Humanities 2 Course Description:
The requirements for Humanities engage qualified GT students in the careful reading and critical analysis of imaginative world literature. Through the close reading of selected texts, students deepen their understanding of the ways writers use language to provide both meaning and pleasure for their readers. Further, through the close reading of selected texts, students grapple with efforts to understand and negotiate the many remarkable aspects of being human. As they read, GT students consider a work’s structure, style, themes, and the elements of figurative language. Students will experience and evaluate artistic genres such as: music, art, architecture, literature, and poetry so as to help develop an awareness of culture and the values of that culture.
Further, this course introduces and develops communication skills to assist in the understanding of the AP Language and Composition and AP Literature programs, as well as to support the concurrent AP World History course. The Humanities course includes a heavy emphasis on writing, reading, and experience for both academic and personal pursuits. The course provides a balanced, unified program of instruction in language, literature, and composition. The second important component of this course is preparation for the College Board’s English Language and Composition Advanced Placement Exam as well as the English Literature and Composition Advanced Placement Exam. As the College Board sanctions this test and the course, this class will run much like a college course. To perform well on the AP test, students will focus on developing authentic and analytical voice, critical close reading skills, timed writing skills, and multiple-choice reasoning.
The requirements for Humanities engage qualified GT students in the careful reading and critical analysis of imaginative world literature. Through the close reading of selected texts, students deepen their understanding of the ways writers use language to provide both meaning and pleasure for their readers. Further, through the close reading of selected texts, students grapple with efforts to understand and negotiate the many remarkable aspects of being human. As they read, GT students consider a work’s structure, style, themes, and the elements of figurative language. Students will experience and evaluate artistic genres such as: music, art, architecture, literature, and poetry so as to help develop an awareness of culture and the values of that culture.
Further, this course introduces and develops communication skills to assist in the understanding of the AP Language and Composition and AP Literature programs, as well as to support the concurrent AP World History course. The Humanities course includes a heavy emphasis on writing, reading, and experience for both academic and personal pursuits. The course provides a balanced, unified program of instruction in language, literature, and composition. The second important component of this course is preparation for the College Board’s English Language and Composition Advanced Placement Exam as well as the English Literature and Composition Advanced Placement Exam. As the College Board sanctions this test and the course, this class will run much like a college course. To perform well on the AP test, students will focus on developing authentic and analytical voice, critical close reading skills, timed writing skills, and multiple-choice reasoning.