- Module 1 Know the Exam and Your Sticking PointsLearn how the AP English Language and Composition exam works and find the skill to work on first.
- Module 2 Read the Situation and Explain HowRead a passage, name the situation it was written for, and explain how one choice does its job.
- Module 3 Write the Thesis and the Line of ReasoningWrite a thesis that earns the Thesis point, write a two-sentence introduction, and plan body paragraphs that build on each other.
- Module 4 Write Body Paragraphs with Evidence and CommentaryWrite a body paragraph that makes a claim about a choice, proves it with a short quote, explains how the choice works, and ties it to the speaker's purpose.
- Module 5 Score Your Own Essay and Write on the ClockScore your own essay on the three rows, check your scores against College Board's scored samples, find your lowest row, and write a whole essay in 45 minutes.
- Module 6 Earn the Sophistication PointFind one tension in the rhetorical situation, follow it through a whole essay, explain why this exact moment matters, and tell the difference between real sophistication and one clever sentence or big words at the end.
- Module 7 Write the Argument EssayRead an argument prompt, take a position you can defend, choose specific evidence that you bring yourself, explain how the evidence proves your claim, handle the other side, and write a whole argument essay on the clock.
- Module 8 Write the Synthesis EssayRead a synthesis prompt and six sources, take your own position first, choose and group the sources that support it, name each source the AP way, explain how the evidence proves your claims, handle a source that complicates your position, and write a whole synthesis essay on the clock.
- Module 9 Multiple Choice, ReadingAnswer the reading questions in Section 1 the way the exam is built. You will say what the question asks, prove an answer with words from the passage, and remove the choices that fail. You will learn the names of the seven ways wrong choices fool you, learn what each kind of question asks you to do, practice at exam speed, and keep a miss log.
- Module 10 Multiple Choice, WritingAnswer the writing questions in Section 1 the way the exam is built. You will name the writer's goal before you look at the choices, then prove an answer and remove the choices that fail. You will learn the kinds of writing questions, the grammar and punctuation rules that appear most, the eight ways wrong choices fool you, how to keep pace, and how to keep a miss log.
- Module 11 Full Practice and Exam-Week PlanPut the whole exam together. You will check the facts and dates that matter, build a week-by-week review plan from today to the exam, run a full practice at home, score it, and turn the results into your next week's plan. You will also get a plan for the last 72 hours, a checklist for exam day, and plain steps for handling test anxiety.