Welcome to AP Senior English. This course is designed for high-achieving students who love to read and write . AP Language differs from AP Lit in its focus on prose writing, historical and contemporary, fiction and non-fiction. 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

 

DiYanni — our literature textbook

 

The Lively Art of Writing — our composition guide

 

Shakespearean play —

     1 Henry IV

 

20th-century novel —

     Amis, Lucky Jim

     Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

 

Philosophy —

     Plato, Phaedrus

     Derrida, “Plato’s Pharmakon”

 

Criticism — Woolf, A Room of One’s Own

 

Other texts TBA

 

 

 

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. Forms are available on-line at wheelerhigh.com, and I will provide everyone a handbook in the first week.

AP Language/Comp

Phone: 770-578-3266 ext. 401

Fax: 770-578-3268

Email: Jimmy.Carter@cobbk12.org

Dr. Carter’s Classes