Advanced Placement Courses

AP LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION

OPEN TO: 11 & 12

PREREQUISITE: ENGLISH 10

GRADUATION REQUIREMENT: Reading/Writing Requirement

CAPACITY: 30

AP Language and Composition requires students to write in several forms (e.g. -  expository, analytical, and argumentative essays).  The course requires students to write essays through several stages or drafts, with revision aided by the instructor and peers.  The course will include three major essays (3 to 5 pages in length).

AP LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION

OPEN TO: 12

PREREQUISITE: AP LANGUAGE & COMPOSITION

GRADUATION REQUIREMENT: READING/WRITING REQUIREMENT

CAPACITY: 30

AP Literature and Composition is a college-level class regarding literature and composition. Students will be expected to use careful reading skills and critical analysis of literature. Students will deepen their understanding of the ways writers use language to craft literary works. Additionally, students will be honing their own composition skills marked by style, voice, wide-ranging vocabulary, variety of sentence structure, logical organization, and effective use of rhetoric.