Purpose Statement: AP English Language

Purpose:  English Language and Composition is intended to parallel a college composition course and is organized around the principles of writing.  Besides coming to know our own writing process through exploration of the writer’s craft, we write in a variety of genres, for varying purposes and audiences, while exploring a lively array of topics.  Our educational objectives are:

v     to prepare for the rigors of college writing;

v     to write confidently and effectively in any writing situation, both personal and professional;

v     to read actively and critically from a wide range of time periods, genres and contexts

To that end, the expository, analytical and argumentative forms are emphasized as the basis of most academic and professional writing, while the personal and reflective forms — the foundation of all good writing — are also regularly practiced.

Because this is a college class offered for college credit, the expectation is that students will read and produce prose that is rich and complex enough for mature readers.


Read what the College Board has to say about this class.