AP English Literature and Composition/UConn Early College Experience (141-AP)
1 Credit
Grades 11-12
Prerequisite: Teacher Recommendation

Working in conjunction with the College Board’s Advanced Placement Program and the University of Connecticut’s Early College Experience Program, this course provides the opportunity for students to earn college credits or receive an exemption from a freshman English course with a qualifying score on the AP exam. It is designed to be a rigorous course requiring extensive close readings of major works drawn from British, American, and World canons. The course includes the terminology that students need to discuss the literature and a survey of the critical approaches used in the analysis and evaluation of that literature. Students read a wide range of literature and practice using close reading to analyze and evaluate. They also write in the various modes of college composition and produce at least thirty pages of polished prose. Class is a mixture of seminar, in which the literature is discussed, analyzed and evaluated, and writing workshop, in which conferences are held to refine writing skills.

Standards, Indicators, and Scoring Criteria for AP Literature and Composition (ECE)