AP Language and Composition
Course Goals:
This course is designed to
This course is designed to
- help you discover what you have to say and find effective ways to say it;
- move beyond where you are now as a writer, reader and critical thinker;
- understand writing as a process that involves thinking, drafting, revising and editing;
- facilitate the development of a mature prose style that includes a broad vocabulary and well-crafted sentences;
- develop your abilities to read, understand and evaluate all kinds of complex non-fiction texts;
- develop the organizational skills necessary for complex academic work;
- build a learning community of active, engaged, and respectful life-long learners;
- foster your discussion skills;
- help you recognize the importance of feedback on your writing and learn to use this feedback from peers and your instructor to improve your writing;
- engage you as an active participant in your own learning;
- find real-world audiences for your writing;
- help you become a well-informed citizen who can engage in conversation, both written and oral, about social and moral issues;
- help you discover ways that writing can create change in the world.