AP English Language and Composition

ENG1933 - Advanced Placement (AP) Language and Composition

40 weeks

1 credit

Prerequisite: A grade of at least 90 in English 10 and teacher recommendation

AP Language is take in lieu of English 11. Working within the framework of American literature, students will interpret and analyze the rhetorical arguments used in a variety of nonfiction selections, which includes political speeches, letters, personal essays, opinion pieces, and memoir; some fiction (short stories and at least one novel), one play, and several collections of thematically-linked poems; visual texts, including photography, paintings, advertisements, and film (documentaries and docu-dramas). AP students may possibly take the Common Core (Regents) exam in January instead of June; they are also required to take the AP exam in May. A culminating project (e.g. investigative journalism) will be completed after the AP exam.