This document provides information about Mrs. Scruggs' AP Language class. It outlines the course expectations, units of study, grading policy, and exam preparation. The course focuses on developing writing skills through analyzing various types of nonfiction texts. Students will complete multiple essays, research papers, and online assignments. They will also prepare for the AP exam through practice questions and reviews on Saturdays. Tutoring is available to help students improve their skills and earn extra credit. The goal is for students to earn college credit by passing the AP exam.

1. Open HouseOpen House
Mrs. Scruggs’s AP LanguageMrs. Scruggs’s AP Language

2. Please sign in on the sheetPlease sign in on the sheet
 Don’t forget to include yourDon’t forget to include your
student’s name and period sostudent’s name and period so
he/she can receive extra credithe/she can receive extra credit

3. More HelpersMore Helpers
 Students study prose models and develop a
personal style of their own in both expository and
creative writings. Types of writing emphasized
include essays, reports, summaries, personal
narratives, and arguments. The required research
paper will be based on critical analysis of classic
writers and an in-depth study of historical
documents and contemporary issues. At least one
Shakespearean play should be included. At the
completion of the course, students will be required
to take the Advanced Placement Exam and might
receive college credit based upon their scores and
the requirements of the college of their choice.

4. Assignment CalendarsAssignment Calendars
 All assignment calendars are postedAll assignment calendars are posted
on Edmodo.on Edmodo.
 Students will need to create a googleStudents will need to create a google
account and livebinder as well. Weaccount and livebinder as well. We
complete many assignments onlinecomplete many assignments online
 Please have your student sign intoPlease have your student sign into
his/her Edmodo account and youhis/her Edmodo account and you
may print out the assignments.may print out the assignments.
 The course syllabus is also postedThe course syllabus is also posted
on our Edmodoon our Edmodo

5. Our GradingOur Grading
 Percentages
 Homework/Classwork/Quizzes/
Participation-25%
 Essays (Timed and Formal)-30%
 Tests-25%
 Electronic-Response Notebook/Short
Blogs/Wikis: 20%
 Final Exam- 25% of the course

6. Our GradingOur Grading
 Grading Scale
 A 93-100
 B 85-92
 C 77-84
 D 70-76
 F 0 -69

7. Our units of studyOur units of study
Unit Title:
Unit 1: Pre-colonial Literature
Rhetoric (Patterns)
Timeline
(Weeks 1-2)
Unit 2: Revolutionary and Early National Literature /Enlightenment
Rhetoric (Patterns)
(Weeks 3-4)
Unit 3: Romanticism
Rhetoric (Patterns)
(Weeks 5-7)
Unit 4 Transcendentalism
Rhetoric (Patterns)
(Weeks 8-9)
Unit 5 Realism/Naturalism/Regionalism
Rhetoric (Patterns)
(Weeks 10-12)
Unit 6 AP Exam Prep
Rhetoric (Patterns and SEVERAL HANDOUTS)
(Weeks 13-14)
Unit 7 Modernism
Rhetoric (Patterns)
(Weeks 15-16)
Unit 8 Contemporary
Rhetoric
(Weeks 17-18)

8. Course OverviewCourse Overview
 Course Overview The course overview and objectives for the course are taken from
the AP English Course description for English Language and Composition published
by the College Board and the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. The
choice of texts is based on the representative authors' list found therein. Students in
this introductory college-level course read and carefully analyze a broad and
challenging range of nonfiction prose selections, deepening their awareness of rhetoric
and how language works. Through close reading and frequent writing, students
develop a greater awareness of purpose and strategy, while strengthening their own
composing abilities.
 Course readings feature expository, analytical, personal, and argumentative texts from
a variety of authors and historical contexts. Students examine and work with essays,
letters, speeches, images, and imaginative literature. Students frequently confer about
their writing in class in small-group discussions, whole-group discussions, electronic
communications, and conferences with the teacher. Students will prepare for the AP
Exam in English Language and Composition and may be granted advanced
placement, college credit, or both as a result of satisfactory performance. According to
our state Department of Public Instruction, aspects of this AP course must also fulfill
the Standard Course of Study for English III Honors. Thus, this course will also utilize
writings in a variety of modes from American literature, in addition to those from other
cultures. The course also meets the most recent AP English Language and
Composition Course Description.

9. NMSI and AP EnglishNMSI and AP English
 Students may earn money forStudents may earn money for
each passing exam scoreeach passing exam score
 Students receive extra help fromStudents receive extra help from
College Board trainersCollege Board trainers
 Students need to attendStudents need to attend
Saturday reviews to prepare forSaturday reviews to prepare for
the examthe exam

10. What the exam is likeWhat the exam is like
 Multiple-choice passages thatMultiple-choice passages that
are prose with approximatelyare prose with approximately
54-58 questions.54-58 questions.
 Three separate essays:Three separate essays:
 Synthesis, rhetorical analysis, andSynthesis, rhetorical analysis, and
argument.argument.
** Please don’t buy an AP study** Please don’t buy an AP study
guide: many of them are WRONGguide: many of them are WRONG
on how to approach the revampedon how to approach the revamped
essays!essays!

11. TutoringTutoring
 I have tutoring available beforeI have tutoring available before
school daily and after school onschool daily and after school on
Tuesdays and Thursdays.Tuesdays and Thursdays.
 **Students receive extra credit**Students receive extra credit
for tutoring sessionsfor tutoring sessions