Wednesday, August 10, 2005
What should you expect from the class?
What should you expect from the course?
An AP English course in Literature and Composition should engage students in the careful reading and critical analysis of imaginative literature. In general form, this approach includes three main activities:
· the experience of literature through reading and writing
· the interpretation of literature through the close reading of selected texts
· the evaluation of literature, both in assessing their literary merit and their cultural and social value
In the course of those three activities, students should expect to do these more specific tasks:
· make careful observations of textual detail
· establish connections among their observations
· draw from those connections a series of inferences leading to an interpretive conclusion about the work’s meaning and value
· recognize the ways writers use language to provide both meaning and pleasure
· study a work’s structure, style, and themes
· study figurative language, imagery, symbolism, and tone in a text
The course emphasizes the development of stylistically mature writing, characterized by the following:
· a wide-ranging vocabulary used with denotative accuracy and connotative resourcefulness
· a variety of sentence structures, including appropriate use of subordinate and coordinate constructions
· a logical organization, enhanced by specific techniques of coherence such as repetition, transitions, and emphasis
· a balance of generalization with specific illustrative detail
· an effective use of rhetoric, including controlling tone, maintaining a consistent voice, and achieving emphasis through parallelism and antithesis
An AP English course in Literature and Composition should engage students in the careful reading and critical analysis of imaginative literature. In general form, this approach includes three main activities:
· the experience of literature through reading and writing
· the interpretation of literature through the close reading of selected texts
· the evaluation of literature, both in assessing their literary merit and their cultural and social value
In the course of those three activities, students should expect to do these more specific tasks:
· make careful observations of textual detail
· establish connections among their observations
· draw from those connections a series of inferences leading to an interpretive conclusion about the work’s meaning and value
· recognize the ways writers use language to provide both meaning and pleasure
· study a work’s structure, style, and themes
· study figurative language, imagery, symbolism, and tone in a text
The course emphasizes the development of stylistically mature writing, characterized by the following:
· a wide-ranging vocabulary used with denotative accuracy and connotative resourcefulness
· a variety of sentence structures, including appropriate use of subordinate and coordinate constructions
· a logical organization, enhanced by specific techniques of coherence such as repetition, transitions, and emphasis
· a balance of generalization with specific illustrative detail
· an effective use of rhetoric, including controlling tone, maintaining a consistent voice, and achieving emphasis through parallelism and antithesis
# posted by Mrs. Baker @ 3:21 PM 
