PALMYRA HIGH SCHOOL
ENGLISH IV AP
SUMMER READING 2017
Students are required to obtain copies of their chosen titles, all of which can be readily found in local libraries, bookstores, and e-libraries.
ASSIGNMENT:
Summer reading is a required element of Palmyra High School’s 7-12th grade curriculum. All students are responsible for acquiring and reading the assigned books for his or her grade and section of English, as well as completing the assigned written assessments for the titles. Students enrolled in English IV AP will be required to read and complete assignments for
1. How to Read Literature Like a Professor
2. ONE 200+ page title from your independent research paper author
3. One 200+ page title from the AP List (DO NOT choose another title by the author of #2, above.)
DUE DATE:
The completed assignments are due in class on the first Friday of classes in September.
GRADING:
Each assignment will be evaluated separately and average for the equivalent of a major test grade. They will also be submitted electronically to TURNITIN.COM in September.
1. How to Read Literature Like a Professor
How to Read Literature Like a Professor is not a novel but rather “a lively and entertaining guide to reading between the lines.” A thorough and careful reading of this guide will help prepare you for the more intensive and independent requirements of the above courses. Keep that in mind as you complete the following:
I. Annotate your copy of the book. To do so, underline or highlight the main points of each chapter AND write corresponding explanatory notes in the margins. I will check that your annotations also correspond to your handout (II).
II. Create a talking points handout (typed) that summarizes the main points of each chapter (including the “Introduction” and “Envoi”). Your handout should be formatted as below–
MLA Heading
Title & Author
Chapter # and Title
Ø One complete sentence restating the chapter’s main idea in your own words.
Ø One complete sentence in your own words explaining how this element enhances the meaning of a text.
Ø One complete sentence in your own words restating an example of the element.
Repeat the above pattern for ALL subsequent chapters. You do not need to use a separate sheet of paper for each chapter, nor should you include more than three bullet points per chapter. Your handout will be uploaded to Turnitin.com in September.
III. Teach an assigned chapter to your English class. Details TBA in September.
IV. Apply the concepts of the book to an analysis (formal essay) of your #3 title, above. Details TBA in September.
2. Research Paper Authors: English IV AP
Our first semester, you will be writing a research paper on a non-American writer. Only one person will be permitted to research a given writer, so you are encouraged to select topics early. Your finished research will include a discussion of the author’s biography, canon, and style, as well as a literary analysis of two major works (over 200 pages each) that you will actually read. The following is a list* of writers from which you may choose. Should you wish to change your author following the summer reading assignment, you may do so with my permission. Final research paper selections will be made in September.
British
Charles Dickens
Thomas Hardy
Joseph Conrad
James Joyce
D.H. Lawrence
Doris Lessing
Edna O’Brien
VS Naipul
Jane Austen
Graham Greene
Virginia Woolf (Honors only)
Julian Barnes
George Orwell
German
Hermann Hesse
African
Nadine Gordimer
Charles Mungoshi
Wole Soyinka
John Maxwell Coetzee
Chinua Achebe
Chinese
Wang Meng
Ha Jin
Canadian
Margaret Atwood
Carol Shields
Japanese
Kenzaburo Oe
Yukio Mishima
Japanese, contd.
Yasunari Kawabala
Kazuo Ishiguro
Haruki Murakami
Egyptian
Naguib Mafouz
Russian
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Feodor Dostoevsky
Leo Tolstoy
Indian
Salman Rushdie
Anita Desai
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
French
Andre Gide
Alexander Dumas
Gustave Flaubert
Latin American
Carlos Fuentes
Jorge Luis Borges
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Turkish
Orhan Pamuk
Portuguese
Jose Saramago
*Other international writers may be considered, provided they meet the assignment’s criteria. See Mrs. Reisinger for approval first.
ASSESSMENT:
You will complete a dialectical journal during your reading of a title written by your approved author. Journals will be evaluated according to format, content, and mechanics. Journals will be counted as a first marking period test grade. In addition, there may be an additional open-ended assessment in September. Assessments may include objective and open-ended tests, essays, speeches, or projects.
DIRECTIONS:
1. Students must supply the journals. Spiral, three-ring or hardcover notebooks are acceptable, as are journals bound in portfolio or report covers.
2. Journals must be neatly handwritten or typed.
3. One journal must be completed per required title. Journals must include
· a cover
· one entry per each 1/5 section of the book (Divide your book into five [5] sections that contain approximately the same number of pages.)
· one entry per page
· the correct number of VIP (Very Important Point) quotations.
4. An entry consists of your chosen VIP’s and responses.
· Each entry must include 4 total** VIP’s and responses.
· Each VIP category (character, conflict, theme, and setting) may only be used ONCE in an entry.
5. Journals must be formatted according to the attached models.
6. Journals must be written in standard English and use complete sentences.
7. Journal grades will be determined by BOTH the quantity and quality of the entries.
3. AP Titles
First choose and acquire a book from the following list. Then, read your work carefully. While you are not required to complete any written component over the summer, we recommend that you annotate your book or keep a reading log to help you comprehend the work and prepare for an assessment in September. All students will be tested in their English classes the first Monday in September Testing may include, but is not limited to, objective questions, essays, or projects. The precise nature of the September assessment will be decided by your teacher and will be explained by him/her when classes resume in the fall.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Age of Innocence
All the Pretty Horses
Atonement
Black Boy
The Blind Assassin
Brave New World
Cold Mountain
The Color Purple
Death of a Salesman
East of Eden
Emma
Frankenstein
The Grapes of Wrath
The Handmaid’s Tale
The House of Mirth
Invisible Man
Jane Eyre
King Lear
Lord Jim
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Nineteen Eighty-four
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Paradise Lost
The Poisonwood Bible
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
A Tale of Two Cities
Tess of the D’Urbervilles
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Wuthering Heights
ENGLISH IV AP
SUMMER READING RUBRIC (Professor)
Student Name: _____________________________________
Book Title: How to Read Literature Like a Professor
FORMAT (30 Points)
Follows Directions
10 8 6 4 2 0
Sufficient Number of Annotations
10 8 6 4 2 0
Sufficient number of Talking Points
10 8 6 4 2 0
CONTENT (50 Points)
Knowledge of Main Ideas
30 25 22 19 16 0
Correspondence of Annotations and Talking Points
20 17 15 13 11 0
MECHANICS (20 Points)
Grammar
10 8 6 4 2 0
Neatness/Legibility
10 8 6 4 2 0
TOTAL _________
COMMENTS:
English IV AP
SUMMER READING RUBRIC (Research Journal)
Student Name _________________________________________________________
Book Title ____________________________________________________________
FORMAT (30 Points)
Follows Directions on Journal Page
10 8 6 4 2 0
Sufficient Number of Entries
10 8 6 4 2 0
Variety of Entries
10 8 6 4 2 0
CONTENT (50 Points)
Knowledge of Plot, Characters, and Setting
30 25 22 19 16 0
Insightfulness, Thoughtfulness, and Articulation
20 17 15 13 11 0
MECHANICS (20 Points)
Grammar
10 8 6 4 2 0
Neatness/Legibility
10 8 6 4 2 0
TOTAL _________
Please see your English teachers with any questions.