AP English Language and Composition English | Grade 11 | AP Course
English 11: American Literature English | Grade 11 | Fulfills 11th Grade English Requirement American Literature focuses on American short stories, novels, memoirs, and nonfiction with the goal of helping students understand how authors construct narratives and use literary techniques to communicate meaning and engage readers. Through works such as The Great Gatsby, The Things They Carried, The Catcher in the Rye, Into the Wild , and selected short fiction, students explore themes including identity, conflict, disillusionment, war, and the American Dream while analyzing elements such as plot structure, characterization, symbolism, imagery, tone, allusion, narrative voice, and literary style. The course incorporates relevant nonfiction to build background knowledge and strengthen annotation, close reading, summary, and discussion skills. Ongoing instruction in revision- based writing supports students’ growth as analytical and expressive writers. Students complete literary analyses, discussions, presentations, and personal essay assignments designed to prepare them for college-level reading, writing, and reflective thinking, culminating in a unit on memoir and the personal essay to support future college essay work.
Juniors in AP Language and Composition are challenged to engage as readers, writers, speakers, and problem solvers in their world. The course aligns to an introductory college- level rhetoric and writing curriculum, requiring students to develop evidence-based analytic and argumentative essays that proceed through several stages of drafting. Students evaluate, synthesize, and cite research to support their arguments, and develop a personal style by making thoughtful grammatical choices. Students also read and analyze the rhetorical elements and their effects in nonfiction texts from many disciplines and historical periods. Over the course of the year, students uncover and polish their own powers of communication through discussion and debate, vocabulary development, and an intensive speaking, writing, and revision process.
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