AP/TAG English III Course Policies & Procedures

An AP English Language and Composition course cultivates the reading and writing skills that students need for college success and for intellectually responsible civic engagement. The course guides students in becoming curious, critical, and responsive readers of diverse texts and becoming flexible, reflective writers of texts addressed to diverse audiences for diverse purposes. The reading and writing students do in the course should deepen and expand their understanding of how written language functions rhetorically: to communicate writers’ intentions and elicit readers’ responses in particular situations. (College Board, Course and Exam description)

Course Focus

• Reading—a) To analyze how style contributes to tone and meaning in advanced, college-bound literature, b) To read a wide variety of genres, titles and notable authors from American literature, primarily, and c) To read a wide variety of media for the purpose of making informed decisions and valuable social contributions.

• Writing—a) To analyze the style and meaning of advanced text in a well-organized and fully developed rhetorical or literary analysis essay. b) To use advanced rhetorical techniques to persuade a reader in a well-organized and fully developed persuasive essay. c) To select excerpts from a variety of texts in order to offer effective proof and to advance an essay on a given topic. d) To communicate effectively through a variety of mediums and multiple genres.

AP/TAG English III Syllabus