They will participate in a variety of individual and collaborative instructional strategies that help them develop skills and make literary and interdisciplinary connections. Language instruction, including grammar study, is based on individual student needs. Vocabulary is developed through reading and a variety of experiences with words written, viewed and heard. This course is linked to a companion Social Studies course, and interdisciplinary connections are made throughout. Students experience texts of different genres and forms related to each theme and complete mandatory common tasks.
Common tasks focus primarily on the writing process but also develop other language skills.
Instruction in reading and writing strategies, grammar and vocabulary is integrated into every unit. AP Language and Composition is designed for the highly motivated student who wishes to read complex texts with understanding and to write prose of sufficient richness and complexity to communicate effectively with mature readers. Students become skilled readers of prose written in a variety of periods, disciplines, and rhetorical contexts and skilled 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. Students write essays that proceed through several stages or drafts, with revision aided by teacher and peers.