Help students move beyond summary and into deep analysis! This session explores practical strategies for teaching complexity in prose, offering clear entry points that help students engage with layered meanings, nuanced characterizations, and authorial choices. Teachers will discuss ways to guide students toward richer, more sophisticated literary interpretations.
Facilitator: Ryan Hale

Ryan Hale has been teaching English in Kentucky for the past 25 years. Courses have included AP Literature, AP Language, AP Seminar, AP Research, Dual Credit Communications I and II, and regular English grades 9-12. He has been an AP Reader and Early Table Leader for Literature and also serves as a Sample Selector and Question Leader for The Reading. He is presenting the Master Series with AP Lit Chief Reader Steve Price under the auspices of Advance Kentucky again this year. Ryan is also a consultant and mentor for Advance Kentucky and has led mock exam readings and teacher trainings all over the US, including Indiana, New York, Alabama, Arkansas, and Texas. Outside of work, Ryan enjoys time with his family, dogs, cooking, gardening, live music, and games.