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The Advanced Placement course in language and composition is a rhetoric-based, college-level course designed to help students become both skilled readers of primarily American nonfiction prose styles and skilled writers of formal and informal essays. Emphasis is placed on analyzing the persuasive tools of the author (e.g. diction, tone, voice, sentence structure) and on being able to compose, both in and out of class, essays analyzing the use of such tools in persuading an audience. In keeping with the AP Language & Composition trends, the course will include a required research component, the completion of which will allow students to formulate and polish informed arguments based on a text that has a particular audience and purpose. Prerequisites: Successful completion of English II and teacher recommendation. Recommendation for Advanced Placement English is based on a demonstrated ability to do college-level work. Texts: The Dolphin Reader Houghton Mifflin Co. 2003
Holt Handbook: Language and Sentence Skills Practice 6th Course Holt, Rinehart & Winston
Modern Language Handbook
Adventures in American Literature: Athena Edition Holt, Rinehart & Winston
Grading Policy: Semester 1: Semester 2 Seatwork 20% Seatwork 10% AP Practice Tests 20% AP Practice Tests 20% Background Rdg. Cks 30& Background Rdg. Cks. 30% In-Class Essays 10% In-Class Essays 25% Out-of-Class Essays 20& Out-of-Class Essays 15% |
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