What is AP English Lang & Comp?Advanced Placement (AP) English Language and Composition focuses on the study of rhetoric- the art of effective persuasion. That is, we analyze the way a speaker employs language to address a targeted audience and achieve a specific purpose.
The course requires students to become skilled readers of prose (written and spoken language) written in a variety of rhetorical contexts and skilled writers who compose for a variety of audiences and purposes. At the heart of AP Eng Lang & Comp is the reading and analysis of various texts. Reading facilitates informed citizenship, increasing students' capacity to enter consequential conversations with others about meaningful issues. A student's ability to gather source materials representing a particular conversation and making their own reasonable and informed contributions to those conversations further contributes to this informed citizenship. What do we actually do?Through various activities, students enrolled in AP English Language & Composition will learn to:
Class Syllabus (2017-18)
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