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English


               AP English Language and                           AP English Language and
               Composition                                       Composition Self-Paced

               Grade 11-12                                       Grade 11-12
               Course Number 159                                 Course Number SP159
               Full Year Course - 1 credit                       Full Year Course - 1 credit
               Prerequisite: Recommendation                      Prerequisite: Recommendation
               Estimated Fee: AP test registration               Estimated Fee: AP test registration
               Recommended For:  College Bound                   Recommended For:  College Bound
               Career:  CORE                                     Career:  CORE

               With recommendations from and the approval        With recommendations from and the approval
               of the College Board, the Advanced Placement      of the College Board, the Advanced Placement
               English  Language  and  Composition  course       English  Language  and  Composition  course
               work models a college composition class.          work models a college composition class.

                The      curriculum     concentrates     on       The     curriculum      concentrates     on
               argumentation:  how  to  analyze  the  rhetoric   argumentation:  how  to  analyze  the  rhetoric
               employed  by  writers  and  speakers,  how  to    employed  by  writers  and  speakers,  how  to
               construct    successful   arguments    which      construct   successful   arguments     which
               synthesize  accredited  sources,  and  how  to    synthesize  accredited  sources,  and  how  to
               compose  successful  arguments  that  draw  on    compose  successful  arguments  that  draw  on
               personal    knowledge     and    experiences.     personal    knowledge     and    experiences.
               Promoting an awareness of current events and      Promoting an awareness of current events and
               history,  particularly  American  history,  the   history,  particularly  American  history,  the
               coursework places a greater emphasis on non-      coursework places a greater emphasis on non-
               fiction  than  fiction  and  analyzes  fiction  for   fiction  than  fiction  and  analyzes  fiction  for
               arguments  made  by  the  author.  Students       arguments  made  by  the  author.  Students
               enrolled in this course are required to take the   enrolled in this course are required to take the
               A.P. exam in May.                                 A.P. exam in May.





















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