AP English

AP English Literature and Composition is open to carefully selected seniors who desire a course designed with the academic intensity of a freshman level college course. The AP English class engages students in critical analysis of literature. Through the close reading of selected texts, students deepen their understanding of the ways writers use language to provide both meaning and pleasure for their readers. As they read, students consider a work’s structure, style, and themes as well as a variety of literary terms and devices and their function within the literary text. The rigor and intensity of this course will make significant demands on the students’ time and will stretch their critical thinking abilities. The student will participate in seminar discussions, create projects, give presentations, and lead teaching sessions. See AP courses policies in appendix. (Prerequisites: English 3; fulfillment of AP teacher’s requirements) Maximum of 15 students per section.