This workshop invites participants to explore trauma-informed teaching practices that benefit all students and contribute to a "compassionate" teaching environment. It begins with an overview of trauma, its impact on learning, and trauma-informed teaching principles before addressing strategies teachers can use to support trauma-informed teaching. Participants should bring one story of how trauma has impacted their teaching as well as a policy, document, or practice used frequently in their own teaching.   View Recording & Access Slides ... View more

There are several ways to teach AP® Literature, so how do you choose which way is best for your classroom? Join authors Renee Shea, Kate Cordes, and Carlos Escobar with BFW contributor Doranna Tindle as they discuss how to align your course to the CED and teach essential AP® Literature skills without losing flexibility in your course. Then, take a deep dive into a lesson from the third edition of Literature & Composition, featuring Nella Larsen’s Passing.   View Recording & Access Slides ... View more

Since its first edition, Literature & Composition was designed specifically for the AP® English Literature course. Its unique structure of skill-building opening chapters combined with an engaging thematic anthology provides the flexibility you need to plan your year and differentiate based on your students’ needs. In this edition, the book you know and love now fully aligns to the new AP® Course and Exam Description.     ... View more

In this webinar Renee Shea, Robin Aufses, Megan Pankiewicz, and Kate Cordes will reflect on the new AP® Language Scoring Guide and the 2021 AP® Exam results and discuss ways to prepare for the 2022 exam. They will also discuss how we can utilize available tools to engage our students beyond preparing for the exam and get them actively reading and analyzing.   View Recording & Access Slides ... View more

This slide deck contains a combination of “The College Board Pacing Guide for Flipped Classrooms” for AP English Literature and Composition and a modified pacing guide for Literature & Composition, 2e. Feel free to use it for the remainder of the 2021 school year to prepare for the exam in May. ... View more

This school year—and our world—looks quite different than ever before. From an upcoming, future-shaping election, to youth-led climate change protests, dynamic social justice movements, and virtual learning as the norm, the 'new normal' that can challenge student attention. However, these realities also offer opportunities to introduce relevant content in your AP English course in ways that encourage students to develop the skills necessary to read and write at the college level. In this webinar, BFW English authors Robin Aufses, Megan Pankiewicz, Larry Scanlon and Renee Shea will present strategies, multi-media content and structured curricular tools to guide teachers in using 'elephants in the room' to engage students in deeper learning. Webinar attendees will: discuss key current events that may present challenges to student engagement and lesson-planning in the current educational landscape explore specific strategies for using current events content to engage students in meaningful ways around themes of Social Justice, Sports, Environment and Community review a classroom-ready instructional approach (e.g., graphic organizer, analytical framework) for each of the strategies shared examine the features of an expertly-constructed AP Language program that provides ready-to-implement tools for engaging students, while also providing flexibility in lesson planning ... View more

For fifteen years, Bedford, Freeman & Worth High School Publishers has focused on delivering top quality resources to support AP® teachers and students, including the soon-to-be released Literature & Composition, 3e and the brand new Ideas in Argument textbooks.   ... View more

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Dive into our AP® Language program for Literature & Composition, Second Edition. Learn more about this program here. Literature & Composition  ... View more

Revision based on classroom feedback Inspiring readers Questions: How they guide your lessons Close Reading: Analyzing poetry Incorporating rich shorter works Analyzing short works Full-length works and Texts in Context  F Literature & Composition  ... View more

Looking for exam prep resources? We've included the CED at a glance, graphic organizer, and rubric below for AP® Lit. You can also check out our webinar dedicated to this topic! In this webinar, author Kate Cordes will discuss how to make the most of the final month leading up to the AP® Literature and Language exams now that teaching and learning must happen from a distance. She will offer suggestions for how to utilize BFW’s online resources, AP® Classroom’s progress checks and questions banks, or your own units and assessments to determine student strengths and weaknesses. The webinar will also offer helpful text suggestions that target the skills most often emphasized in the new CEDs. Finally, we will share ways to support your students as they prepare for the revised online exams. ... View more

Bedford, Freeman & Worth High School Publishers (BFW) is widely considered “the AP® publisher,” and we take that role very seriously. Because of this, we feel it necessary to lay all cards on the table so you know exactly what is being offered for your teachers now – and in the future. View the attached flyer or visit our AP® Updates site to learn more. The Language of Composition  ... View more

In the attached slide deck, Robin Aufses discusses the power of visual images and the questions to ask your students when analyzing them.  ... View more

In the attached guide, Kate Cordes discusses the benefits of vertical teaming and an intentionally scaffolded approach using BFW Textbooks with 9th-12th Graders.    Advanced Language & Literature  Literature & Composition  The Language of Composition  Foundations of Language and Literature  ... View more

Over the years, College Board has made changes to courses that affect our students day in and day out. Now, AP® Literature teachers need to keep up with exam and course changes and help struggling students with course concepts. Check out the attached infographic to see the data and learn how BFW can help. Literature & Composition  ... View more