HULL HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENT COURSE EXPECTATIONS
2011 - 2012
AP ENGLISH LANGUAGE/COMPOSITION MR. FULLER 5 CREDITS
Text: Goshgarian, Gary. The Contemporary Reader, 7th edition (Longman: Boston) 2002. $25.00
Course Overview
Activities in this course teach students to clearly think, write, and speak about language and writing while reading prose written in a variety of periods, disciplines, and rhetorical contexts. It is a high school course for students who are capable of doing college-level work in English and who are willing to devote the time and energy necessary to complete a course more demanding than the regular English courses. Research skills are stressed to prepare students for success in college. A minimum of three analytic research papers will be assigned per year. A variety of nonfiction as well as fiction will be introduced. Genres studied range from historical letters to persuasive, descriptive, and narrative modern essays. Four novels will be assigned for summer reading.
Course Objectives
Student will:
Examine selected literary works to analyze and discuss theme, character, plot, and other literary elements.
Write compositions with a clear focus, developing the composition with logically related ideas and adequate supporting details.
Edit personal writing and that of peers.
Examine past AP English examinations to develop test awareness.
Course Content
Literature: Analysis, research and interpretation of representative works from various genres and time periods.
Language: Literary terminology, vocabulary within the context of readings, vocabulary commonly found on AP examinations.
Writing: Literary analysis using persuasive/expository/narrative/descriptive writing forms.
Speaking: Oral presentations.
AP Exam preparation and completion of sample tests.
Required Reading
Dubliners by Joyce
Jane Eyre by Bronte
A Room with a View by Forester
Silas Marner by Eliot
Additional novels from the A.P. College Board suggested reading list
Additional novels from the A.P. College Board suggested reading list
Letters as a genre
Autobiographies
Selected poems and short stories
Required Writing
Homework Assignments
Weekly essay
Minimum of three analytic research papers
Special Requirements
Students must take the Advanced Placement Examination in Literature and Composition in May. The cost of the AP exam is $87.00, which must be paid by October 1, 2010.
Course Evaluation Criteria
Writing Assignments 50%
Tests 25%
Class work and participation 25%
Course Policies:
Attendance, tardiness, behavioral consequences, academic dishonesty, and make-up of missing work in this class are as outlined in the Hull High School Student Handbook.
Class Preparation Students are expected to show knowledge of the material through class discussions, activities, and assigned papers.
Assignment Completion All assignments are to be completed by the due dates. Late work will not be accepted.
Classroom Rules Be on time. Be respectful. Be responsible.
Extra Help After school
AP ENGLISH LANGUAGE/COMPOSITION MR. FULLER 5 CREDITS
Student/Parent Acknowledgment
Your signature indicates that you understand the terms of these expectation sheets and know what is expected of you for the successful completion of this course. Please keep these sheets in your notebook and refer to them whenever you have any questions concerning the course.
Student Signature: ______________________________ Date: ___/___/___
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