AP ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION

About AP English Language & Composition

The AP English Language and Composition course focuses on the development and revision of evidence-based analytic and argumentative writing, the rhetorical analysis of nonfiction texts, and the decisions writers make as they compose and revise. Students evaluate, synthesize, and cite research to support their arguments. Additionally, they read and analyze rhetorical elements and their effects in nonfiction texts—including images as forms of text—from a range of disciplines and historical periods.


Skills You'll Learn

  • Reading closely, analyzing, and interpreting a piece of writing

  • Evaluating a source of information

  • Gathering and consolidating information from different sources

  • Writing an evidence-based argument

  • Drafting and revising a piece of writing

Prerequisites

AP English Literature & Composition or Teacher Recommendation

College Course Equivalent

AP English Language & Composition is an introductory college-level course in composition and rhetoric.

Summer Homework

Please view: http://summerreading.milfordschools.org


Thursday's Work - 9/30/21

Teacher Corner

Welcome! You can see an example of a daily task that we might complete in AP Language by clicking the picture to the left. Often in AP Language, we will address current events. The focus isn't always the "event" itself, but how and why people write and speak about these events. We focus on how writers craft argumentation and determine whether we think it is valid and effective.

Contact Information

Teachers - Joe Claus , Erin Vore , Allison Willson

AP Coordinator - Dave Haluga

College/Career Counselor - Liz Emmons