Assignment 1

Assignment 1

By BRandi ROss

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AP Language & Compositon

According to the AP English and Language Composition Course and Exam Description, "The AP English Language and Composition course focuses on the development and revision of evidence-based analytic and argumentative writing, the rhetorical analysis of nonfiction texts, and the decisions writers make as they compose and revise. Students evaluate, synthesize, and cite research to support their arguments. Additionally, they read and analyze rhetorical elements and their effects in nonfiction texts—including images as forms of text— from a range of disciplines and historical periods" (2024, pg.14).

What it means to Excel in Ap Langauge & Composition

Quantitative Measure: - A student who scores a 3, 4, or 5 on the AP Language and Composition exam shows that they have excelled in AP Lang & Comp.

Qualitative Measures: - Students who actively participate in class discussions, engage in currents events in and out of class, excel in collaborative projects, and can analyze evidence/materials to create detailed writing excel in AP Lang & Comp.

Essential Skills Needed for AP LAnguage & Composition

Students need to be willing to analyze topics and ideas to form their own ideas and arguments that they are willing to share with the class.

Students should have mastery of grammar and mechanics.

They have to be able to understand nonfiction text structure, and they need to be able to analyze nonfiction texts.

Students need to be able to form arguments using evidence and knowledge without researching.

Students also need to have an understanding of the rhetorical situation, rhetorical appeals, and rhetorical choices.

Students need to be strong writers that have developed their own style and can approach writing in many different ways.

Are Gifted Students Coming to AP Language and Composition Prepared?

UnPrepared

Prepared

Reflective

Some of my gifted students are not prepared for AP Language and Composition because they were not aware that the class was reading mostly nonfiction texts and nonfiction writing. They are used to their Langauge Arts classess focusing heavily on fiction and narrative writing. They also are not prepared to have open discussions to anlayze multiple sources.

My gifted students meet the GA expectations and Davidson's analysis by being challenged, being creative, collaborating with others, analyzing different topics, forming unique opinions based on evidence and discussions, sharing and discussing ideas, and having times for enrichment.

Many of my gifted students are coming to AP Language and Composition prepared for the rigor & expectations, but I do have some gifted students who are not prepared due to the work load and expectations.

Work Cited

AP english language and composition. Retreived from apcentral/collegeboard website: https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/ap-english-language-and-composition-course-and-exam-description.pdf Georgia resource manual for gifted education services. Retrieved from Georgia Department of Education website: http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/Curriculum-and-Instruction/Documents/2012 2013 GA Gifted Resource Manual.pdf View your state's policy on gifted and talented education. (2022, November 22). Retrieved from http://www.davidsongifted.org/db/state_policies.aspx