In this course, you and your team will focus on—and deliberately practice—three essential, mutually reinforcing skills:
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- close reading: a careful analysis of the details and patterns within a text that shape its purpose and effect;
- evaluating writing: a critical look at drafts of writing to evaluate the strategies and choices of writers and how they might be improved;
- composing: the creation of your own written work as you apply what you have learned through close reading and evaluating writing.
In general, your individual and team study of the AP Language curriculum should be guided by three basic questions:
First, what exactly are the skills and essential knowledge presented in our current unit?
Second, am I able to use these skills and essential knowledge when I read?
Third, am I able to use these skills and essential knowledge when I write?
WAYS of building the skills and essential knowledge of AP Language