.org and follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hickstro About Tricia Ebarvia Tricia Ebarvia is an expert in adolescent literacy, with a focus on inclusive, student-centered practices through reading and writing workshop. Tricia is currently a high school English teacher and Department Chair in southeastern Pennsylvania. She began teaching after receiving her Masters degree at the University of Pennsylvania in 2001, and since then, she has taught world literature, American literature, AP English Language & Composition, AP Literature & Composition, AP Capstone, and has served as a faculty advisor for several student groups, including the Asian American Student Association, Students Against Gun Violence, and Students Organized for Anti-Racism. She is also a member of her district’s equity team. In addition to her work on various language arts, diversity, and technology committees in her district, Tricia is also a Co-Director for the Pennsylvania Writing and Literature Project (PAWLP) at West Chester University. In her work with PAWLP, Tricia teaches graduate courses on reading and writing in digital spaces as well as teacher inquiry. Selected as a 2016-18 Heinemann Fellow, Tricia’s action research examined the ways in which elementary reading and writing practices can be used to further adolescent literacy, specifically focusing on teaching comprehension strategies. Her work expanded to interrogate the ways in which readers’ varied and intersecting personal identities inform the ways in which students read themselves, texts, and the world. By helping students reflect on their experiences, and the biases that have emerged from them, Tricia hopes that this habit of self-reflection, coupled with critical literacy skills, will help students become more responsible and engaged citizens and members of their community. As a co-Founder of #DisruptTexts—an anti-bias, anti-racist effort to decolonize the language arts curricula and pedagogy—Tricia hopes that reading and writing can be a liberating force for justice in students’ personal and academic lives. As a teacher consultant for the National Writing Project and a member of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), Tricia has presented at the NWP Annual Meeting, the NCTE Annual Convention and other regional conferences. In her work as a presenter and consultant, including her role at The Educator Collaborative, Tricia has discussed literacy topics that include: choice independent reading and classroom libraries, authentic mentor texts for writing, multi-genre research writing, student inquiry projects, adolescent reading strategies, digital tools and literacies, anti-bias pedagogy, teacher action research, and curriculum planning and design. Tricia writes online at her website, triciaebarvia.org, and has contributed to the Heinemann Blog, Moving Writers, and Write Connect Share (PAWLP). Her writing has also appeared in Education Week, Literacy Today, and English Journal. For more information on Tricia Ebarvia: Website: https://triciaebarvia.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/triciaebarvia Twitter: https://twitter.com/triciaebarvia **************************************************** Join the Writable community: ∙ Twitter: https://twitter.com/getwritable ∙ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/getwritable/ ∙ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/writ... ∙ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/getwritable/ ∙ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/getwritable/ ∙ Medium: https://medium.com/writable

My podcast for my AP Literature poet anthology project (:

Kathy Keyes taught English for 36 years—at a rural high school, at an urban university, and at a college preparatory Catholic high school. A graduate of Purdue and Indiana University, Kathy recently stepped out of the teaching profession for a “gap year” in order to reevaluate and process the joys and challenges of teaching. She served as co-chair of the English department where she mentored teachers. She taught AP Literature for 17 years, was an AP reader, and served on the AP Lit development committee from 2016-2019. During her gap year, she plans to conquer at last the reading pile that has accumulated in her living room and to enjoy mornings without an alarm clock. Her Twitter handle is @kthkeyes The post Kathy Keyes — Episode #98 appeared first on Talks with Teachers.

Meadow Sandoval, my soon to be Junior in High School, has been spending her summer working on her AP Literature reading list which includes several Bible passages.  Now she has some questions! Meadow joins the podcast to discuss her questions from her reading.    support the show at www.patreon.com/practicemakespresence   Thanks for listening!

David Rickert has been teaching high school English for the past 20 years. He teaches AP Literature, dual enrollment, and (like a lot of us) he'll always pick-up whatever he needs to in order to make someone's schedule easier. Also, he creates comics to teach language arts subjects. When he's not in the classroom, David does a lot of yoga to keep himself sane.

