ap lang - mc strategies & timed practice
originally streamed in 2020 with Stephanie KirkTeachercurriculum note
This video was recorded during a curriculum transition when 'new' writing-process MC question types and updated rubrics were just being introduced; the exam format details and rubric descriptions (including the referenced '141 rubric') may not match the current 2025 AP Lang exam structure and scoring guidelines.
covered in this stream
timestamps
- 0:00
Introduction and Goals
- 0:30
Test Review Strategies
- 1:01
Course Exam Description
- 2:04
AP Classroom Overview
- 2:36
Session Agenda Overview
- 3:07
Untimed Practice Benefits
- 4:40
Question Stem Breakdown
- 5:43
Performance Without Excuses
- 7:14
Timed Practice Stamina
- 8:48
Personal Pacing Tips
- 10:20
FRQ Timed Challenges
- 10:53
Time to Climb Game
- 12:37
Exam Date Question
- 13:39
FRQ Time Limit
- 14:40
New MC Questions
- 15:49
MC Passages Count
- 17:26
CED Question Categories
- 17:57
MC Logistics Review
- 18:59
Pacing for MC
- 20:31
Sample Question Stems
- 21:32
MC Practice Strategies
- 24:38
Multiple Choice Monday
- 26:12
FRQ Logistics Overview
- 27:45
Synthesis FRQ Details
- 28:16
Rhetorical Analysis FRQ
- 28:48
Argument FRQ Caution
- 29:20
Responding to Prompts
- 30:22
Sophistication Point Tips
- 31:00
Studying for FRQs
- 32:32
Using Past Essays
- 34:41
FRQ Practice Schedule
- 36:15
Scoring Your Essays
- 37:17
Synthesis Expectations
- 38:18
Rhetorical Analysis Goals
- 39:20
Argument Expectations
- 40:22
Defend or Refute
- 41:25
Handwriting Practice Benefits
- 42:26
Varying FRQ Order
- 42:57
Reflection on Practice
- 44:47
Saturday Test Runs
- 45:19
Rhetorical Précis Strategy
- 46:53
Session Goal Summary
- 47:54
Closing and Contact
- 48:24
Final Questions
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