Ap Language And Composition Syllabus

Advanced Placement Language and Composition Syllabus Sallye Clark, Instructor Prerequisites: English 10 Honors Course Description: Students will become “skilled readers of prose written in a variety of periods, disciplines and rhetorical contexts and…writers who compose for a variety of purposes. Both their writing and their reading should make students aware of the interactions among a writer’s purposes, audience expectations, and subjects as well as the way generic conventions and the resources of language contribute to effectiveness in writing.” (“English Language and Composition”, The College Board Advanced Placement Program Course Description, 2002, p. 7) Course Outcomes:  analyze and interpret samples of good writing, identifying and explaining an author’s use of rhetorical strategies and techniques  apply effective strategies and techniques in their own writing  create and sustain arguments based on readings, research, and/or personal experience  demonstrate understanding and mastery of standard written English as well as stylistic maturity in their own writings  write in a variety of genres and contexts, both formal and informal, employing appropriate conventions  produce expository and argumentative compositions that introduce a complex central idea and develop it with appropriate, specific evidence, cogent explanations, and clear transitions  move effectively through the stages of the writing process, with careful attention to inquire and research, drafting, revision, editing and review (“English Language and Composition”, The College Board Advanced Placement Program Course Description, 2002, p. 9) Requirements for the Students:  Complete out of class readings, including summer reading assignments with accompanying writings and those assigned throughout the year  Complete journal for supplemental readings  Compose three freewrites for each of rhetorical mode assigned  Engage in class discussion  Complete Sadlier vocabulary text, Series F  Complete Elements of Style by Strunk and White; pass test with 90% accuracy Attendance Policy: Follow Kanawha County Schools policy

Grading Policy: 90-100 A 80.89 B 70.79 C 60.69 D 0-59 F Textbook Requirements:  The Bedford Reader, 10h edition, Kennedy, X.J et al, 2006  Elements of Style, Strunk, William, Jr, 1999  Sadlier Vocabulary Workshop, Shostak, Jerome, Level F, 2005  Various memoirs, biographies, journalistic writings, nature and science writings, political writings, fiction, and critical analysis to be assigned at the beginning of the year Contact Information:  Sallye Clark  [email protected]