Category:Course Description

AP Lang Course Descripion (from AP Central)

Stylistic development by emphasizing the following:

 * a wide-ranging vocab used appropriately and effectively in writing essays


 * a variety of sentence structures, including appropriate use of subordination(ranking and indenting items in an outline; smaller points in outline) and coordination (The use of grammatical structures to give equal emphasis; main points in an argument outline)
 * logical organization, enhanced by specific techniques to increase coherence, such as repetition, transitions and emphasis;
 * a balancing general ideas & specific illustrative detail;


 * an effective use of rhetoric, including controlling tone, establishing &maintaining voice(argument), and achieving appropriate emphasis through diction and sentence structure.

Completion of Course:

 * analyze(break whole into parts) & interpret samples of good writing, identifying and explaining an
 * author’s use of rhetorical strategies and techniques
 * apply effective strategies and techniques in their own writing
 * create and sustain arguments based on readings, research and/or personal experience.

​             • produce expository, analytical and argumentative compositions that introduce a complex central ,  ,               idea and with evidence directly from primary and/or secondary sources, cogent(convincing). explanations and clear transitions;
 * write for a variety of purposes;


 * understand standard written English as well as stylistic growth in their own writings;
 * demonstrate understanding of the conventions of citing primary and secondary sources;
 * flow in writing process, with careful attention to  and research, drafting, revising, editing and review
 * write thoughtfully about their own process of composition;
 * revise a work for a different audience;
 * analyze(break from whole into parts) image as text;
 *  evaluate(examine/judge) and incorporate(use) reference documents into researched paper