Tardis Girl Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 One of my teens is planning to take one of the AP English tests this year -- we still need to decide which one. Anyone have experiences to share with one or the other? She is planning to self-study for whichever route she takes. Anyone else doing the same? If so, would love to confer and possibly be some support/encouragement for each other! Also, if anyone's already trod this path and would care impart their wisdom, please share! Stacey :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirsten in MO Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 Not sure if this qualifies as a self study, but this past year my son (junior) did the Sonlight British Literature course http://www.sonlight.com/530-00.html, which is not "approved" by the AP board as an AP course, but Sonlight claims that it will prepare the student for the AP Lit test. It covers a lot of literature, writing, poetry, and vocabulary. He did the majority of the assignments, but not all of them because of other commitments and time constraints. About a month before the test, he worked through Barrons's AP English Literature and Composition prep book, as well as 5 Steps to a 5 Writing the AP English Essay (McGraw Hill) and when he took the AP English Literature test, he scored a 4. I was thrilled, since he would rather solve calculus problems all day rather than analyze literature! :001_smile: His plans are to be an engineer (aerospace), so that 4 is plenty good enough for the engineering schools he is considering. Don't know if that helps, but has been our only experience with lit APs. Good luck! Kirsten Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tardis Girl Posted August 16, 2010 Author Share Posted August 16, 2010 That totally qualifies, IMO! Thank you so much for sharing, Kirsten, as we had looked at this resource and wondered how good it would be. We've never used Sonlight... although I've often drooled over the catalog. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joan in GE Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 I asked a question about the differences between the two and people gave lots of good ideas for self- study in this thread. HTH, Joan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tardis Girl Posted August 22, 2010 Author Share Posted August 22, 2010 Thanks for the link, Joan, that is helpful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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