AP English Literature Question?

Question

Is it an interesting class? I can't decide between it and AP US HIstory. How much work is involved and what kinds of things do you do at school and home?

Answer 1

I teach AP English Lit and I can honestly say that it is quite a bit of work--but since you are considering AP classes anyway, you might as well choose English.  You read at home and discuss in class (mainly literary analysis).

I hope you enjoy it!

Answer 2

It really depends on your school.  At mine, both were time consuming, but AP Lit was much easier than AP US History.  I always heard that, anyway.  And apparently the AP US History test is super hard to pass.

I would do whichever one interests you more in general.  For me that was English so I took that one, but I didn't take the AP test since I'd passed AP Language.

In my Lit class we had to do several book reports and we read a bunch of stories in class (sometimes had to read for class before class and take quizzes on it) then we did like 3 AP practice exams.  Those sucked.  I think there was a lot of reading for APUSH, but honestly it just depends on your school.  I think either way you'll be doing lots of AP practice tests and reading, more than any other class.  If you're interested in it though it will help.

Answer 3

Lots of work involved, it's basically a college course.

Answer 4

English, for sure! There's not too much work involved. Mostly, you just read stories at home, and then discuss them in class. You'll write a few papers too. Nothing too hard.