Writing Matters with Dr. Troy Hicks is a Writable podcast. Learn how to grow great writers at www.writable.com Like and subscribe to Writing Matters on: ∙ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2HcOcaP ∙ Apple Podcasts: apple.co/2XA5wwl ∙ Soundcloud: bit.ly/2SFbrwr ∙ Google Play: https://bit.ly/2SOrUOM ∙ Stitcher: @getwritable Learn more about Dr. Troy Hicks at hickstro.org and follow him on Twitter @hickstro Brian Sztabnik created the Talks With Teachers podcast, www.aplithelp.com, and #aplitchat on Twitter. He has taught English Language Arts for 11 years in middle schools, high schools, the inner city and the suburbs. He is currently the lead English teacher at a high school on Long Island, where he teaches AP Literature and Composition, Creative a Writing, and Public Speaking. He is also a blogger for Edutopia, Heinneman, and EdWeek, a College Board advisor for AP Literature, and was a finalist for New York State Teacher of Year in 2018. He spent 10 years as a varsity basketball coach but now spends his time as a devoted father. In this episode, Brian shares with Troy his successful conference strategies and his incentive for getting his students to revise and re-submit their work, which engages them in feedback, and creates a cycle of revision and writing growth. Brian also shares the benefits of having his students blog, and the importance of bringing both opportunity and diversity to student writing. Learn more about Brian Sztabnik at www.briansztabnik.com and follow him on Twitter @TalksWTeachers ************************************************************************ Join the Writable community: ∙ Twitter: twitter.com/getwritable ∙ Facebook: www.facebook.com/getwritable ∙ LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/writ... ∙ Instagram: www.instagram.com/getwritable ∙ Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/getwritable ∙ Medium: medium.com/writable

Jeff Baxter is a graduate of the University of Kansas with Bachelor’s Degrees in Education and English and a Master’s Degree in Secondary Education.  He also has a Juris Doctorate from Washburn University School of Law. Mr. Baxter has taught every level and grade of middle and high school students in his thirty plus years of teaching -- from non-readers to National Merit Finalists.  He is passionate about teaching, but it took an epiphany when he was practicing law to realize why. He believes you cannot be your best at any profession, especially teaching, if you do not know your WHY.   In his career Jeff has taught at a small Catholic high school, Leavenworth High School for twenty-six years, and Blue Valley West High School for the last three.  He’s taught AP Language, AP Literature, speech, debate, drama, video productions, and composition. As a fellow of the National Writing Project and teaching consultant with the Greater Kansas City Writing Project, he has presented hundreds of workshops to middle and high school teachers and college professors throughout the Midwest.  He has been a keynote speaker and workshop presenter at numerous national conventions. In 2015 Jeff Baxter was a global education fellow and spent two weeks in Peru working with teachers and students. The last two days he climbed to Machu Pichu. Rigor, relevancy and relationships are the keys to Jeff’s classroom success.  This past year he completed a book which began as a writing activity with his students.  The book deals with a difficult time in his life when he weighed 460 pounds and went through a period of depression.  Over the course of five years Jeff recovered from the depression and lost 250 pounds. The book, More Than One Way Home, was published in February 2018. Mr. Baxter is the 2014 Kansas Teacher of the Year. In 2018 Jeff Baxter was inducted into the National Teachers Hall of Fame - There are never more than five teachers each year to receive this honor.      Listen as We Talk About...   How his grandma used poetry and literature to guide him to life’s answers How a court-room collapse led to his epiphany into purpose An old testament verse led to the specifics of his purpose Why Jeff thinks kindness is the most valuable character quality Why failure is not a mark on who you are Why character qualities are so much more important to teach than testing His “Neighborhood Map” activity and how thats one example of how he gets the class to open up and trust one another The importance of revision in writing  Why re-reading something will give you a totally different perspective Jeff’s one word, one sentence, one question reading technique How his study hall supervision transformed a dropout to a college graduate and career counselor A magnificent story of why he never gives up on a student Jeff’s style and opinions on classroom management Jeff’s early morning reading and writing routines The things he knows for sure - the power of laughter and visiting your grandparents How volunteering in Peru helped Jeff to better understand poverty The experience of meeting President Obama How his classes were the impetus for his first book Jeff’s new book and why it’s a story of hope The power of hope Resources Mentioned: Jeff’s 1st book - More than One Way Home Simon Sinek - Start with Why Herman Melville - Moby-Dick Books that have influenced Jeff's purpose are many, but to name a few Paul Tough, How Children Succeed  Ken Macrorie, Writing to be Read Anne Lamotte, Hallelujah Anyway Bryan Stevenson,Just Mercy Angela Duckworth, Grit Pat Conroy, My Reading Life Shawn Achor, The Happiness Advantage  Brett Stephens, “The Dying Art of Disagreement” The poetry of Mary Oliver - The Journey   Get Started with VIPKID: 0275KC --- Referral Code Or My Teacher Profile Link VIPKID Featured in Business Insider VIPKID featured in Bloomberg     Join our purpose seeking podcast community at...   Facebook   Instagram   YouTube Channel   Facebook Group - Purpose Seekers     Sign up for the Bi-Weekly Newsletter by emailing: peopleofpurposepodcast@gmail.com   Help More Find Their Purpose by Donating to the Podcast  

