Description:
An Intense Intellectual Experience
• Critical,
open-minded, skeptical, “out of the box” reading
and writing that opens a dialogue with the author, with yourself,
and with your reader;
• Examine and interact with multiple perspectives on a variety of topics;
• Writing and reading will include all of the recognized rhetorical modes:
description, example, compare/contrast, division/classification,
definition, process analysis, causal analysis, argument, and persuasion;
• Critical reading of nonfiction writing, primarily essays from the 16th
century to today;
• Critical reading and analysis of U.S. literature, both fiction and nonfiction;
• Preparation
for the Advanced Placement Language & Composition
test.
Goals of
AP Language & Composition
• Analyze and interpret samples of good writing, identifying
and explaining the author’s use of rhetorical strategies and techniques;
• Apply effective strategies and techniques in your own writing;
• Create and sustain arguments based on readings, research and/or personal
experience
• Demonstrate understanding and mastery of standard written English as
well as stylistic maturity in your writing;
•Write in a variety of genres and contexts, both formal and informal,
employing appropriate conventions;
• Produce expository and argumentative compositions that introduce a complex
central idea and develop it with appropriate, specific evidence, cogent
explanations, and clear transitions;
• Move effectively through the stages of the writing process, with careful
attention to inquiry and research, drafting, revision, editing, and review.
Upon completing this course, students should be able to:
• Analyze and interpret good writing; identify and explain author's use
of rhetorical strategies and techniques in an historical context.
• Apply effective strategies and techniques to their own writing.
• Create and sustain arguments based on readings, research, and experiences
• Demonstrate mastery of standard written English and stylistic maturity
in their own writings.
• Write in a variety of genres and contexts
Prerequisites: There
is no formal prerequisite for this course. However, students may not
enroll in the second semester U.S. Literature
segment without the first semester elective credit.
Pre-AP
World Literature and Composition is strongly recommended. At the teacher
discretion, summer assignments may be made to judge the
motivation of the student. We feel it is important that any student be
able to select this course based on their own analysis of ability and
need. Those skills should include close reading skills, organization
skills for formal and timed writings, terms of rhetorical analysis, multiple
choice reasoning skills, perspectives on historical and cultural events,
and composition strategies.
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READER'S
NOTEBOOK
Your
reader's notebook is a critical component of this class. Please review
the requirements and suggestions for keeping the RN.
Reader's
Notebook
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