Without thinking I signed up for this class to avoid heavy book reading…I am not so sure this is the case though…
I hated reading books in ap lit…how much do you read in ap lang novel wise?
In my school, during the summer, we are required to read a book per week and write a 1 page-single spaced essay on each. The class is also very focused on nonfiction works and focuses on rhetoric and literary devices, many of which are found in novels that we read and compare and write essays about. If I were you I’d back out unless you feel that you can do it.
In my upcoming class we aren’t reading novels at all, but we’re recommended to read publications over the summer to understand opposing viewpoints.
AP Language will make you read books, just not necessarily novels, more nonfiction, plus magazine* and news paper articles.
*Typically, more along the lines of The New Yorker, The Atlantic… not Cosmo or SI 
Yes, it will. Among the books that I had to read this year was The Great Gatsby, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, Foxfire, Their Eyes Were Watching God and The Gatekeepers.
You read a lot of books in AP Lang
It depends on what your teacher decides, so don’t just accept other people’s responses as the truth of your situation. We only read two fiction books.
I think it varies by teacher… we only read one (nonfiction) novel. It was easy to not read and get the information online. But theres quite a bit of reading and analyzing articles and essays and such.
Try to obtain a copy of the syllabus used by the English teachers at your H.S. Do they post them on line? Otherwise talk to the teachers or ask a student who just finished the class at your school.
Each school is different. My son just finished this class and they only read shorter (50 pages or less) nonfiction pieces, no books. They then had to annotate and respond to writing promps relating to the piece, writing an essay. This was done in the context of learning about different rhetorical writing techniques.
It’s a brand new class at our school next year and there are two different teachers. Not sure what will be going on. Thanks guys though 
It really depends on the school. At mine, we would just read and annotate essay prompts for the ap test. We only read one fiction novel. There was very little actual reading.
Which probably means 2 totally different syllabi. As the College Board does not dictate a reading list, it is teacher’s discretion on which books to use.
I read none… Because, AP English Language was its own AP class and the standard 11th grade English class was it’s own class (rage for double English, which means twice as many B’s). Just a lot of multiple choice practice, vocabulary words, essay writing, and grammar / writing style lessons.
More useful than any of the other English classes and I got out of Freshman year English for college, yay.
The Great Gatsby, Foxfire, Their Eyes Were Watching God = novels
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down,and The Gatekeepers = non fiction