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I love all the guests I've had on the podcast so far, but this guest was special because I don't think I would have started this podcasting adventure if it wasn't for the inspiration Brian gave without even knowing me. His podcast "Talks With Teachers" is one of the most popular educational podcasts out there. He brings inspiring stories from some of the best teachers around. When I was still in my infant stage of teaching I started listening to this podcast and realized that it was okay to fail, some of the best teachers in the nation had bad days and lessons go terribly wrong. In 2013 was when I started listening. I would listen in the car on my way to work, morning runs in the icy cold weather to warm me up - corny I know. But true. It gave me ideas on how to be better, and it also helped me to stop being so hard on myself.  Along with his podcast and blog, Brian is a contributing writer for Edutopia, creator of aplithelp.com and #aplitchat on twitter. He is in his 13 or 14th  year as an English teacher  - he’s wasn’t sure of the exact number. He currently teaches AP Literature and Composition, creative writing, and public speaking at Miller’s Place High School in Long Island. He’s also a varsity basketball coach, husband, and father of 2. In this episode We talk about finding balance for all the things, the moment he decided he wanted to become a teacher, the book that introduced him to a love of reading, his morning routine, and the new journal he created called the Daily Teacher. In this episode we discuss His first 3 years  Letters to the New York Times Brian's persistence to pursue Scariest thing he's ever done Love of reading On The Road by Jack Kerouac Finding balance with all the things Inspiring teachers Talks With Teachers  Writing Process Pearl Jam Morning Routine The Daily Teacher Journal  What I hope to accomplish today What will I teach my students How will I make a difference Teach Like A Pirate by Dave Burgess War of Art by Stephen Pressfield Where are we going as teachers?  #aplitchat​ Sponsor April Mass Photography ⇐ Get candid & fun photography at 10% off if you mention this podcast Review the podcast on Apple Podcasts ​ Music Song: I dunno (ft. J Lang, Morusque)  Artist: Grapes  Album: ccMixter Thank you for checking out this episode of the Teacher Tunnel Podcast. Please share these free episodes with friends and colleagues to connect a wider audience. Also, if you haven’t done so already, please take a minute and leave a quick 5-Star review of the show on Apple Podcasts by clicking on the link below. Reviewing the podcast gives us the opportunity to widen our community, in turn, give more value to many. ​ Click Here to subscribe via Apple Podcasts Click Here to subscribe via Stitcher Click Here for the TuneIn Radio Click Here to subscribe to RSS FEED via Libsyn

David Miller -- Episode #87 An insightful thinker, an incredible scholar and well-respected English teacher at Mississippi College for more than two decades, David Miller received accolades as MC’s Distinguished Professor of the Year in 2013. Miller graduated summa cum laude graduate at 3,400-student Nyack College that’s known as New York’s Christian college. Founded in 1882 in New York City as a training school for missionaries, the school bills itself as the first Bible college in North America. The Mississippi resident also received a master’s degree and doctorate from Baylor University in Waco, Texas.David also serves as the Chief Reader for the AP Literature and Composition exam. You can follow  on Twitter @Miller_DG David has taught at Mississippi College for 26 years graduate school is when he realized that the classroom is where he belonged David recognizes the two types of mentors -- those we choose and those that are formally assigned to us He admires the adaptability of high school teachers in comparison to higher ed What David did when his students did not do the reading How David puts himself out there and places him in situations to interact with students Why it is so important to take risks How texts are tools not entities in and of themselves Why literature is a verb, not a noun The goals of the AP Literature and Composition exam How David plans a unit or a novel What happens in the process of reading a complex text Two books that teachers should read are: Parker Palmer's The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life Kylene Beers and Robert Probst's Disrupting Thinking: Why How We Read Matters The post David Miller: AP Literature Chief Reader appeared first on Talks with Teachers.

Subscribe to The Test on iTunes check out aplithelp.com Could they read and could they write? That’s what they wanted to know. Of course they could do it, but how well could they do it? So they worked in silence for three hours, reading and writing. That’s all it took — three hours. A year’s worth of work, and it was done in three hours. And then, they awaited judgement. Issac and Annie are two of the nearly 400,000 students globally that took the AP Literature and Composition exam last year. It is a rigorous exam. Typically, the best and brightest students in a school take AP exams, at least that’s the way it was when I was in school.  The multiple choice section lasts an hour. Then in the next two hours students write three essays, back to back to back. Its exhausting. Few do well on it. How tough is it? Well only 8% scored a 5 last year. 18% scored a 4. If you do the math, and bear with me I’m an English teacher, nearly 75% failed to score a four or a five. 75% of the smart kids. That’s a tough exam. But when you want to award college credit for high school students, this isn’t the in-house soccer program, not everyone gets a trophy. But Is it fair? Can a test, especially a high-stakes one, reveal what you know? This is a podcast about one TEST. I want to know what those two students did to succeed? What did their teachers teach? Did they teach to the test? Did they ignore it? But once you start asking those questions, your magnifying glass picks up clues that lead down a much bigger rabbit hole. It leads you to wonder, what should a test do? Are we testing too much? How do you help a struggling reader?  Can you assess a student, a school, and entire educational initiative if you don’t test what they know and how they’ve progressed? And what about the students? What impact is all this having on them? Over the next few weeks, I’m going to talk to students, teachers, test makers, advocates and critics. I’m going to ask questions of them all to better understand where we are, what’s working and what isn’t, and the impact its having. Welcome to THE TEST The post Special Project: AP Lit Help’s “The Test” appeared first on Talks with Teachers.

