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One of the greatest accomplishments of AP English students is in navigating challenging texts. In my work with students in their early high school careers, I focus on preparing students to meet, greet, and get concrete with challenging texts. I also help students work with texts that are deceptively simple in order to see their complexity.
groups on other paragraphs from the opening chapters, and as we get farther along in the story they begin to employ these strategies for themselves. Facing challenging texts and learning the strategies to navigate them serve as important Pre-AP habits of thought for students.
Lorri Horn has taught AP English at Santa Monica High School in California for the last six years of her 13-year career. She chaired the English department for five years, and is a 2003 National Board Certified Teacher. Her article about teaching in a time of scarcity recently appeared in Phi Delta Kappan (April 2004). This article is copyright 2004 by Lorri Horn and is reprinted with permission.
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