AP Language and Composition, Second Semester

Course Overview

This course continues from the previous semester course, and 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. This course will continue the study of nonfiction writing begun in First Semester, focusing on matters of style--the use of subordination, coordination, loose and periodic sentences and an understanding of how these can be used to create rhythm, balance and emphasis. As students become more aware of rhetorical elements and their effects, they are encouraged to incorporate these into their own writing as well.

This course is designed for high-school seniors.

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Prerequisite

English 9 and 10 and first semester of AP Language and Composition are strongly recommended.

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.

The Things They Carried: ISBN 9780618706419
   O’Brien, Tim. The Things They Carried. Mariner Books Classics, 2009.

Hillbilly Elegy: ISBN 9780062300553
  Vance, J. D. Hillbilly Elegy. HarperCollins, 2018.

Educated: ISBN 9780399590504
   Westover, Tara. Educated: A Memoir. Random House, 2018.

The Roundhouse: ISBN 9780062065254
   Erdrich, Louise. The Round House. Harper Perennial, 2013.

The Seed Keeper: ISBN 9781571311375
   Wilson, Diane. The Seed Keeper: A Novel. Milkweed Editions, 2021.

Dreaming in Indian: 9781554516865
   Leatherdale, Mary Beth, and Lisa Charleyboy. Dreaming in Indian: Contemporary Native American Voices. Annick Press, 2016.