Title: AP English Literature & Composition (Fall Semester)
Credit: 0.5 units
Lessons: 12 lessons, 12 submitted
Exams: 2 exams
Grading: Computer and Faculty Evaluated
Prerequisites: None
Description: Students will read challenging literary selections from classical to modern times and across genres—short fiction, novels, poetry, and drama. Assigned readings are college level and may contain mature content. In addition, students will write extensively. Following a semester timeline, students will work directly with their teacher and other classmates by participating in an online discussion forum and live chats. This course is the first of two half units designed to help students prepare for the College Board's Advanced Placement Examination for English Literature and Composition. This course has been authorized by the College Board.
Note: College Board authorized this course.
Gifted: This course is academically challenging. Any student who has an interest in the subject and has met the prerequisites (if any), may enroll.
Special Instructions: Enrollment begins the first business day of May; course starts August 31, 2009. Class size is limited.
Students must have an email account to enroll and agree to participate in online discussions. The course content
will be viewable two weeks prior to the start date. Enrollment in the spring semester of this course, which starts in January, begins the first business day of October.
Note: AP courses follow a specific calendar, and the normal 9-month
completion policy does not apply to these courses. Therefore, students who have not completed all work by the due
date for the course final (listed on the course calendar) will automatically be withdrawn from the course.
Textbook clarification: In addition to the Norton, Introduction to Literature and The Bluest Eye, students need to purchase one of the following four books:
- The Joy Luck Club
- The Awakening
- Native Son
- As I Lay Dying
Item 1
Author: Booth
Title: Norton Intro to Literature
ISBN: 0-393-92614-1
Edition: 9th '05
Publisher: WW Norton
New price: $71.25
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Item 2
Author: Chopin
Title: The Awakening
ISBN: 0-380-00245-0
Edition: '72
New price: $4.50
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Item 3
Author: Faulkner
Title: As I Lay Dying
ISBN: 0-679-73225-X
Edition: '90
New price: $9.40
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Item 4
Author: Morrison
Title: The Bluest Eye
ISBN: 0-452-27305-6, 978-0-307-27844-9
Edition: Plume '94, Vintage '07
Publisher: Vintage
New price: $13.15
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Item 5
Author: Tan
Title: The Joy Luck Club
ISBN: 0-8041-0630-4, 0-14-303809-5
Edition: any
New price: $9.65
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Item 6
Author: Wright
Title: Native Son
ISBN: 0-06-080977-9, 0-06-053348-x
Edition: '40
New price: $8.90
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