Pre-AP English 1 Practice Test & PDF Worksheets

Pre-AP English 1 preparing all students for critical reading and analytical writing. This course trains the reader to observe the small details in a text to arrive at a deeper understanding of the whole. It also trains the reader to appreciate authors’ sometimes-subtle choices, developing an awareness of how words produce effects and how the conventions of the English language are used for both precision and style. As writers, students focus first on crafting complex sentences, building this foundational skill; they then move on to producing well-organized paragraphs and, as the year progresses, more sophisticated, longer-form analyses

Unit 1 Telling Details
Focus: Short Stories and Visual Texts
Unit 2 : Pivotal Words and Phrase
Focus: Poetry and Drama
Unit 3 Compelling Evidence
Focus: Essays and Arguments
Unit 4 Powerful Openings
Focus: Openings of Novels