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AP Language and Composition 2014
Summer Reading Assignment
Welcome incoming students!
You MUST go to www.Schoology.com to register for an account or use your
existing account; join course number: DZB6S-RBPVS, Summer Language and
Composition; and then download the Schoology.com application onto your phone. This
is where you will turn in your assignments, contact me, and contact friends to discuss the
work for it is an electronic classroom. You must ensure after your registration to post
your full name so I can accept you into the course. This is a secure site only to be used
for academic purposes.
Your summer reading requirement is:
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, and two research articles on PTSD, PostTraumatic Stress Disorder.
The King James Bible: Books of Genesis, Exodus, Proverbs, and John.
And one non-fiction book of your choice from the list. These are all available easily
at the HPL or Half-Priced Books or any library.
Albright, Madeleine, The Mighty and the Almighty
Bissinger, H.G., Friday Night Lights
Brinkley, Douglas, The Great Deluge
Diamond, Jared, Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
Diamond, Jared, Guns, Germs & Steel
Ehrenreich, Barbara, Nickel and Dimed
Fallaci, Oriana, The Force of Reason
Friedman, Thomas, The World Is Flat
Gladwell, Malcolm, Blink
Gladwell, Malcolm, The Outliers
Kidder, Tracy, Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer
Klein, Naomi, No Logo: No Space, No Choice, No Jobs
Klein, Naomi, Shock Doctrine
Kotlowitz, Alex, There Are No Children Here
Krakauer, Jon, Into the Wild
Larson, Erik, The Devil in the White City
Larson, Erik, Isaac’s Storm
Lareau, Annette, Unequal Childhoods
Levitt, Steven D. and Stephen J. Dubner, Freakonomics
Louv, Richard, Last Child in the Woods
Moaveni, Azadeh, Lipstick Jihad
Mortenson, Greg, Three Cups of Tea
Nafisi, Azar, Reading Lolita in Tehran
Nazario, Sonia, Enrique’s Journey
Pape, Robert, Dying to Win
Schlosser, Eric, Fast Food Nation
Preston, Richard, Hot Zone, Cobra Event, Devil in the Freezer
Seierstad, Asne, The Bookseller of Kabul
Shipler, David, The Working Poor: Invisible in America
Suskind, Ron, A Hope in the Unseen
Urrea, Luis Alberto, The Devil’s Highway
As much as possible: WATCH THE NEWS! You must understand the world
around you and current events. READ, READ, AND READ MORE! Those who are
most successful on the AP Exams are those who are in the habit of reading. GOOD
WRITERS READ GOOD WRITING!
You are immersed in the classics. To enable you to understand these works, the
motivations behind them, the figurative language, the symbolism, and of course, the
numerous allusions, you must read the works that inspired and educated these authors.
Ninety percent of your reading for the next two years will be eighteenth and nineteenth
century literature both American and British. Your summer reading is designed to help
you to understand what you are about to learn and to expand your vocabulary for the
coming year.
Warning: In the past a few students have not bothered to do the summer reading
and assignments. They felt they had other things to do or procrastinated. They were
shocked to find the reading really does count. In fact, since you will be learning new
material for the first six weeks, the summer reading assignments are sixty percent of the
first six weeks grades. This means the assignments maybe turned in anytime throughout
the summer. You may contact me at any time through Schoology.
Assignment for the King James Bible: answer the following questions using complete
sentences and paragraphs as required by the question:
What are the differences between the stories concerning the creation of man and
woman?
What were the two forbidden trees in the garden?
What was God’s punishment of Cain after he killed Abel?
Abraham was sent to what city and for what purpose?
Angels were then sent for what purpose?
What is the subtitle of the Book of Exodus?
Explain how the Hebrew became slaves?
How many years did the Hebrew wander the desert after leaving Egypt?
What did they eat while in the desert?
Who is the author and what is the purpose of Proverbs?
Why do you think Proverbs is the most alluded to book of the Bible?
What did the king order shortly after the birth of Jesus? Why?
Why was He called the Nazarene?
What miracle happened as Jesus was baptized?
Describe the events after Jesus went into the desert?
Find evidence of Jesus being literate.
What was His last commandment?
Assignment: For the two articles and the Non-Fiction Book you are to prepare the
following analysis, note you have used this outline for analysis many times in my class.
Please include the article title, where it came from, date, and all pertinent information.
SOAPSTONE Analysis and Writing Strategy:
Who is the Speaker?
The voice that tells the story. Before a writer begins to write, they must decide whose
voice is going to be heard. Whether this voice belongs to a fictional character or to the
writers themselves, writers should determine how to insert and develop those attributes of
the speaker that will influence the perceived meaning of the piece. A paragraph analysis
is required and should include information about the speaker’s background.
What is the Occasion?
