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AP English teachers are obligated to focus on the Common Core standards in relation to the goals of the AP ELA class. The AP Literature exam focuses on three types of writing:
- analytical response to poetry
- analytical response to prose
- open ended response to a novel
Additionally, the AP Literature exam features a series of multiple choice questions designed to test a student’s ability in reading comprehension.
Standards considered in this research project are as follows:
AP English Literature and Composition Standards College Board Course Description
Writing Goals
W1: The student produces writing that focuses on the critical analysis of literature and includes expository, analytical, and argumentative essays.
W2: The student composes pieces in response to well-constructed creative writing assignments that allow students to see from the inside how literature is written. W3: The student develops and organizes ideas in clear, coherent, and persuasive language.
W4: The student attends to matters of precision and correctness in writing.
W5: The student produces writing with stylistic maturity, characterized by
f) a wide-ranging vocabulary, using words with denotative accuracy and connotative resourcefulness.
g) a variety of sentence structures, including appropriate use of subordinate and coordinate constructions.
h) logical organization, enhanced by specific techniques of coherence such as repetition, transitions, and emphasis.
i) a balance of generalization with specific illustrative detail.
j) an effective use of rhetoric, including controlling tone, maintaining a
consistent voice, and achieving emphasis through parallelism and antithesis.
W6: The student engages in numerous opportunities to write and rewrite, producing writing that
e) is informal and exploratory, allowing students to discover what they think in the process of writing about their reading.
f) involves research, perhaps negotiating differing critical perspectives.
g) entails extended discourse in which students develop an argument or
present an analysis at length.
h) encourages students to write effectively under the time constraints they
encounter on essay exams in college courses in many disciplines.
W7: The student prepares for the essay questions of the AP English Literature exam through exercises analyzing short prose passages and poems and through practicing with “open” analytical questions.
- analytical response to poetry
- analytical response to prose
- open ended response to a novel
Additionally, the AP Literature exam features a series of multiple choice questions designed to test a student’s ability in reading comprehension.
Standards considered in this research project are as follows:
AP English Literature and Composition Standards College Board Course Description
Writing Goals
W1: The student produces writing that focuses on the critical analysis of literature and includes expository, analytical, and argumentative essays.
W2: The student composes pieces in response to well-constructed creative writing assignments that allow students to see from the inside how literature is written. W3: The student develops and organizes ideas in clear, coherent, and persuasive language.
W4: The student attends to matters of precision and correctness in writing.
W5: The student produces writing with stylistic maturity, characterized by
f) a wide-ranging vocabulary, using words with denotative accuracy and connotative resourcefulness.
g) a variety of sentence structures, including appropriate use of subordinate and coordinate constructions.
h) logical organization, enhanced by specific techniques of coherence such as repetition, transitions, and emphasis.
i) a balance of generalization with specific illustrative detail.
j) an effective use of rhetoric, including controlling tone, maintaining a
consistent voice, and achieving emphasis through parallelism and antithesis.
W6: The student engages in numerous opportunities to write and rewrite, producing writing that
e) is informal and exploratory, allowing students to discover what they think in the process of writing about their reading.
f) involves research, perhaps negotiating differing critical perspectives.
g) entails extended discourse in which students develop an argument or
present an analysis at length.
h) encourages students to write effectively under the time constraints they
encounter on essay exams in college courses in many disciplines.
W7: The student prepares for the essay questions of the AP English Literature exam through exercises analyzing short prose passages and poems and through practicing with “open” analytical questions.