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Studies have shown that exposure to Advanced Placement courses in high school lead to greater student success in college. For years, many students in East New York, Brooklyn had no access to these AP courses. Through cooperation with APEX (AP Expansion Program), the school where I teach has brought these classes to a whole new spectrum of students. Over the last 3 years, our school has tripled our AP course offerings, doubled our total students enrolled in the courses, and last year, had a record number of students receive passing scores on the AP exams. The course I teach, Advanced Placement English Language, aims to teach students how to expertly read and write about nonfiction texts. Yes, they must tackle the rhetoric of writers like old, stodgy Lord Chesterfield and Alexis de Tocqueville, but by first grappling with artful contemporary nonfiction writers (such as Coates) this task is made more approachable. I taught an excerpt from this book last year and it served as the impetus for the year's most successful unit- the unit in which student arguments in writing and socratic seminar were most passionate. The best thing about Coates's book is that it serves as a Gateway to other thinkers. After reading a little of Between the World and Me- students were enthusiastic to dive into James Baldwin, Sonia Sanchez, even Tolstoy. Yes, this book touches on these old, yellowed-page classics but also informs Beyonce's hi-def arguments. Speaks to the violence you will see on your Facebook feed tomorrow. Simultaneously academic and high interest. The primary goal of my course is to prepare students for college reading and writing. For this work, Between the World and Me by Ta Nehisi Coates is a necessary tool.

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Studies have shown that exposure to Advanced Placement courses in high school lead to greater student success in college. For years, many students in East New York, Brooklyn had no access to these AP courses. Through cooperation with APEX (AP Expansion Program), the school where I teach has brought these classes to a whole new spectrum of students. Over the last 3 years, our school has tripled our AP course offerings, doubled our total students enrolled in the courses, and last year, had a record number of students receive passing scores on the AP exams. The course I teach, Advanced Placement English Language, aims to teach students how to expertly read and write about nonfiction texts. Yes, they must tackle the rhetoric of writers like old, stodgy Lord Chesterfield and Alexis de Tocqueville, but by first grappling with artful contemporary nonfiction writers (such as Coates) this task is made more approachable. I taught an excerpt from this book last year and it served as the impetus for the year's most successful unit- the unit in which student arguments in writing and socratic seminar were most passionate. The best thing about Coates's book is that it serves as a Gateway to other thinkers. After reading a little of Between the World and Me- students were enthusiastic to dive into James Baldwin, Sonia Sanchez, even Tolstoy. Yes, this book touches on these old, yellowed-page classics but also informs Beyonce's hi-def arguments. Speaks to the violence you will see on your Facebook feed tomorrow. Simultaneously academic and high interest. The primary goal of my course is to prepare students for college reading and writing. For this work, Between the World and Me by Ta Nehisi Coates is a necessary tool.

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