ENGLISH | 4 CREDITS English 1 Year - 1 credit Prerequisite: Grade 8 English
English 3 Year - 1 credit Prerequisite: English 2
English 2 Year - 1 credit Prerequisite: English 1
This course introduces students to authors from all over the world including Shakespeare, World War I Literature, and literature from various countries and cultures. Students will read short stories, novels, non-fiction, poetry, and mythology, and plays. Students will continue to improve on reading comprehension and application of literary analysis. In addition, this course continues to expand upon the composition skills acquired in both English 1 and English 2. Emphasis is given to thinking, logical writing, and clarity in expression of ideas. Students will learn how to research, organize, and present ideas for a variety of purposes, audiences, and occasions.
This course introduces students to various genres and forms of literature. Students will read and analyze poetry, plays, novels, short stories, and other non-fiction writings. This course will focus on four kinds of writing including narrative, informational, persuasive, and a formal research paper. Students will also learn how to cite their research using Modern Language Association (MLA) style format.
This course introduces students to both major and minor American authors while addressing various genres such as biographies, fiction, non-fiction, essays, speeches, short stories, and poetry. Students will focus on reading comprehension and vocabulary as well as make connections between American literature and American history. Students will use literary analysis skills to comprehend their reading. The course will also include the three main areas of writing including persuasive, expository, and narrative as well as grammar and semantics as they apply to writing.
What makes a work of literature worthy of study and valuable to both the individual and society? In AP English Literature and Composition, students examine how authors and poets create meaning through their rich, purposeful use of language. Students write and refine essays about literature, developing the skills of analysis and composition that allow nuanced, effective communication. Students also strengthen introductory college- level skills, including: close-reading and inference; identification and effect of authorial technique as related to purpose; evidence-based argumentation of textual interpretations. AP English Literature and Composition Year - 1 credit Prerequisite: English 2 and Instructor Approval
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