AP English Language and Composition Online
AP English Language and Composition provides students with the opportunity to read and write critically.
The course is structured into units, based on the College Board guide. Students will closely examine big ideas such as: rhetorical situation, claims and evidence, reasoning and organization and style. They will read a variety of non-fiction writings, including scientific, sociological, philosophical, and narrative texts. The students will read, annotate, and write synthesis essays (using several primary sources), as well as argument and rhetorical analysis essays. Students will work through the writing process using peer review and teacher feedback to complete several drafts of their work.
This course is designed to be equivalent of a one-semester introductory college–or university-level survey course. This course meets guidelines outlined in the College Board’s AP® English Language and Composition Course and Exam Description.
SEMESTER 1
Unit 1: Writing Well
· Diagnostic Essay and Language Basics
· The Writer’s Voice
· The Writer’s Thesis
· Organizing Ideas
· Developing Good Paragraphs
· Wrap-up and Exam Preparation
Unit 2: Reading and Writing Rhetorically
· Critical Reading
· Rhetoric: The Art of Persuasion
· Developing and Argument
· Work with Documentation Styles
· Wrap-up and Exam Preparation
Unit 3: Synthesis: Incorporating Outside Sources
· Incorporating Outside Sources
· Writing a Synthesis Essay
· Wrap-up and Exam Preparation
Unit 4: Comparison/Contrast of Narration and Description
· Narration
· Description
· Comparison/Contrast
· Wrap-up and Exam Preparation
SEMESTER 2
Unit 5: Illustration and Definition
· Illustration/Exemplification
· Definition
· Wrap-up and Exam Preparation
Unit 6: Division and Classification
· Division and Classification
· Wrap-up and Exam Preparation
Unit 7: Causal Analysis and Research
· Causal Analysis
· Research
· Synthesis Research Essay
· Wrap-up and Exam Preparation
Unit 8: Argument and Persuasion
· Argument and Persuasion
· Synthesis Essay
· Wrap-up and Exam Preparation
Unit 9: Combining the Modes
· Preparing for the AP® Exam
· Combining the Modes
Mixed Pattern Essay