2015-16 English IV AP Summer Reading Assignments

Instructor: Pam SutherlandEmail:

**(Optional)** Purchase for reading and annotation:

1. Mythology by Edith Hamilton

(You may choose to use the internet rather than purchase the book)

2. A novel of your choice from the attached book list

DUE DATE: Thursday/Friday, September 3rdand 4th. This is ~2 weeks after school starts; however, we will not be working on this assignment in class. It is an outside assignment.

Assignment One: Reading and Data Sheet (2 Daily Grades)

  • Select a novel of your choice from the attached list. Read and annotate the novel.
  • Complete the attached Data Sheet for your selected novel.
  • Annotations will not be graded but will be helpful for essays that will be assigned in the first few weeks of school.

Assignment Two: Mythology & Folklore by Edith Hamilton

1. Mythology and Folklore (2 Daily Grades)

  • For each of the listed myths or folklore you will create a study guide.
  • Use either an index card (you choose the size), a ½ sheet of paper, or a whole page.
  • Each card should include the following:

Name (and origin) of entity:

Attribute or defining characteristic:

Function/significance in literature/culture:

Summary of myth/legend/tale:

  • Edith Hamilton’s Mythology is a great source for this assignment, but you may use the websites below or ones that you find on your own.

2. Mythology and Folklore Pageant (2 Daily Grade and Test Extra Credit)

(this event will take place during the first 9 weeks)

  • You will each represent a god, goddess, person, or entity at the pageant
  • You will receive an entry card on the first day of class showing the name of the entity you are to represent.
  • On the day of the pageant you must be dressed for the part and must have at least one significant or symbolic attribute.
  • The presentation itself will consist of the most important details on the study guide that you must provide for each member of the “audience.”
  • You must dress for the part
  • Be able to identify the most important element of this person or figure.
  • The pageant will act as the Mythology and Folklore Test Review
  • At the end of the period, there will be an opportunity to elect the winner of the pageant, who will be awarded extra-credit points on the test (students may not vote for themselves).

3. Mythology and Folklore Test (1 Test Grade)

  • Be prepared to answer multiple choice, short essay, and long essay questions regarding all myths and folklore. This will be a timed test.

2015-16 English IV AP Summer Reading Assignments

  1. Abraham & Isaac
  2. Achilles
  3. Adonis
  4. Aeneas
  5. Aphrodite/Venus
  6. Apollo
  7. Argus Panoptes
  8. Aris/Ares/Mars
  9. Armageddon
  10. Artemis
  11. Athena/Minerva
  12. Atlas
  13. Augean Stables
  14. Burning Bush
  15. Centaur
  16. Cerberus
  17. Chimaera
  18. Circe
  19. Creation of Man by Prometheus
  20. Cronus
  21. Cyclopes
  22. Daedalus & Icarus
  23. Demeter
  24. Electra
  25. Elysian Fields
  26. Eros
  27. Fauns
  28. Gaea
  29. Giants
  30. Golden Calf
  31. Golden Fleece
  32. Gorgons
  33. Hades
  34. Hector
  35. Helios
  36. Hera/Juno
  37. Heracles
  38. Hermes
  39. Holy Grail
  40. Jacob’s Ladder
  41. Jason
  42. Job
  43. John Henry
  44. Johnny Appleseed
  45. Leviathan
  46. Lot’s Wife
  47. Medusa
  48. Methuselah
  49. Minos
  50. Moses and the Promised Land
  51. Mount Olympus
  52. Nemesis
  53. Odin
  54. Odysseus
  55. Olive Branch
  56. Pan
  57. Pandora’s Box
  58. Paris
  59. Paul Bunyan
  60. Pearls Before Swine
  61. Pegasus
  62. Persephone
  63. Perseus
  64. Poseidon
  65. Prodigal Son
  66. Proteus
  67. Pygmalion
  68. Queen of Sheba
  69. Romulus & Remus
  70. Scylla & Charybdis
  71. Sirens
  72. Sisyphus
  73. Tartarus
  74. Thanatos
  75. The Muses
  76. The Pleiades
  77. The Underworld
  78. The Wanderings of Dionysus/Baccahus
  79. Theseus Adventures
  80. Tower of Babel
  81. Triton
  82. Uranus
  83. Zephyr
  84. Zeus

2015-16 English IV AP Summer Reading Assignments

Title / Author
Invisible Man / Ralph Ellison
Wuthering Heights / E. Bronte
Catch -22 / Joseph Heller
The Awakening / Kate Chopin
Their Eyes Were Watching God / Zorah Neale Hurston
The Jungle / Upton Sinclair
Sula / Toni Morrison
Things Fall Apart / Chinua Achebe
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer / Mark Twain
Tale of Two Cities / Charles Dickens
Silas Marner / George Eliot
Hard Times / Charles Dickens
Fahrenheit 451 / Ray Bradbury
Martian Chronicles / Ray Bradbury
Antigone / Sophocles
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde / Robert Louis Stevenson
The Catcher in the Rye / J. D. Salinger
A Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man / James Henry
Student request: if you would like to read a classic novel that is not on the list please email Ms. Sutherland for approval. Approval will be based on the literary merit and content of the novel. Novels that are none to be taught in lower grade levels will be rejected. If a student has read a novel previously (whether it is on this list or an approved request) they are expected to reread the novel for this class this year.

Name______Date ______

Class______(Choice Novel)

AP English Data Sheet

Book Title ______Publication Date ______

Author ______

Source of Information for Data Sheet ______

Provide information about the time period (literary, historical, philosophical, etc). / Provide significant details about the author.
Identify the genre and specify how this work fits its characteristics.
Provide plot points (use bullets or graphic organizer).
Identify and explain the use and effect of 3 literary techniques/devices.
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Cite and quote 3 significant passages (use ellipses to abbreviate).
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Describe the setting(s) and explain its significance. / Identify and explain key metaphors (M), symbols (S) or motifs (F) in the work.
Identify and explain the theme(s) of the work.
Write at least 5 vocabulary words and the page number you found them on and define them.
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Write 2 to 3 questions or topics of discussion.