AP+Literature+and+Composition

__** Welcome to AP Literature and Composition! **__ Below you will find handouts necessary for this course. You may be responsible for downloading and printing many of these documents throughout the semester. AP English III is highly recommended; **it is expected that students enrolled in AP English Literature and Composition will take the AP exam on Thursday, May 8th at 8:00 am, for the chance to earn college credit. Please make sure to check with potential colleges to learn their exam score requirements.**

Below is a link to the College Board Web Site where you will find a lot of information about the AP Course and the AP Exam. [|College Board]

**__ Course Description and Objectives __** This Advanced Placement Literature and Composition course is designed to teach beginning-college writing through the fundamentals of rhetorical theory, and follows the curricular requirements describes in the //AP English Course Description// (C1).Advanced Placement English develops and refines the process of literary analysis, which is at the heart of the course. Students will analyze  literature from the point of view of the writer as well as of the reader to determine how the literature affects its readers and in what ways. Students will ruminate, "What is art?" and try to determine the qualities of great literature. In addition, students’ literary analysis will look at style and structure, analyzing a writer's use of diction, syntax, imagery, figurative language, detail, purpose, and tone, all carefully crafted to create meaning.

Writing well about literature is a key component of the class and the AP English Literature and Composition exam; therefore, vocabulary study is important in this course. Students will have a vocabulary quiz every week (usually every Friday), which will include 10-12 new words. I highly recommend that you purchase the vocabulary workbook prior to the first day of class. You can buy this workbook on Amazon.com for around $8.00 plus shipping and handling. __The workbook title is //Vocabulary from Latin and Greek Roots: A Study of Word Families VI//. The ISBN is 978-1-58049-205-850899.__ In conjunction with basic vocabulary, students will need to know specific literary terms, which are essential for literary analysis. With regards to literary fiction analysis, students will need to constantly reflect upon their writing strategies and understand the importance of holistic revisions—revisions critiqued both by the instructor and/or peers. Students will actively pursue the writing process via numerous timed essays, formal literary critiques, and short reflections regarding literature. This reflective writing process will occur in both assigned “Critique” groups and in individual writing portfolios throughout the duration of this semester course to document students’ improvement and to engage them in reflection regarding their writing.

** The following documents and links are subject to change prior to the Spring 2014 semester: **
 * __** Course Logistics **__

__** Text Reminders Sign-Up Instructions **__

__** Literary Terms and Weekly Vocabulary **__

__** Weekly Plans **__ || __** Everyday Tools **__

__** Writing 101 **__

__** Poetry **__ ||


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