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AP Literature and Composition: Whole Year in One Semester (FLEX)
Victoria Atkinson, M.A.
Average rating:4.9Number of reviews:(123)
In this 16-week 12th-grade/college-freshman equivalent course, students will learn how to analyze literature, write deeply-analytical essays, and be prepared to take the USA-based AP Exam in May.
Class experience
US Grade 11 - 12
This course "focuses on reading, analyzing, and writing about imaginative literature (fiction, poetry, drama) from various periods. Students engage in close reading and critical analysis of imaginative literature to deepen their understanding of the ways writers use language to provide both meaning and pleasure. As they read, students consider a work’s structure, style, and themes, as well as its use of figurative language, imagery, and symbolism. Writing assignments include expository,...
Students will learn how to become stronger critical thinkers and analytical writers, while also being prepared to take the USA-based AP Literature and Composition exam in May.
I have been teaching AP Literature and Composition since 2016 and have been approved to do so by the College Board. My Bachelor's Degree is in Social Studies Education which helps me handle more difficult topics that may come up in our reading. I also have a Master's Degree in English and Creative Writing which further helps me moderate and participate in class discussions. Lastly, I am an ACE Educator here on Outschool, so I have completed professional development courses that have given me knowledge and expertise in creating empowering, inclusive online classes.
Homework Offered
Students will be expected to, at the bare minimum, read each week and complete the week's discussion post. There will also be at least 3-4 main assignments - multiple choice practice, timed writings, text-specific assignments, and/or project milestones - to complete each week. These assignments are meant to be completed individually unless noted otherwise. There may be group/partner-based assignments at times. Timed writings may NOT receive any outside help whatsoever. Since this is an introductory, freshman-level course, students can expect upwards of 30-50 pages of reading a week, especially with the longer works, although this will not always be the case.4+ hours per week outside of class
Assessments Offered
To help students see their progress and growth through the course, I will give point-based grades. However, they will not be counted unless parents want to add the grades received to homeschool report cards.Grades Offered
Students will need access to a word processor such as Google Docs or Word to complete assignments.
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Here is a note that I have in my College Board-approved syllabus for AP Lit: A NOTE ON SELECTED LITERATURE. PLEASE READ. THIS IS DIRECTLY FROM AP. In an ongoing effort to recognize the widening cultural horizons of literary works written in English, the AP English Literature Development Committee will include diverse authors in the representative reading lists. Issues that might, from a specific cultural viewpoint, be considered controversial, including references to real-world cultural issues, ethnicities, nationalities, religions, races, dialects, gender or class, adult situations, are often represented artistically in works of literature. The Development Committee is committed to careful review of such potentially controversial material. Still, recognizing the universal value of literary art that probes difficult and harsh life experiences and so deepens understanding, the committee emphasizes that fair representation of issues and peoples may occasionally include controversial material. Since AP students have chosen a program that directly involves them in college-level work, the AP English Literature and Composition Exam depends on a level of maturity consistent with the age of 12th-grade students (and beyond) who have engaged in thoughtful analysis of difficult literary texts. The best response to a controversial detail or idea in a literary work might well be a question about the larger meaning, purpose, or overall effect of the detail or idea in context. AP students should have the maturity, the skill, and the will to seek the larger meaning through thoughtful consideration of many different viewpoints. Such thoughtfulness is both fair and owed to the art and to the author. You are never asked to adopt a specific viewpoint as your own, but only to consider the author’s viewpoint from a literary and historical perspective, and to consider the larger cultural reasons the author may have included such material in his/her work. Each selection was carefully made because it has appeared or is likely to appear on the AP Literature and Composition examination. Controversial selections have been included not to shock or offend the reader, but because such works have traditionally been viewed as having substantial literary merit.
See the outline in the course description for a list of the texts we will read in this class. In addition to our readings, we will also use the following resources as a supplement to help them understand the cultural context of some of our works: - Reading: The 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing (CommonLit article - written by Jessica McBirney) - Map: Colonial Presence in Africa (Facing History and Ourselves) - Reading: "Expansion Was Everything" (Facing History and Ourselves) - Reading: Manifest Destiny (CommonLit article - written by Mike Kubic) - Reading: West African Society at the Point of European Contact (CommonLit article - originally from USHistory.org) - Reading: The Danger of a Single Story (CommonLit article - written by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Average rating:4.9Number of reviews:(123)
✨AVAILABILITY UPDATE: I am currently teaching at a local community college full-time from January through April 2024. I will be teaching some classes here on Outschool when the semester is over, but I won't know my availability until I get my...
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Ages: 16-18
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