AP English Literature and Comp Online
AP English Literature and Composition immerses students in novels, plays, poems, and short stories from various periods. Students read and write daily, using a variety of multimedia and interactive activities, interpretive writing assignments, and class discussions to assess and improve their skills and knowledge. The course places special emphasis on reading comprehension, structural and critical analysis of written works, literary vocabulary, and recognizing and understanding literary devices.
The key foci of this course are comprehension, interpretation, and analysis. More specifically, the course focuses on close and thematic reading skills. The writing students undertake is overwhelmingly of an analytical nature; students analyze meaning and how meaning is created.
The equivalent of an introductory college level survey class, this course prepares students for the AP Exam and for further study in creative writing, communications, journalism, literature, and composition.
Access to this AP course is outside of our usual learning management system. Instructions for access will be sent to the support email after enrollment is processed.
The Norton Anthology of Poetry
The Story and Its Writer
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Annie John
A Streetcar Named Desire
Semester 1
Unit 1: Getting Started
Unit 2: Fiction and Poetry: Literature of Examination
Unit 3: Drama: Lives in Crisis
Unit 4: Poetry: Love and Separation
Unit 5: Long Fiction: Their Eyes Were Watching God
Unit 6: Drama: Shakespearean Comedy
Semester 2
Unit 1: Victorian Era Literature
Unit 2: 19th-Century Literature: British & American Authors
Unit 3: Turn-of-the-Century Literature
Unit 4: Modern Literature
Unit 5: The American Dream
Unit 6: Contemporary Literature