AP LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION
AP LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION
#167 AP LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION NCAA Approved
Grades: 11-12 Elective Year Long Credit: 1
Prerequisite:
To continue in the honors program a student is required to successfully complete Honors English 11 with a grade of “B”. To transfer into the honors program, a student must attain an “A” in English 11 as the final grade, and the recommendation of the English 11 teacher.
Purpose:
Purpose:
This course is designed to engage students in the careful reading and critical analysis of imaginative literature.
Description:
Description:
This is an approved Advance Placement (AP) College Board course. Through the close reading of selected texts, students will deepen their understanding of the ways writers use language to provide both meaning and pleasure for their readers. As they read, students will consider a work’s structure, style, and themes, as well as such smaller-scale elements as the use of figurative language, imagery, symbolism, and tone.
Requirements:
Requirements:
All students must complete a prerequisite assignment before the first day of class. The academic requirements of this course are very stringent. Grades will be assigned based on daily activities, homework, projects, quizzes, essays, and tests. All students will be required to take the AP Exam, a final exam may be given at the discretion of the teacher.