CourseThe AP Language and Composition is open to motivated, advanced students who have been recommended by their 10th grade teachers. The course teaches and requires students to write in several forms (e.g., narrative, expository, analytical, and argumentative essays) about a variety of subjects (e.g., public policies, popular culture, personal experiences). Expository, analytical, and argumentative writing assignments are based on readings representing a wide variety of prose styles and genres. Fiction and nonfiction readings (e.g., essays, journalism, political writing, science writing, nature writing, autobiographies/biographies, diaries, history, and criticism) are selected to give students opportunities to identify and explain an author’s use of rhetorical strategies and techniques. Research skills, and in particular, the ability to evaluate, use and cite primary and secondary sources are taught. A portfolio assessment through which each eleventh grader’s growth and development in reading, writing, and research skills will be completed. Students will be required to take the Regents exam in English. All students enrolled in this course must take the AP exam in May. Students who receive a grade of 3 or above on the AP exam may be allowed to waive the required freshman English course at the discretion of the college or university they attend.
Unit 1: Intro to Rhetoric
Unit 2: Close Reading and Analysis
Unit 3: Analyzing Arguments
Unit 4: Synthesizing Sources |
AP Language & Composition Exam Prep
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Common Core Regents
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Online Books & Independent Reading
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Essay Writing Worksheet
Videos
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