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English III AP Language and Composition

English III AP Language and Composition. MR. HOUGHTON. Course Overview. This year, we will study rhetoric (the art of persuasion) with a concentration on both purpose and function (the why and how).

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English III AP Language and Composition

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  1. English III AP Language and Composition MR. HOUGHTON

  2. Course Overview This year, we will study rhetoric (the art of persuasion) with a concentration on both purpose and function (the why and how). These skills will benefit them not only on the AP test, but also in college and on the SATs and ACTs.

  3. AP Lang EOC The AP English Language and Composition test is comprised of • a 60-minute multiple-choice section • followed by a 2 hour and 15 minute free response section consisting of 3 essays. • a synthesis essay (similar to a DBQ), which requires evaluating both sides of an argument and then supporting a position, • an analytical essay (where you read a passage and analyze the techniques the writer uses to convey a message), and • an argumentative essay (similar to the ACT essay). The test requires that students demonstrate an ability to read closely, mostly for content, author’s purpose, structure, or style and that they think critically and write well. Success on this test will not be measured by an ability to memorize facts and details, but by an ability to apply reasoning skills. Because the AP English Language test is a skills-based test, success will be measured by incremental growth as a reader and writer, not by a power-studying weekend before the test.

  4. Course Expectations Successful completion of this course indicates student mastery of the analytical, inferential, and rhetorical skills typically acquired by the end of a college student’s freshman year.

  5. Core Course Values None of us are perfect. As a class, we will: -Identify the areas where we need to grow, and we will lean into them. -Understand that we will get out of this course as much as we put into it -Tell the truth about whether or not we read something -Observe meticulous care in our use and documentation of source material -Not defer to the internet to explain a text to us -Read every day outside of class for at least half an hour -Revise our work for better grades rather than begging for points, -Attend tutorials that will target our individualized learning needs. Significant lapses in meeting these responsibilities will likely lead to a low score on the AP exam in May, and/or a low class grade.

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