English III: Advanced Placement Language and Composition

Course Level:             Advanced Placement

Credits:                       5

Grade Level:              11

Prerequisite:               English II Honors and Refer to Level Placement Policy

NJ Course Code:        01-005-H

This course is designed to help highly motivated and talented individuals become skilled writers of prose written in a variety of periods, disciplines, and rhetorical contexts and to become skilled writers who can compose for a variety of purposes.  By extensive reading and frequent writing in this course, students will become aware of the interactions among a writer's purposes, audience expectations, and subjects, as well as the way generic conventions and the resources of language contribute to effective writing.  Grammar is reviewed through daily language exercises and vocabulary is studied and used in both exercises and the students' own writing.  Research skills will be improved and the writing of several researched essays using MLA format are mandatory.  Although the course aims to prepare the students to successfully complete the Advanced Placement Language and Composition Test, the main objectives are to read complex texts with understanding and be able to write effectively and confidently in all curricular areas and professional and personal lives. Course Expectations published by the College Board.  For more information, visit www.collegeboard.com