Class Information

Welcome! I'm so glad to have you in class for the 2024-2025 school year. For all courses, please check your grades regularly through Skyward and use Clever to access Schoology for assignments and updates.

Class Rules & Expectations:

Be Kind- respect your teacher, aides, and other students.
Be Ready- in your seat when the bell rings with your materials.
Be Aware- BHS school policies will be enforced.
Be Mindful- words have power. No inappropriate, offensive, or profane language will be tolerated.

Course Material Used:

Textbook: The Language of Composition: Reading, Writing, and Rhetoric. Boston: Bedford/St. Martins, 2018.

Digital Resources: Schoology, AP Classroom

Class Standards and Objectives:

AP English Language and Composition is an introductory college-level composition course. In the course, we focus on the following skill categories, as required by the College Board:

Skill Category 1—Rhetorical Situation (Reading): Explain how writers’ choices reflect
the components of the rhetorical situation
Skill Category 2—Rhetorical Situation (Writing): Make strategic choices in a text to
address a rhetorical situation.
Skill Category 3—Claims and Evidence (Reading): Identify and describe the claims and
evidence of an argument
Skill Category 4—Claims and Evidence (Writing): Analyze evidence in order to develop
and refine claims
Skill Category 5—Reasoning and Organization (Reading): Describe the reasoning,
organization, and development of an argument
Skill Category 6—Reasoning and Organization (Writing): Use organization and
commentary to illuminate the line of reasoning in an argument
Skill Category 7—Style (Reading): Explain how writers’ stylistic choices contribute to
the purpose of an argument
Skill Category 8—Style (Writing): Select words and use elements of composition to
advance an argument