English Literature & Compositionap Mrs. Lohfink ()

Summer Reading Assignments

2017-2018 School Year

Note to Parents and Students: Please purchase a copy of each book you/your student has to read, especially so that he/she can annotate while reading and so that he/she will have it when it is used in the respective class during the school year. Copies can be ordered online at several websites; you may purchase used copies.

English Literature & CompositionAP Mrs. Lohfink ()

Turnitin.com Class Enrollment Information: CLASS ID: 15372787 Enrollment Key: redroom

READING ASSIGNMENTS:

(A) How to Read Novels Like a Professor: A Jaunty Exploration of the World’s Favorite Literary Form – Thomas C. Foster (2008) ISBN-10:0061340405 OR ISBN-13:978-0061340406

This easy-to-read reference book will assist students in breaking down complex texts and will instruct them how to read “between the lines.” Students are expected to annotate this text as it will be used as a reference throughout the school year.

(B) ONEnovel selected from:

Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte (1847)

Part of the bildungsroman genre, follows the emotions and experiences of eponymous character, including her growth

to adulthood, and her love for Mr. Rochester, the byronic master of Thornfield Hall.

Brave New World – Aldous Huxley (1931)

Dystopian novel set in London of AD 2540 (632 A.F.—"After Ford"—in the book), anticipates developments in

reproductive technology, sleep-learning, psychological manipulation, and classical conditioning that combine to

profoundly change society.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – Mark Twain (1884)

Commonly named among the Great American Novels, written throughout in vernacular English, and characterized by

local color regionalism. Told in the first person by Huckleberry "Huck" Finn and includes colorful description of people

and places along the Mississippi River.

Atonement – Ian McEwan (2001)

British family saga about understanding and responding to the need for atonement. Set in three time periods of

pre/present/post-World War II England/France and covers a young upper-class girl's half-innocent mistake that ruins

lives, and her adulthood in its shadow, which leads her into a reflection on the nature of writing.

WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS:

(A) SUMMER READING ANALYSIS ASSIGNMENT (SUBMITTED TO TURNITIN.COM BY 1PM ON AUGUST 1, 2017)

- Students will read the Foster text and apply his ideas to their reading of their novel choice. There are ten questions/reflections to complete.

(You will note that not every chapter in the Foster text is covered in the reflections—not because the ideas are less important, but because there is only so much you can do over the summer.)

Once students have completed all ten questions/reflections, they need to submit their document to Turnitin.com as a Word Document or PDF file.

(B) NOTECARD ON SUMMER READING NOVEL CHOICE (DUE ON FULL DAY OF CLASS)

- Next, complete your Major Works Notecard. This notecard is due on the first full day of school. Failure to use the right notecard size will result in point deduction.

The Questions/Reflections:

1. Read Chapter One of How to Read Novels Like a Professor.

- Read the first, say, 50 pages of your novel choice and reflect.

- Reflection: What do you expect from this novel? What does this novel expect of you? Use terms from Foster’s book in addition to quoted words and phrases from your novel choice.

2. Read Chapter Two of How to Read Novels Like a Professor.

- Reflection: What are the highlights of the imaginary space the author has created? How is that space different from the space you occupy in the River Parishes? Meaning, what biases in your knowledge of how the world works do

you have to eliminate when in the created space of the novel, and under what set of “rules” does the created space operate?

3. Read Chapter Three of How to Read Novels Like a Professor, paying particular attention to the list of points of view.

 Read the next, say, 50 pages of your novel choice and reflect.

Reflection: From what point of view is this novel told? Why does it matter? Does the point of view shift at all? If so, what is the impact of the shift? In the last paragraph of the chapter, Foster offers a series of questions. Address them, thinking about the novel.

4. Read Chapter Nine of How to Read Novels Like a Professor.

- Read the next 50 pages of your novel choice and reflect.

Reflection: Foster suggests that the universal is found in the singular. What universal statements about the human condition does the author seem to be making through the specific events of this novel? What do you find yourself thinking about, in terms of how people behave or operate, or what people believe or feel, while you read?

5. Read Chapter Ten of How to Read Novels Like a Professor.

-Reflection: What emblems, or objects, are closely associated with major characters in the novel? Pinpoint a specific

instance when the author uses the emblem to develop a character— to add a layer or to complicate or to make more

rounded—and consider how that development impacts the meaning of the work as a whole.

6. Read Chapter Fourteen of How to Read Novels Like a Professor.

-Reflection: Think about two or three of the central characters of the novel. What do they want? Is their desire attached

to an emblem? In what ways do their motives create conflict?

7. Read Chapter Sixteen and the Interlude of How to Read Novels Like a Professor.

 Read the next, say, the rest of your novel choice and reflect.

Reflection: What does Foster mean when he says that “there is only One Story” (225)? What are the implications of Foster’s meaning on what it means to be a good reader? Where have you seen the particular story of your novel before? What associative connections and meanings, stemming from other texts you have read, do you bring to an interpretation of the story?

8. Read Chapters Seventeen and Eighteen of How to Read Novels Like a Professor, and then…

 Think back on your novel choice and reflect.

