The College Board's® Advanced Placement Program® enables students to pursue college-level studies while still in high school. Based on their performance on rigorous AP Exams, students can earn credit, advanced placement, or both, for college.
AP Program
Can a student get college credit or advanced placement for a grade of 3 on the AP English Literature and Comprehension test?
Yes. However, students should check the credit/placement policy at the schools they are considering attending because policies vary from one institution to another; sometimes they vary within an institution from department to department.
The Exam
The fee for each AP Exam is $86 payable to Life Center Academy by March 2. Please give your check to me and then I WILL give them to the business office in bulk. This will alleviate any confusion.
2010 Exams Schedule
Morning Session8 a.m.
Thursday, May 6
English Literature and Composition
This is a 3 hour exam consisting of a 1 hour Multiple choice (reading) section followed by a 2 hour (Yes, I said 2 hours) Free Response (reading and writing).
Location of testing site: Life Center Academy
Room: TBA
Advanced Placement Literature and Composition:
The course includes an intensive study of representative works such as those by authors cited in the AP English Course Description. (Note: The College Board does not mandate any particular authors or reading list.) The works selected for the course should require careful, deliberative reading that yields multiple meanings. The course teaches students to write an interpretation of a piece of literature that is based on a careful observation of textual details, considering the work’s:
· Structure, style, and themes
· The social and historical values it reflects and embodies
· Such elements as the use of figurative language, imagery, symbolism, and tone
The course includes frequent opportunities for students to write and rewrite formal, extended analyses and timed in-class responses. The course requires:
· Writing to understand: Informal, exploratory writing activities that enable students to discover what they think in the process of writing about their reading (such assignments could include annotation, freewriting, keeping a reading journal, and response/reaction papers)
· Writing to explain: Expository, analytical essays in which students draw upon textual details to develop an extended explanation/interpretation of the meanings of a literary text
· Writing to evaluate: Analytical, argumentative essays in which students draw upon textual details to make and explain judgments about a work's artistry and quality, and its social and cultural values
The AP teacher provides instruction and feedback on students' writing assignments, both before and after the students revise their work, that help the students develop:
· A wide-ranging vocabulary used appropriately and effectively
· A variety of sentence structures, including appropriate use of subordination and coordination
· Logical organization, enhanced by specific techniques to increase coherence, such as repetition, transitions, and emphasis
· A balance of generalization and specific, illustrative detail
· An effective use of rhetoric, including controlling tone, establishing and maintaining voice, and achieving appropriate emphasis through diction and sentence structure
