Advanced Placement* Teacher Manual
English Literature and Composition (3rd Edition, 1999)
by Sally Humble and Tom Humble
Discussion of broad issues of AP English instruction and the AP Literature and Composition exam
- Recommendations and resources for writing instruction
- Study units on the short story, the novel, poetry, and drama, biographical entries, and reference indexes
- Suggestions for in-class and out-of-class writing
- Discussions of pivotal texts and traditions of the "British Heritage"
- Multiple-choice questions and essay tests
- A student's guide to research
A selection of study guides included in the manual
- William Shakespeare, King Lear
- Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels
- Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
- James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Dubliners
Sample Material from English Literature and Composition
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About the Authors
Sally Humble is Curriculum Specialist in English and Humanities at SAS InSchool. Inc. in Cary, North Carolina, where she develops 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 has 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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