Brian Sztabnik -- educator  Brian Sztabnik runs the Talks With Teachers podcasts, #aplitchat and created aplithelp.com.  He has taught English Language Arts for ten years in middle schools, high schools, the inner city and the suburbs.  He is currently the lead English teacher at a high school on Long Island, where he teaches AP Literature and electives.  He has presented at the AP Annual Conference, LI Connected Educators, the New York State English Council Conference, and at local workshops on the Common Core Standards.  He coached varsity basketball coach for 10 years and now spends his time as a devoted father and a frequent typo-maker. www.aplithelp.com   In this episode you will learn:  How I became interested in teaching after a brief career in sports journalism The inspiration for the creation of Talks with Teachers My teaching story and what I have learned from the four schools that I have worked for in the past 10 years The qualities of successful schools The habits of successful teachers What I have learned doing the podcast for the past year What I would like to do in the future with Talks with Teachers The post #59 1-Year Anniversary w/ Brian Sztabnik appeared first on Talks with Teachers.

Should interest and engagement be measured? Download on iTunes for Your Morning Commute  Have you felt the guilt? C’mon, you know the feeling, I certainly have had it. It is the torment from those neglected assignments that sit on your desk far too long only to be shoved in a folder and hidden in drawer to be further avoided. If you are like me, you eventually come to your senses and realize that there is no escaping the grading, and while you hate yourself for procrastinating all along you never take that step to stop it the next time. This week I collected 78 essays from my AP Literature students. Two and three page responses that asked them to connect How to Read Literature Like a Professor with 1984. Along with those 200-or-so pages of essays, each student completed a multi-page project. It is self-inflicted torture. In the past the sheer volume of that paper load would intimidate me. Like the dishes, no matter how much progress I made, I knew there would be more tomorrow. But that’s in the past. This year I have resolved to achieve a better balance. Already I’m seeing dividends. Assignments are being returned at a quicker rate. I’m repeating mantras that are keeping me on track. And I’ve found a practice that is saving time while building better writers. Here are three tips on managing the paper load. 1. Break the work into manageable chunks It is a humbling truth that sometimes the simplest logic is the easiest to ignore. With grading, I couldn’t see the trees, my eyes were fixed on the vastness of the forest. Rather than tackle it, I’d ignore it, allowing the work to pile. Now I divide and conquer. This is accomplished by setting small goals, with mantras to guide me like “one class per day,”  or “15 papers per prep period.” I repeat them in my mind and it is helping me to stay focused. In fact, those summer reading essays, which normally would have taken me over a week to return, were in the students’ hands three days later because I set a goal of one class set per day. 2. Say it loud, say it proud This year I purchased a hanging file folder, which is on full display in the front of the classroom. There is no hiding from the grading now. In the past I would binder-clip their work and stuff it in my work bag, out of sight, out of mind. Now, the students can see the progress and hold me accountable when there is inertia.  Not only can they see it, I tell them when the work will be returned, setting a realistic deadline and inviting them to hold me accountable in the process.  While a mantra can dissolve quickly, a promise to a student is harder to break. 3. Converse rather than comment I’ve saved the best for last. Don’t gasp but… I don’t comment. No notes scribbled on the side, no words of critique at the end. Ask yourself, can you really develop a writer in the margins of a paper? Perhaps, but most students read them once and never act upon them. I’ve found a better way to do it. I build relationships. I allow students to rewrite their essays as long as they conference with me. The irony of it all is that these conferences are probably more time consuming than the comments but their impact is exponentially more enduring. We sit, we talk about the strengths of the writing, we look for weaknesses. We strategize how to articulate ideas, we look for more substantial support for topic sentences, we address grammatical issues. It takes time, sure, but it is time worth spending.  YA author Laurie Halse Anderson once told me that her novels go through seven to nine rewrites, her final draft differing vastly from the first version. She can’t fathom why students are given once chance to get it right because, in her opinion, writers are made through the rewriting process. So there you have it. Three ways that have me focused on the grading, inviting students along for accountability, and building relationships all the while.