Advanced Placement* Teacher Manual
English Language and Composition (4th Edition, 2007)
By Sally Humble and Tom Humble
Discussion of the major issues in teaching writing, such as student conferences, peer review, grading, and revisions
- Study units on the language of letters, autobiographies, persuasive writing, critical thinking and writing, scientific writing, discourse, and place narrative
- Specific information about the new synthesis question for the English Language and Composition Exam
- Study guides
- Class activities for before and after the AP examination
Sample Material from English Language and Composition
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About the Authors
Sally Humble is a retired Curriculum Specialist in English and Humanities from SAS InSchool. Inc. in Cary, North Carolina, where she developed multimedia and digital curriculum for the Internet. She is co-author of Duke TIP's Advanced Placement English Manuals and is a former AP English teacher, English department chair, and IB coordinator at Enloe High School. Dr. Humble has taught college composition and literature at Duke University and Meredith College; has served as an AP English Literature reader, and is a national consultant to the College Board. She received her Ph.D. in English from Duke University.
Tom Humble is principal at Raleigh Charter High School in Raleigh, North Carolina. He is the co-author of Duke TIP's Advanced Placement manuals, and is a former reader for the AP English examinations. He taught rhetoric and composition at the college level, and was previously department chair and an AP English Literature and Language teacher at Wake Forest-Rolesville High School and Southeast Raleigh High School. Dr. Humble also serves as a national consultant to the College Board. He received his Ph.D. in English from the University of North Carolina.
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