University of Texas at Austin Advanced Placement Summer Institute - Pre-AP High School English for New Pre-AP Teachers

Sep 20, 2026

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University of Texas at Austin Advanced Placement Summer Institute training materials for new Pre-AP high school English teachers, dated June 23-26, 2014. The program compiles guidance for teaching AP and Pre-AP literacy, including levels of reading and questioning, marking texts, and planning synthesis essays. It covers exam-day orientation, reading strategies for difficult texts and poetry, analysis of released exam questions, and multiple student samples. Additional modules provide writing support with transitions, templates, and pattern-based poetry, alongside curated passages used for practice and scoring.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

FormatPDF

Pages327

Reading Time13 h 44 min

AccessFree to download

Pre-AP High School English for New Pre-AP Teachers

Exam Day

Levels of Reading and Questioning the Text

Synthesis Essay Lesson

How to Read "Difficult Texts"

The Birthday Party - Lesson and Student Samples

Things to Remember When Reading/Analyzing Poetry

Multiple Choice - General Directions

Projecting your AP Score

The Language of Literary Analysis

Exam Stems by Year

Poetry and Prose Used in Released Exams

Writing Learning Objectives: Stems and Samples

How to Read Literature Like a Professor

Summer Reading Examples - Pre-AP English

Useful Templates and Presentation of "They"/"I"

Using Transitions Effectively

Writing Poetry by Pattern

Practice Passages and Creative Writing Tasks

University of Texas at Austin Advanced Placement Summer Institute June 23-26, 2014 Pre-AP High School English for New Pre-AP Teachers Jerry Brown [jerry@jerrywbrown.com](jerry@jerrywbrown.com) AP Access and Equity and Pre-AP 1 AP English Language and Composition Exam 2 AP English Literature and Composition Exam 5 Exam Day 7 Levels of Reading and Questioning the Text 8 English II -Pre-AP Skills Chart 9 Question 1 (1992) -Language 12 Question 3 (1992) -Language 17 Synthesis Essay Lesson 21 Question 1 (2000) -Literature-Poetry 38 Question 2 (2000) -Literature-Prose 39 Question 3 (2000) -Literature-Novel, Play 40 Question 1 (2000) -Student Samples 41 Question 2 (2000) -Student Samples 42 Question 2 (2000) -Student Samples 44 Analyze the Prompt graphic 47 How to read "Difficult Texts 48 Marking the text and Writing the essay 49 The Birthday Party-Lesson and Student Samples 50 Things to remember when reading Poetry 56 Things to remember when analyzing Poetry 57 Question 1 (2005) -Poetry 59 Question 1 (2005) -Student Samples 61 Multiple Choice-General Directions 69 Projecting your AP Score 73 The Language of Literary Analysis-Jago 74 1982-Exam Stems 76 1987-Exam Stems 78 1991-Exam Stems 80 1994-Exam Stems 82 1999-Exam Stems 84 2004-Exam Stems 86 2009-Exam Stems 88 Poetry and Prose used in released exams 90 Frequency of words used in exam stems 91 Frequency of terms used in released exams 93 Vocabulary used in released exams 98 Grandmother (MC) 103 Coketown (MC) 106 Beasts (MC) 110 Sonnet 130-Shakespeare (MC) 112 Patty's Charcoal Drive-in (MC) 116 Summer Reading Example-Pre-AP English II 120 Summer Reading Example-Pre-AP English I 122 Did I Miss Anything? -Tom Wayman 124 Writing Learning Objectives: Stems and Samples 125 How to Read Literature Like a Professor (Notes) 128 How to Read Literature Like a Professor (Questions) 138 English II -Pre-AP-Sample Student Agenda 141 The Sun Goes Down on Summer-Lawhead 147 Diamante Poems 148 Haiku and Graphic Haiku 149 Writing Poetry by Pattern (Grammar) 150 Phrase Toolbox 152 There Will Come Soft Rains-Ray Bradbury 154 The Bridge of Khazad-dûm-Tolkien 158 The Mirror of Galadriel-Tolkien 162 Model essay opening paragraphs 168 Tolkien essay assignment and scoring scale 169 "I've already read that…" 170 REHUGO project-Pre-AP English II 177 Argumentation is for solving problems…" 181 Every day we make choices 182 Useful Templates 183 How to Present What 'They' Say 187 How to Present What 'I' Say 190 Using Transitions Effectively 193 Love Is A Fallacy-Max Shulman 197 The Writer/Speaker, Audience, Context 205 Oedipus the King (Abridged and Adapted) 206 Writing Tasks for Oedipus the King 218 Likert Scale-Oedipus Themes 220 The Gospel at Colonus (excerpts) 221 Questions to Consider while viewing Antigone 226 Antigone and Ismeme Opening Argument 228 Haemon and Creon Argument 231 Welcome to the Monkey House (Contents) 235 Kurt Vonnegut Creative Writing 101 237 Satire Chart 238 Long Walk to Forever 239 EPICAC 243 Tom Edison's Shaggy Dog 247 You are quoting Shakespeare 251 Kolhberg Moral Development 254 Macbeth Act IV, scene1 lesson 256 Macbeth activities 258 “Out, out…” – Robert Frost 265 Likert Scale-Macbeth Themes 266 Frankenstein: In search of my father-- The Creature speaks 268 In the Absence of Fathers: A Story of Elephants and Men 271 Another Angry Fatherless Black Man with a Gun 273 From: Dreams from my father (pages 26-27) 275 The Heart Grows Smarter 276 Leonard Pitt interview – NPR Fathers 278 Importance of Fathers-Sarah Laing 282 Tempest in the Lunchroom 285 Carol Jago's Four Boxes 288 Scatterbrained Soliloquies 288 A Boxful of Character 291 Rationale of "reading" visual images 298 The Gazer’s Spirit lessons 300 DIDLS Breakdown (handout for students) 315 Stage of the Hero's Journey 3

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材料面向新入职的 Pre-AP 高中英语教师，支持他们理解 Pre-AP 与 AP 英语课程的教学要求与课堂操作要点。

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材料涵盖 synthesis essay（综合写作）教学思路，以及如何标注文本、组织段落、使用衔接词与模板，并提供可用于课堂练习的写作样例。

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材料提供阅读与提问层级的方法，整理多年份 released exams 的题干与词汇/术语使用频率，并通过具体题目与学生样例引导讲解与评分。

Sep 20, 2026

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