AP Language and Composition, First Semester

Course Overview

This course, in combination with the subsequent semester course, is designed to be the equivalent of the composition course usually taken during the first college year. It will also prepare students for the AP Language and Composition exam given in May of each year. The course will focus on close reading of nonfiction prose, with emphasis on examining the writer's craft. Students write frequently in response to a variety of formal and informal tasks. In addition students develop research and time management skills in preparing formal writing.

This course is designed for high-school seniors.

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Prerequisite

English 9 and 10 strongly suggested.

Required Materials

The following are required for this course:

The Language of Composition: ISBN 9781319056148
  Shea, Renee H, et al. The Language of Composition. Third ed., Bedford, Freeman, and Worth High School Publishers, 2018.

Between the World and Me: ISBN 9781925240702
  Coates, Ta-Nehisi. Between the World and Me. Text Publishing, 2015.