Atwood on AP®: Essential Skills for Improving AP English

EP 4: Mary Jo Zell - Co-Author, Ideas in Argument

May 03, 2023 Mary Jo Zell Season 1 Episode 4
EP 4: Mary Jo Zell - Co-Author, Ideas in Argument
Atwood on AP®: Essential Skills for Improving AP English
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Atwood on AP®: Essential Skills for Improving AP English
EP 4: Mary Jo Zell - Co-Author, Ideas in Argument
May 03, 2023 Season 1 Episode 4
Mary Jo Zell

This episode, Mike sits down with Mary Jo Zell, former ELA department chair at Keller High School and co-author of Ideas in Argument -
Building Skills and Understanding for the AP® English Language Course
, to talk about best practices in AP® Lang including:

  • The use of graphic organizers to improve student writing and close reading skills
  • Textbook writing 
  • The benefits of APSI training for new AP teachers 
  • Strategies for all three Free Response Questions
Show Notes

This episode, Mike sits down with Mary Jo Zell, former ELA department chair at Keller High School and co-author of Ideas in Argument -
Building Skills and Understanding for the AP® English Language Course
, to talk about best practices in AP® Lang including:

  • The use of graphic organizers to improve student writing and close reading skills
  • Textbook writing 
  • The benefits of APSI training for new AP teachers 
  • Strategies for all three Free Response Questions