Course objectives:
This course is designed to engage students in close reading and critical analysis of literature. This course will build upon previous knowledge and literary experience while increasing their exposure to, and understanding of, various works of literature. This course will expose students to various texts drawn from multiple genres, periods, and cultures. The students will develop their close reading skills at three levels: experience, interpretation, and evaluation.
By this year, you have studied English as a subject for two or three years of high school and have learned valuable skills. Like all of your previous courses in English, this one will build on what you’ve mastered in the subject. There are some very important points of emphasis in this course however, that make it unique and particularly challenging. To put it simply, the purpose of an AP English course is to teach you two major skills that are interrelated: close-textual analysis, and critical analysis.
This course is designed to engage students in close reading and critical analysis of literature. This course will build upon previous knowledge and literary experience while increasing their exposure to, and understanding of, various works of literature. This course will expose students to various texts drawn from multiple genres, periods, and cultures. The students will develop their close reading skills at three levels: experience, interpretation, and evaluation.
By this year, you have studied English as a subject for two or three years of high school and have learned valuable skills. Like all of your previous courses in English, this one will build on what you’ve mastered in the subject. There are some very important points of emphasis in this course however, that make it unique and particularly challenging. To put it simply, the purpose of an AP English course is to teach you two major skills that are interrelated: close-textual analysis, and critical analysis.