ASPIRE AP English Language and Composition

Course No. LA3APA, LA3APB

Semesters: 2; Credits: 1

Prerequisite: Placement in ASPIRE

Grades: 11

ASPIRE AP English Language and Composition is designed to provide a learning environment commensurate with the academic and affective needs of highly gifted students. Students will focus deeply on the study and practice of rhetoric, which lies at the heart of the AP curriculum. This course will refine students’ existing skills in rhetorical analysis, research, writing, and argumentation - skills that are utilized across multiple college majors and professional fields. This course will also prepare students to take the AP English Language and Composition exam, which may allow them to qualify for college credit.