This course is structured chronologically to offer a survey of American Literature while also meeting the requirements of the College Board’s unit guide for AP Language and Composition. Over the course of the year, students are required to read The Grapes of Wrath, The Scarlet Letter, The Catcher in the Rye, and a variety of nonfiction titles that provide opportunities to identify and explain an author’s use of rhetorical strategies. The textbook for the course is 50 Essays, 6th edition. Early on, students are introduced to the 4 Big Ideas — Rhetorical Situation, Claims and Evidence, Reasoning and Organization, and Style –  and then they are challenged to expand their understanding of these concepts with each subsequent piece they read and write.  A-G approved – b English. NCAA approved.

Prerequisite: English 10: Great Books or English 10: Honors Great Books​

Level: 11

Credit: 10