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    COURSE DESCRIPTION:

    College Prep Literature and Composition 200 will focus on preparing students for AP Lang & AP Lit their junior and senior years. The focus will be on critical reading and writing skills that will be expected of them in not only AP Lang and AP Lit, but also in college English classes. Students will learn to write a variety of essays; however, the bulk will be in argumentative, persuasive, and analysis. Students will learn rhetorical and literary devices, vocabulary, grammar and usage, and the art of argumentation. Students will develop reading and listening proficiencies and public speaking skills through interactions such as small and large group projects, speeches, and socratic seminars. Students will use research skills to write a number of argumentative/persuasive research papers using MLA. Students can expect an average of one hour of homework a night. It may be recommended that a student be moved to regular Lit & Comp 200 if they are below a 70% at semester.

    OPEN TO GRADES:  10

    RECOMMENDED GRADES:   10

    PREREQUISITES: Completion of CP 100 with a “C” or better. (Teacher recommendation considered in special cases.)

    MAY REPEAT FOR CREDIT:  No

     

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Last Modified on March 14, 2023