ap lang - exam day strategy & time management
originally streamed in 2021 with Kevin SteinhauserTeachercurriculum note
This video references 52–55 multiple-choice questions, but the current AP Lang exam has 45 MCQ questions in 60 minutes. All other timing and essay strategies remain broadly applicable.
covered in this stream
timestamps
- 0:00
Exam Overview Introduction
- 0:31
Time Division Recommendations
- 2:04
Multiple Choice Logistics
- 3:37
Multiple Choice Challenges
- 5:39
MC Game Plan Strategy
- 7:43
Easiest to Hardest Order
- 9:46
Guessing and Momentum
- 11:50
Annotation Techniques
- 13:58
Answering Questions Efficiently
- 16:30
Process of Elimination
- 20:39
Multiple Choice Q&A
- 23:48
Meaning vs Analysis Focus
- 26:55
Shift to Essays
- 27:58
Essay Order Pros/Cons
- 31:33
Synthesis Expectations
- 35:40
Synthesis Reading Time
- 38:20
Synthesis Q&A Start
- 42:58
Body Paragraph Goals
- 47:08
Oppose vs Qualify
- 52:18
Rhetorical Analysis Triangle
- 55:24
RA Minute Maximization
- 58:59
Argument Expectations
- 1:01:04
Evidence Blend Tips
- 1:04:08
Argument Timing Plan
- 1:05:40
Final Q&A Session
- 1:11:52
Handling Mind Blanks
- 1:14:28
Grammar Impact Advice
- 1:16:31
Avoiding Writer's Block
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