<p>I am required by my teacher to read several fiction novels throughout the course. I believe that these novels will not aid me at all on the AP exam. Isn’t reading novels reserved for AP Lit while in AP Lang you write and analize, not read fiction. I feel like these past months have been a waste and im really scared for the AP exam. Opinions?</p>
<p>My daughter took AP Language last year and read several books each semester. I would think that every english class at the high school level and above would require reading novels. Why are you concerned about the AP exam?</p>
<p>As an AP teacher, it is a good idea for the Lang teacher to do some lit. It fulfills the requirements for the English class plus gives me something to work with when they go to Lit class.</p>
<p>My lang teacher requires us to read no novels. The only reading we do is of essays, with some analysis questions as follow up. I don’t think reading novels will help you on the lang exam at all, except for providing examples for that third FRQ. With regards to the previous two posters, you’ll do plenty of reading in lit, so you don’t really need to do much/any in lang.</p>
<p>I guess it depends on what you believe the purpose of the course to be. If you believe it to be only a prep course for an exam, then maybe the reading of novels is not necessary. I would hope to get more out of the class then test prep.</p>