An ability to use and understand a high level of English AP Language and Composition A and B are 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. The basis of this full year course is rhetorical analysis, the interrelationship of subject, speaker, purpose, and audience. The student will learn to read critically and to write effectively.
Tests are almost non-existent.
The student will read and analyze essays, poetry, and long works of non-fiction during the course and write essays that proceed through several stages or drafts, with revision aided by teacher and peers. The course assumes that the student already understands and uses standard English grammar. At the end of the course the student is prepared and should take the annual Advanced Placement Examination and may receive college English credit or advanced, preferential placement in English at the college level. This course fulfills part of the student service learning graduation requirement.