12th Grade Advanced Composition--Honors
2017 Summer Reading Assignment
Drive: The Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us
by Daniel Pink
ISBN: 978-1-59448-884-9
Directions: Read and Annotate Drive using the annotation instructions below.
Underline/Highlight: Within the text of the book, and as you read, underline or otherwisenote anything that strikes you as important, significant, or memorable. Pay particular attention to both the key ideas in each chapter and the way in which Pink conveys those ideas (including diction, tone, syntax, organization, etc…). In nearly every case, write brief comments within the side margins that indicate your motivation in underlining (it’s not annotating if you don’t write in the margins!). Pay particular attention to Pink’s arguments, assumptions and biases. Do not waste marginal space with personal commentary.
Inside Cover: Inside the front cover of your book, keep an orderly, legible list of "key information" with page references. Key information in a nonfiction book might include author’s purpose, tone, rhetorical strategies, key ideas, salient quotes, important people/examples, and key definitions/connotations.
As you read, section by section, chapter by chapter, do the following:
· At the end of each chapter, briefly summarize the material (bullets are acceptable).
· Provide your own title for each chapter as soon as you finish it, even though the text already provides titles
· At the end of each chapter explore the implications of the chapter’s ideas for the larger society or for you personally (label this writing “Implications:”).
Important: All students will complete an assessment for the summer reading book during the first week of school
Remember: The deadline for having the entire book read and annotated is the first day of fall semester. Registering for this course indicates a commitment on the student’s part to follow through with summer reading assignments. A failure to complete summer reading assignments is not a valid reason to request a schedule change at the beginning of fall semester.
Late Registration of any kind: If you enroll in this class when school has resumed because you’ve decided to move up to Honors or move down from AP, you are obligated to fulfill this same assignment in the first 7 days after your first day in my class If you cannot complete the reading, the annotations, and the test within the first 7 days that you’ve entered into class, I advise you not to take this class.
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