Advanced Placement English Information for Sophomores Which course is for me?

Which Do I Choose? English 11 HonorsAP Language & Composition GPA: 0.5 bumpGPA: 1.0 bump Credit: HS credit only (no opportunity for college credit) Credit: opportunity for college credit or courses exemption Focus: American Literature Argumentative writing Some prep for SOL Read and write frequently Some independent learning Focus: Nonfiction Argumentative & analysis writing Develop writing & critical thinking skills Read and write frequently Independent learning Rigor: Honors Common Assessment English 11 Writing SOL English 11 Reading SOL Rigor: College-level syllabus AP exam-style assessments English 11 Writing SOL English 11 Reading SOL Cost: noneCost: $86 per AP exam

Other Considerations English 11 HonorsAP Language & Composition demonstrate strong performance for “A” grade balance extra-curricular with Honors course load absences somewhat impact content retention demonstrate superior performance for “A” grade balance extra-curricular with AP course load absences impact content retention

What about my long term plan?

Long Term Planning: AP Track AP Literature & CompositionAP Language & Composition Skills: careful reading and critical analysis of imaginative literature close reading of selected texts explore how writers use language to provide both meaning & pleasure for their readers consider a work's structure, style, and themes Skills: examine writer's purposes and subjects consider audience expectations explore how generic conventions and the resources of language contribute to effectiveness in writing analyze the integration of multiple texts examine current events and historical impacts Focus: Fiction Analytical writing Focus: Nonfiction Rhetoric Equivalent: College Introductory Literature Course Equivalent: College Introductory Composition Course

Long Term Planning: AP Track AP Literature & CompositionAP Language & Composition Read 1 novel each month outside of classRead 2 novels and 1 novella Many short stories and poems read in class and outside of class Many nonfiction articles (magazine articles from Time, Newsweek, Esquire, Shape, Men’s Health, New Yorker, etc.) with emphasis on nonfiction analysis Extensive practice in test-taking and writing Analyze and interpret samples of good writing, identifying and explaining an author’s use of rhetorical strategies and techniques At least 5 major essays per semesterAt least 8 major essays per semester Many quizzes and projects College-level expectations (literature selection, independent work, analysis and work product) College-level expectations (article selection, independent work, analysis and work product) Nightly homework in addition to the novelsTextbook readings nightly Develop a wide-ranging vocabulary to appropriately and effectively write prose

Long Term Planning: AP Track AP Literature & CompositionAP Language & Composition Reading Sample: Othello (William Shakespare) Atonement (Ian McEwan) Pride & Prejudice (Jane Austen) Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad) Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver) Life of Pi (Yann Martel) A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving) Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller) The Stranger (Albert Camus) Siddhartha (Herman Hesse) Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead (Tom Stoppard) Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison) Billy Budd (Herman Melville) Slaughterhouse Five (Kurt Vonnegut) Reading Sample: “No Wonder They Call Me a Bitch” (Ann Hodgman) “Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat” (Winston Churchill) “Learning to Read” (Malcolm X) “Barbie Doll” (Marge Piercy) “Being A Man” (Paul Theroux) “High School Confidential: Notes on Teen Movies” (David Denby) “The Death of the Moth” (Virginia Woolf) “Behind the Formaldehyde Curtain” (Jessica Mitford) Into the Wild (John Krakauer) Glass Castle (Jeannette Walls) In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)