The course is designed to prepare students for the AP exam which will be administered in the spring of their senior year. Students will be required to purchase numerous novels. Summer reading will also be required of students accepted for enrollment in the course. An intensive grammar review is given as a refresher for college. An in-depth study of English literature is undertaken to show how literature reflects or reacts to the social and political events of the times.
Students have opportunities to strengthen oral communication skills.
Students will be required to purchase novels. This course is designed to help students who need reinforcement in reading and writing skills to prepare them for future careers or higher education. Development of oral and written communication skills will be stressed with considerable emphasis on expository and argumentative writing, grammar review and vocabulary. Students will study selections of British and contemporary literature as chronicles of social and political events of the times. Students will be required to purchase novels.