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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC is taking AP Language this year (11th), and the teacher had them read Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell over the summer. DC enjoyed it and said the class discussion and spin-off wring assignments have been great! But …

At Open House / meet the teacher night, DC’s teacher said for the rest of the year the class will be reading non-fiction book EXCERPTS and articles and editorials. Is this normal for AP Lang??

Hopefully AP Lit will be different. A steady stream of actual full-length books, right? That’s what I remember from back in my day (the 90s). [/quote]

AP Lang is a nonfiction course (although many districts try to shoehorn in American Lit).  The essays are based on speeches or excerpts from memoirs, etc. hence your teacher's emphasis on short form.  Most Lang teachers do include whole books, though.  My class will read between 6-8 whole books this year.  But remember that many schools are removing expectations for homework, so by definition, class time limits what they will read.  I am regularly called out on AP teacher forums because I still assign summer reading.

The situation is going to get much worse than what is described in [i]The Atlantic[/i] piece in a few years.[/quote]

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