AP Language and Composition

AP Language and Composition Course Description: Ms. Moberly

The AP English Language and composition course engages students in becoming skilled readers of prose written in a variety of periods, disciplines, and rhetorical contexts and in becoming skilled writers who compose for a variety of purposes. The emphasis is on American literature, in step with the 11^th grade history sequence. Major works representative of this course include: A Mercy, The Scarlet Letter, The Great Gatsby, The Grapes of Wrath, The Things They Carried, along with a wide variety of essays, speeches, short stories, and poetry. Summer reading of assigned texts is required. Students accepted into the program are expected to complete all required work and are strongly encouraged to take the AP English Language and Composition Examination.

This course prepares students for college interdisciplinary writing and for the AP exam in May which can yield college credit for scores of 3, 4, or 5 (on a 5 point scale), depending on the requirements of the individual colleges.