Advanced Placement English Literature & Composition
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| Term:Fall | Block:3 |
- One Semester (Block): One CreditÂ
- Degree of Difficulty: Advanced
- Prerequisite: American & British Literature
- Homework: Heavy
The goal of this course is to help students acquire the ability to read using the cloze method, understand the conventions of literary discourse, develop an appreciation of literature, and write accurately and insightfully about it. This AP course includes college level work, including adult reading materials and high expectations related to effort and achievement. There will be a great deal of reading and writing in this course, including independent reading outside of the regular class assignments. Students must be committed to doing their very best work in this class as they prepare to take the AP Exam in May. Therefore, they will generate pieces of writing that meet the demands of the Advanced Placement Exam in English Literature and Composition. They will read texts that represent both classical and contemporary literature in the genres of drama, fiction, and poetry. They will develop their ability to discuss important ideas based upon their reading of challenging literature. Essentially, students will prepare for the Advanced Placement Exam in English Literature and Composition.
Texts:
- Reading and Writing from Literature
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- As I Lay Dying
- Heart of Darkness
- Hamlet
- Antigone
- A Streetcar Named Desire
- Waiting for Godot
- Ethan Frome
- Pride and Prejudice
- Independent novel choice
- Vocabulary Workshop H, Sadlier Oxford