Date: Spring 2011
To: AP English 11, AP English 12, and
College Comp Students
From: Grassfield High School Teachers
Re: Summer Reading Requirements for
2011 – 2012 School Year
Welcome
to Grassfield High School’s Advanced Placement or College Composition
program. Your course of study will be
world literature (for AP Language -- American literature): you will interpret
and analyze selected classic works, study and practice approaches to critical
analysis, and focus on developing an individual writing style. You may take a national exam in the spring to
determine if you will receive college credit for the course. The goal is to make you a better reader and
give you the intellectual resources you will need for college and adult
life.
Also,
as a participant in the program, you make a commitment to undertake what is
required in the curriculum and Standards of Learning.
These
courses move at a faster pace than most honors courses. It is extremely important for you to keep up
with the assignments. Below you will find information on book requirements –
book titles and authors – AND the type of assessment you will complete as a
response to those selections. The
Dialectic Response Journal is due on the first day of class in September. Assignment of writing assessments will be
made within the first few weeks of the first marking period.
|
AP Language &
Composition 11 |
On Writing Stephen King --and-- Black Boy Richard Wright |
Students will create – on
either loose-leaf paper or using the blank dialectic notes page linked to
this document (pg
1, pg
2, please download) – a
two-column dialectic journal for King’s On Writing which interacts with
the text. All journal entries must
be handwritten. Click here for a detailed
explanation of the dialectic
journal. Because King’s On
Writing is a non-fiction book primarily about his writing process,
students should consider the following while making dialectic journal
entries: The book is broken up into sections. Part
I: (write
10 entries)
Journal entries should reflect impressions and commentary regarding King’s
autobiography. Think about King as a person: how is his personality conveyed
through his use of language? Parts
II and III (“Toolbox” and “On Writing”): (write 5 entries each section = a total of 10)
These sections deal with King’s writing techniques and process. Entries
should concentrate on reactions to King’s ideas and opinions about writing. Parts
IV, V, and VI (“On Living,” “And Furthermore Part I,” and “And Furthermore
Part II”): (write
5 entries
total) These sections are the shortest in the book; however, they
offer quite a bit concerning writing. Journal entries should reflect an
overall impression of King’s book, as well as comments on his manuscript and
reading suggestions. -------------- Students
will read Black Boy in preparation for course work at the beginning of
the fall term. |
|
AP Literature &
Composition 12 |
King Lear William Shakespeare -and- Invisible
Man Ralph Ellison --and-- Mythology Edith Hamilton |
Students will compose an essay in class which will focus on the theme
of deception as a means to an end
in King
Lear. The teacher will provide
a writing prompt and formatting instructions. __________ For Invisible Man, students
will create – on loose-leaf notebook paper or using the blank dialectic notes
pages linked to this document– a two-column dialectic journal which interacts
with the text. Your journal entries
must be handwritten. Click on the links for an explanation of
how to write dialectic notes and page templates: Consistency is key
for this assessment: you should have no fewer than 3 journal entries for each
chapter of the text. The
focus for your journal is the theme of sight and blindness. ------------- Students will read
Hamilton’s Mythology by the beginning of the course. This text will serve as the foundation for
the reading of classical works and will help students with the many mythological
allusions in the literature selections which will be read in class. |
|
Dual Enrollment (College Comp I and II) |
On Writing Stephen King --and-- Into the
Wild Jon Krakauer |
Students will create – on
either loose-leaf paper or using the blank dialectic notes page linked to
this document (pg
1, pg
2, please download) – a
two-column dialectic journal for King’s On Writing which interacts with
the text. All journal entries must
be handwritten. Click here for a detailed
explanation of the dialectic
journal. Because King’s On
Writing is a non-fiction book primarily about his writing process,
students should consider the following while making dialectic journal
entries: The book is broken up into sections. Part
I: (write
10 entries)
Journal entries should reflect impressions and commentary regarding King’s
autobiography. Think about King as a person: how is his personality conveyed
through his use of language? Parts
II and III (“Toolbox” and “On Writing”): (write 5 entries each section = a total of 10)
These sections deal with King’s writing techniques and process. Entries
should concentrate on reactions to King’s ideas and opinions about writing. Parts
IV, V, and VI (“On Living,” “And Furthermore Part I,” and “And Furthermore
Part II”): (write
5 entries
total) These sections are the shortest in the book; however, they
offer quite a bit concerning writing. Journal entries should reflect an
overall impression of King’s book, as well as comments on his manuscript and
reading suggestions. ------------- Students will read Into
the Wild in preparation for course work at the beginning of the fall
course. |