The time and the place of the piece; the context that prompted the writing. Writing
does not occur in a vacuum. All writers are influenced by the larger occasion: an
environment of ideas, attitudes, and emotions that swirl around a broad issue. Then there
is the immediate occasion: an event or situation that catches the writer's attention and
triggers a response. A one paragraph analysis is required fully addressing each point
previously listed.
Who is the Audience?
The group of readers to whom this piece is directed. As they begin to write, writers
must determine who the audience is that they intend to address. It may be one person or a
specific group. This choice of audience will affect how and why the writer creates a
particular text. A one paragraph analysis is required complete with evidence from the
textual clues supporting your ideas.
What is the Purpose?
The reason behind the text. Writers need to consider the purpose of the text in order to
develop the thesis or the argument and its logic. They should ask themselves, "What do I
want my audience to think or do as a result of reading my text?" Is the author attempting
to bond with his audience using appeals to pathos (creating an emotional or suffering
bond), or appeal to ethos (creating creditability between the writer and the audience and
establishing why the audience should), or appeal to logos (presenting facts, statistics, or
hard evidence). A one paragraph analysis is required with from textual clues to support
your ideas.
What is the Subject?
Writers should be able to state the subject in a few words or phrases. This step helps
them to focus on the intended task throughout the writing process. What is the author’s
exact thesis, and then restate it in your words. This should be at least two complete
sentences.
What is the Tone?
The attitude of the author. The spoken word can convey the speaker's attitude and thus
help to impart meaning through tone of voice. With the written word, it is tone that
extends meaning beyond the literal, and writers must learn to convey this tone in their
diction (choice of words), syntax (sentence construction), and imagery (metaphors,
similes, and other types of figurative language). The ability to manage tone is one of the
best indicators of a sophisticated writer. What is the author’s tone towards their subject
and provide textual evidence in a one paragraph analysis.
Assignment for Slaughterhouse-Five: Choose three essays to write. Specifics are must
be two to three pages, typed double spaced, 12 Font. The AP Literature and Composition
Open-Ended Prompts are:
1970. Choose a character from a novel or play of recognized literary merit and
write an essay in which you (a) briefly describe the standards of the fictional
society in which the character exists and (b) show how the character is affected
by and responds to those standards. In your essay do not merely summarize the
plot.
1973. An effective literary work does not merely stop or cease; it concludes. In
the view of some critics, a work that does not provide the pleasure of significant
closure has terminated with an artistic fault. A satisfactory ending is not,
however, always conclusive in every sense; significant closure may require the
reader to abide with or adjust to ambiguity and uncertainty. In an essay, discuss
the ending of a novel or play of acknowledged literary merit. Explain precisely
how and why the ending appropriately or inappropriately concludes the work. Do
not merely summarize the plot.
1978. Choose an implausible or strikingly unrealistic incident or character in a
work of fiction or drama of recognized literary merit. Write an essay that explains
how the incident or character is related to the more realistic of plausible elements
in the rest of the work. Avoid plot summary.
1986. Some works of literature use the element of time in a distinct way. The
chronological sequence of events may be altered, or time may be suspended or
accelerated. Choose a novel, an epic, or a play of recognized literary merit and
show how the author's manipulation of time contributes to the effectiveness of the
work as a whole. Do not merely summarize the plot.
1988. Choose a distinguished novel or play in which some of the most significant
events are mental or psychological; for example, awakenings, discoveries,
changes in consciousness. In a well-organized essay, describe how the author
manages to give these internal events the sense of excitement, suspense, and
climax usually associated with external action. Do not merely summarize the plot.
1993. "The true test of comedy is that it shall awaken thoughtful laughter."
Choose a novel, play, or long poem in which a scene or character awakens
"thoughtful laughter" in the reader. Write an essay in which you show why this
laughter is "thoughtful" and how it contributes to the meaning of the work.
2000. Many works of literature not readily identified with the mystery or detective
story genre nonetheless involve the investigation of a mystery. In these works,
the solution to the mystery may be less important than the knowledge gained in
the process of its investigation. Choose a novel or play in which one or more of
the characters confront a mystery. Then write an essay in which you identify the
mystery and explain how the investigation illuminates the meaning of the work as
a whole. Do not merely summarize the plot.
2003, Form B. Novels and plays often depict characters caught between
colliding cultures -- national, regional, ethnic, religious, institutional. Such
collisions can call a character's sense of identity into question. Select a novel or
play in which a character responds to such a cultural collision. Then write a wellorganized essay in which you describe the character's response and explain its
relevance to the work as a whole.
2007. In many works of literature, past events can affect, positively or negatively,
the present activities, attitudes, or values of a character. Choose a novel or play
in which a character must contend with some aspect of the past, either personal
or societal. Then write an essay in which you show how the character's
relationship to the past contributes to the meaning of the work as a whole.