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= = Welcome Students! AP Composition and Literature/ UConn Seminar in Academic Writing

This course will prepare students for the Advanced Placement Language and Composition examination and is also a part of the Early College Experience program at the University of Connecticut. Students will receive instruction in academic writing through close reading and analysis of writing from a variety of time periods and disciplines. Special attention will be given to the work of Nobel Prize winning authors. Written assignments will emphasize interpretation, argumentation, and reflection. In completing them, students will hone their own writing processes through extensive revision and with instruction featuring grammar, mechanics, and style. Among the criteria for completion of this course are the compilation of personal writings into a portfolio totaling a minimum of 30 publishable pages, the composition of a research paper, and the completion of an in-class final essay examination.

Students may enroll in the class for high school credit only, or for high school and college credit at the University of Connecticut. Students who elect to register for the class at UConn may incur a small fee payable to the university. Students who meet the university’s requirements at the end of the course will earn 4 credits hours.