REQUIRED: This course fulfills the 12th grade literature and composition requirement
ELIGIBILITY: 11, 12
PREREQUISITE: English 11, strong in English, and meeting with Mrs. O'Brien prior to registration
CREDIT: 1
This college level English course will focus on preparation for the Advanced Placement Language and Composition test. Passing this test may allow students to earn college credit for their freshman composition. This course will engage students in the careful reading and critical analysis of nonfiction works and of literature including novel, prose, poetry, and drama. Students will write a variety of papers that would mirror a college level composition course. Grading is based on formal writing assignments, exams, and quizzes and sample AP tests and essays.
Students are required to read two novels (to be announced by the instructor) over the summer. Students will read various novels, nonfiction works, and plays during the second semester. The AP Language and Composition test will be available for students who wish to take it at the end of the year. The cost of the exam is approximately $90. It is strongly suggested, but not required that students take AP English Literature and Composition to build a stronger background and get more practice with AP test format. Many of the skills for this Language and Composition test overlap with skills for the literature test.