• Course Description:

    Prerequisite: 91 in English 10 Honors with teacher recommendation 

    Grade: 11 

    The AP English Language and Composition Course is a college-level survey course with a rhetorical emphasis. Students will be expected to read widely and critically, to explore rhetorical strategies, and to respond to their readings both with discussions and with in class timed and out-of-class writings that emphasize the particular forms of argumentation, narration, and exposition. All students enrolled in Advanced Placement courses are required to take the Advanced Placement Examinations in May (see Policy 2429 & Program of Studies page 5).

     

    Units of Study

    Unit 1:  Introducing Rhetorical Analysis

    Unit 2:  Introducing Argument

    Unit 3:  Introducing Synthesis

    Unit 4:  Developing Rhetorical Analysis

    Unit 5:  Developing Argument

    Unit 6:  Developing Synthesis

    Unit 7:  Mastering Rhetorical Analysis

    Unit 8:  Mastering Argument

    Unit 9:  Mastering Synthesis