World Language - Advanced Placement

AP Language is a course designed to develop proficiency in the language for highly motivated students. Students will be expected to master the Advanced curriculum course objectives in a more rigorous and accelerated manner. The course is comparable to the fifth and sixth semester or third-year college or university language course and emphasizes language for communication using authentic materials in preparation for the AP Language Exam. Students are required to take the AP Language Examination which is administered in May.

AP Language is a course designed to develop proficiency in the language for highly motivated students. Students will be expected to master the Advanced curriculum course objectives in a more rigorous and accelerated manner. The course is comparable to the fifth and sixth semester or third-year college or university language course and emphasizes language for communication using authentic materials in preparation for the AP Language Exam. Students are required to take the AP Language Examination which is administered in May.

AP Language is a course designed to develop proficiency in the language for highly motivated students. Students will be expected to master the Advanced curriculum course objectives in a more rigorous and accelerated manner. The course is comparable to the fifth and sixth semester or third-year college or university language course and emphasizes language for communication using authentic materials in preparation for the AP Language Exam. Students are required to take the AP Language Examination which is administered in May.

The AP Latin Course is parallel to a middle-level or sophomore college course. The course will concentrate on developing the following skills: writing literal English translations of selected Latin passages; defining specific words and/or phrases in context; identifying the content and significance of short excerpts from the required readings, analyzing characteristics or noteworthy features of the authors mode of expression, word choice and placement, imagery, figures of speech, and sound and metrical effects; discussing particular motifs or general themes in specific passages and in the poem as a whole; and analyzing characteristics or situations as portrayed in specific passages. In applying these skills the student will learn to support any observations in paragraphs or essay form, while citing the specific Latin and English in selected passages. The course will concentrate on Vergil's Aeneid, although other dactylic hexameter works will be read in preparation for the sight translation passages on the Advanced Placement Examination. Students are required to take the AP Language Examination which is administered in May.

AP Language is a course designed to develop proficiency in the language for highly motivated students. Students will be expected to master the Advanced curriculum course objectives in a more rigorous and accelerated manner. The course is comparable to the fifth and sixth semester or third-year college or university language course and emphasizes language for communication using authentic materials in preparation for the AP Language Exam. Students are required to take the AP Language Examination which is administered in May.

The AP Spanish Literature course is designed to be comparable to a third-year college/university course on Peninsular and Hispanic literature. The course will guide students to acquire sufficient proficiency in Spanish language to read, understand, and discuss selected works from both Peninsular and Hispanic literature. Throughout the course students will do close readings from all genres, including poetry, that they will analyze orally and in writing. They will also compose expository essays on related topics. The critical reading of literature develops an understanding not only of linguistic complexity and cultural identity, but also of certain universal human truths. The student will learn and use some practical and necessary strategies to include expressing his/her ideas through timed writings, identifying the key features and elements of a text, detecting themes, comparing and contrasting, composing one's thoughts, writing an outline, brainstorming in small groups, and fine-tuning language skills. These skills of critical thinking and writing in Spanish will serve the students not only in their college years, but also in their chosen careers. Students are required to take the AP Language Examination which is administered in May.