Advanced Placement English 12/ Literature & Composition
Number: 0221/0222
Credits: 2 (2 terms)
Grade Level: 12
Prerequisite: Completed student information packet including sample essay and teacher recommendation. Successful completion of Advanced level English 11 is strongly urged. Summer reading is required.
This course is designed to challenge the highly-motivated college bound student who has been successful in prior writing and literature classes. Students should already have a mastery of writing mechanics, sentence structure, paragraphing, and research skills. The course emphasizes independent work, leadership, class participation, creativity and English academic excellence. Preparation for college writing and literature classes is achieved through intensive practice of expository and creative writing styles, including literary analysis. Students will read major British works such as Beowulf, Canterbury Tales, Things Fall Apart, Heart of Darkness, Arcadia, and Hamlet. Students will be required to do extensive reading and critical analyses as well as tests in the same format as the AP English exams offered each May. On the basis of performance on the exams, students may be granted college credit and/or advanced placement at the college or university's discretion. Students are encouraged but not required to take these exams.
Instructional Methods: Lecture, discussions, group work, note taking, research, computer work, journaling, film study, and extensive amounts of reading. All A.P. English students will read British literature primarily, both classical and modern.
Assessment: Daily work, quizzes, tests, essays, projects, numerous papers and presentations, group activities, final activity, and web publishing.
Application: 2008- 2009 Advanced Placement English 12: Literature & Composition
Student Information Packet 
This packet, the essay, and your teacher recommendation are due to the English department on Wednesday, April 9, 2008.
