Literature Teaching Guides AP Literature Teaching Units

Teach literature at the AP level—without weeks of prep work.

It’s not easy doing the work necessary to prepare students for the AP exam while also planning daily lessons that engage students in literary analysis and close readings of text.

AP Literature Teaching Units* do that prep work for you. These ready-to-use lesson plans will save you hours of work by combining test prep with the literature you’re already teaching.

Thanks to a comprehensive introductory lecture and a chapter-by-chapter study guide, you’ll have everything you need to make sure your students get the most out of their reading, and the free-response and multiple-choice questions modeled after the AP exam will give your students the confidence they need to score 5s on test day.

Each title-specific AP Literature Teaching Unit includes:

• A list of academic objectives your students will meet upon completion of the unit
• In-depth lecture notes on themes, motifs, symbols, author techniques, and historical context
• A chapter-by-chapter study guide consisting of short-answer questions based on literary techniques and elements found in the text
• A test consisting of multiple-choice questions and free-response essay writing prompts—both designed to mimic questions students will encounter on the AP exam
• Answer keys for both the multiple-choice test and study guide questions