AP Language, You Bet It’s GT!

$20.00

Presenter: Kathryn Pabst
Core Area: Creativity & Instructional Strategies
Grade Level: Secondary
Hours: 1

It is critical that college bound gifted students develop strong writing skills that they can fluidly translate across content areas, apply to critical thinking, and verbal communication skills. In this course, you will learn how to craft an AP language class around a central theme and pull many examples of modern and historical literature.

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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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    348 reviews for AP Language, You Bet It’s GT!

    1. Mark – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner)

      Great course! The lecturer presents great ideas and strategies for use in the classroom.

    2. Allison – River View Local Schools (verified owner)

      Interesting point of view on how to challenge the brain.

    3. robert – FORT STOCKTON ISD (verified owner)

      All training is always helpful

    4. Svetlana – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner)

      Great, but somewhat subjective and too politically inclined.

    5. Rolando – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner)

      excellent information, delivered quickly and directly. Presenter is knowledgeable and able to effectively transmit information in a useable way.

    6. matthew – MIDLAND ISD (verified owner)

      she sure does like talking about and flashing pictures of Barry Soetoro. Also seemed kind of conceited while discussing history, while not being a history teacher.

    7. Tanya – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner)

      It’s very resourceful especially for AP teachers.

    8. Liuyi – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner)

      I liked hearing about
      AP lit giving students much historical context to understand the cultural context of their texts better.

    9. John – ALICE ISD (verified owner)

      Neat ideas for secondary.

    10. Tonya – MIDLAND ISD (verified owner)

      Good course

    11. Kyla – PIQUA CITY (verified owner)

      This was a great course from an experienced teacher. She discusses what her curriculum looks like and give plenty of examples and rationale.

    12. David – Bexley City Schools (verified owner)

      Accessible course and relevant to all English Language Arts teachers, Social Studies teachers, and World Language teachers.

    13. Laura – Bexley City Schools (verified owner)

      Great things to think about

    14. Ita – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner)

      Very interesting course. I will highly recommended for AP teachers.

    15. Lucia – UNITED ISD (verified owner)

      Very insightful.

    16. Anita – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner)

      Insightful and educative

    17. David – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner)

      Good ideas for upper level classes

    18. Francisco – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner)

      Excellent course.

    19. Andrew – COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner)

      very informative

    20. Michelle – Bexley City Schools (verified owner)

      For a beginning AP Lang teacher, this is a good course.

    21. Timothy – COLDWATER EXEMPTED VILLAGE (verified owner)

      Beneficial.

    22. Sierra – WESTERVILLE CITY (verified owner)

      I think it was helpful but it was a little to higher level. I wish there were examples of a lower grade level (my grade level is 8th and I believe this is a sophmore course).

    23. Margarita – UNITED ISD (verified owner)

      very interesting discussion.

    24. Blanca – HILLSBORO ISD (verified owner)

      The course helped me evaluate my teaching style and it provided more intentional teaching methods for my advanced courses.

    25. Araceli – UNITED ISD (verified owner)

      Very insightful. Dr. provides lots of useful non-fiction pieces to get students thinking and writing.

    26. Marlin – ALAMO HEIGHTS ISD (verified owner)

      Excellent ideas presented.

    27. Lisa – RIESEL ISD (verified owner)

      It had good ideas

    28. Sandra – UNITED ISD (verified owner)

      Informative topic

    29. Christian – UNITED ISD (verified owner)

      This course offers great insights on how key American speeches and themes can increase students’ motivation and rhetorical thinking skills.

    30. Maria – UNITED ISD (verified owner)

      Great perspective on challenging students.

    31. Marisa – UNITED ISD (verified owner)

      Great resources.

    32. Arlene – UNITED ISD (verified owner)

      I loved this courtse.

    33. Jennifer – WYLIE ISD (verified owner)

      Many strategies were explained and explored that could be used in any secondary ELAR class (including junior high classes).

    34. Jocelyn – UNITED ISD (verified owner)

      It was very informative and well developed.

    35. Judith – UNITED ISD (verified owner)

      Great

    36. Aleah – UNITED ISD (verified owner)

      great

    37. Aleah – UNITED ISD (verified owner)

      great

    38. Aleah – UNITED ISD (verified owner)

      great

    39. Vanessa – UNITED ISD (verified owner)

      I had some great ideas to implement in class

    40. Lisa – ROYAL ISD (verified owner)

      Touched on a lot of great strategies. Also, if you are delving into AP Lang for the first time, this is a great framework.

    41. Alan – EANES ISD (verified owner)

      She offers a large number of pertinent ideas and strategies.

    42. Jacqueline – UNITED ISD (verified owner)

      Even though this was for AP English Language, AP History can benefit as well. Very useful information.

    43. Melissa – UNITED ISD (verified owner)

      Very well explained.

    44. ALEJANDRA – UNITED ISD (verified owner)

      GREAT IDEAS

    45. Dariela – SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD (verified owner)

      found her lecture very interesting and helpful

    46. Christopher – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner)

      Loved it. She’s not trying to please any one side of the aisle, but shoots straight and aims high.

    47. Laura – DAYTON CITY (verified owner)

      Excellent summary of her course. If you teach AP this is for you!

    48. Cynthia – SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD (verified owner)

      Interesting

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