| AP Lit/Comp |
| Welcome to AP Senior English. This course is designed for high-achieving students who love to read and write. AP Lit differs from AP Language in its focus on fiction, drama, and poetry. After many years, I have got this course just about the way I like it, but I am always experimenting with new activities and material. You can view the approved curriculum for this class at the Cobb County Schools website. You can check summer reading lists at wheelerhigh.com. I hope this brief overview of the class will give you some idea of what we do.
Texts for this course:
Perrine & Arp — our literature textbook Warriner’s Complete Course — our grammar text Greek tragedy — Oedipus the King Two Shakespearean plays — The Taming of the Shrew Hamlet Two 20th-century plays — Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead Wit WHAM! The Comic Book Unit — Watchmen The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay Maus Vol. 1
The Senior Project
This assignment seems to cause a lot of anxiety, but it should not. Grades on the Senior Project have significantly raised the class average for the past two years. We will do our research papers in the first semester; the other facets of the Senior Project—the product, the portfolio, and the presentation—students may do according to the deadlines for either first or second semester. Last year’s AP students were evenly split between first and second semester. Forms are available on-line at wheelerhigh.com, and I will provide everyone a handbook in the first week of school. |
| Dr. Carter’s Classes |
| Phone: 770-578-3266 ext. 401 Fax: 770-578-3268 Email: Jimmy.Carter@cobbk12.org |
