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AP Language and Composition 2013-2014. Elizabeth Wenzel . Postmodern Voices. Pre-20 th Century Postmodern Contemporary. AP Language and Composition. Objectives: Close Reading Effective Writing Critical Thinking Speaking Effectively. Assessments: Mini-lessons Take-home Essays
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AP Language and Composition2013-2014 Elizabeth Wenzel
Postmodern Voices Pre-20th Century Postmodern Contemporary
AP Language and Composition Objectives: • Close Reading • Effective Writing • Critical Thinking • Speaking Effectively • Assessments: • Mini-lessons • Take-home Essays • In-class AP Essays • Seminars • Discussions • Spring Term Paper
AP Language and Composition Fall Units: • Pop Culture • Gender • Media and Technology • Education Spring Topics: • Survey of Postcolonial Literature • Postcolonial Theory • Formal Rhetoric • Visual Rhetoric • AP Exam Prep • World Lit. Seminar Paper • Readings: • Non-Fiction (essays, articles, book excerpts, book reviews, literary criticism, and literary theory) • Novels • Short Stories • Plays and Poetry • Art and Film
Likely Core Texts A Visit from the Goon Squad, Jennifer Egan How to Be Alone, Jonathan Franzen A Room of One’s Own, Virginia Woolf White Noise, Don Delillo Slouching Towards Bethlehem, Joan Didion Chronicle of a Death Foretold, Gabriel Garcia Marquez A Small Place, Jamaica Kincaid
Stay in touch … 203-655-3981 Ext. 2324 Ewenzel@darienps.org