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What We Learned from the 2021 AP® Language Exam

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What We Learned from the 2021 AP® Language Exam

In this webinar Renee Shea, Robin Aufses, Megan Pankiewicz, and Kate Cordes will reflect on the new AP® Language Scoring Guide and the 2021 AP® Exam results and discuss ways to prepare for the 2022 exam. They will also discuss how we can utilize available tools to engage our students beyond preparing for the exam and get them actively reading and analyzing.

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Renee Shea

Author, Bowie State University

Renée H. Shea is professor emeritus of English and Modern Languages at Bowie State University, and coauthor of The Language of Composition, Literature & Composition, Conversations in American Literature, American Literature & Rhetoric, Advanced Language & Literature, and Foundations of Language & Literature. She has served as a reader, table leader, and question leader for both AP® Literature and Language readings. She most recently served as the College Board advisor for AP® Language.

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Robin Aufses

Author, Lycee Francais de New York

Robin Dissin Aufses served as the English department chair at John F. Kennedy High School in Bellmore, New York, for 10 years and is now English department chair at the Lycée Français de New York. She is a coauthor of The Language of Composition, Literature & Composition, Conversations in American Literature, and American Literature & Rhetoric.

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Megan Harowitz Pankiewicz

Author, Rockville High School

Megan Pankiewicz is a National Board Certified Teacher with over ten years of experience in the secondary English Language Arts classroom. She has received distinctions including the National Council of Teachers of English High School Teacher of Excellence (FL) She has served as President and Executive Director of the Florida Council of Teachers of English. Megan currently works at Rockville High School (MD) as the Staff Development teacher, AP® Coordinator, and AP® Language teacher. She is also a co-author of The Language of Composition, 3rd Ed.

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Kate Cordes

Author, Skyview High School, MT

Kate Cordes is a National Board Certified English Teacher who currently teaches 10th grade English, 12th grade English, and AP® English Literature at Skyview High School. She received her undergraduate degree in English, Psychology, and Medieval Studies from St. Olaf College and spent a year at Oxford University studying Medieval and 20th-century British Literature, and has a master's degree in education from Montana State University-Billings. Kate is co-author of American Literature & Rhetoric.