 Reflection: Describe your journey in reading this novel. To what degree did you “connect” with the novel? If there was intimacy, was it your doing or the doing of the text? If there was distance, was it your doing or the doing of the text? That there is a significant idea in the text is a given; but how was the story? Was it satisfying? Why or why not? What about the idea of the novel? What makes it so important that many critics find this novel to be so important? Be as specific as you can be in your responses. Go back through the book and search for specific details that illustrate your point.

9. Read Chapter Twenty-one of How to Read Novels Like a Professor, and then…

 Think back on your novel choice and reflect.

 Reflection: What are the historical and social struggles of this novel? That is, in what ways does the novel capture

the author’s historical and social moment? Explain your thinking with more than a superficial, anecdotal response.

10. Read Chapter Twenty-two and the Conclusion of How to Read Novels Like a Professor, and then…

 Think back on your novel choice and reflect.

 Reflection: To what degree do you own the novel you read? Again, explain your thinking with more than a

superficial, anecdotal response.

Language and Comp AP Mrs. Bordelon ()

You are to select one of the following books. (Because only 6 people can choose the same book, please send me your request as soon as possible.) You must annotate your books (highlighting and writing in the margins); in fact, annotating will be part of your grade. (You may also want to take handwritten notes.) Be prepared to write an essay on your chosen book on the first full day of class.

On successive days after the essay, you will meet in groups to discuss your book and analyze diction, syntax, rhetorical appeals, rhetorical devices, etc. Your group will also present your novel to the class after you have formulated what you want to illustrate to the class.

Choose 1 book and email me before midnight on Friday, May 19 to let me know your choice. (If I do not receive an email with your selection before midnight on May 19th, I will select your summer book to read.)

1) In Cold Bloodby Truman Capote (ISBN-10:0679745580 OR ISBN-13:978-0679745587)

On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the Clutter family were savagely murdered by blasts from a shotgun held a few inches from their faces. There was no apparent motive for the crime, and there were almost no clues.

As Truman Capote reconstructs the murder and the investigation that led to the capture, trial, and

execution of the killers, he generates both mesmerizing suspense and astonishing empathy.In

Cold Bloodis a work that transcends its moment, yielding poignant insights into the nature of

American violence.

2) Profiles in Courageby John F. Kennedy(ISBN-10:0060854936 OR ISBN-13:978-0060854935)

Written in 1955 by the then junior senator from the state of Massachusetts, John F. Kennedy'sProfiles in Courageserved as a clarion call to every American. The inspiring true accounts of eight unsung heroic acts by American patriots at different junctures in our nation's history, Kennedy's book became required reading, an instant classic, and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. Now, a half-century later, it remains a moving, powerful, and relevant testament to the indomitable national spirit and an unparalleled celebration of that most noble of human virtues.

This special "P.S." edition ofProfiles in Couragecommemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the

book's publication. Included in this new edition, along with vintage photographs and an extensive

author biography, are Kennedy's correspondence about the writing project, contemporary reviews

of the book, a letter from Ernest Hemingway, and two rousing speeches from recipients of the

Profile in Courage Award.

Atonementby Ian McEwan(ISBN-10:038572179X OR ISBN-13:978-0385721790)

Ian McEwan’s symphonic novel of love and war, childhood and class, guilt and forgiveness provides all the satisfaction of a brilliant narrative and the provocation we have come to expect from this master of English prose.
On a hot summer day in 1935, thirteen-year-old BrionyTallis witnesses a moment’s flirtation between her older sister, Cecilia, and Robbie Turner, the son of a servant and Cecilia’s childhood friend. But Briony’ s incomplete grasp of adult motives–together with her precocious literary gifts–brings about a crime that will change all their lives. As it follows that crime’s repercussions through the chaos and carnage of World War II and into the close of the twentieth century,Atonementengages the reader on every conceivable level, with an ease and authority that mark it as a genuine masterpiece.

English 101 DE Mrs. Bordelon ()

You are to select one of the following books. (Because only 6 people can choose the same book, please send me your request as soon as possible.) You must annotate your books (highlighting and writing in the margins); in fact, annotating will be part of your grade. Be prepared to write an essay on your chosen book on the first full day of class.

On successive days after the essay, you will meet in groups to discuss your book and analyze why it is a memoir. Your group will also present your novel to the class after you have formulated what you want to illustrate to the class.

We will also use it as groundwork for your first college paper, whichis a memoir, so please make sure you read and understand the set up and meaning. (You may also want to take handwritten notes.)

Choose 1 book and email me before midnight on Friday, May 19 to let me know your choice. (If I do not receive an email with your selection before midnight on May 19th, I will select your summer book to read.)

1) Rescuing Riley, Saving Myself: A Man and His Dog’s Struggle to Find Salvationby Zachary Anderegg

ISBN 1626361702 OR 978-1626361706

While hiking on a solo vacation in a remote, uninhabitable region of Arizona, Zachary Anderegg happened upon

Riley, an emaciated puppy clinging to life at the bottom of a 350-foot canyon. In a daring act of humanity that

trumped the deliberate savagery behind Riley’s presence in such a place, Zak single-handedly orchestrated a

delicate rescue.
Zak and Riley’s destinies were intertwined long before they improbably found each other. For much of Zak’s childhood, he was at the bottom of a veritable canyon himself—a canyon in which imprisoning depth and darkness were created by bullies who just wouldn’t quit and parents who weren’t capable of love.
When Zak found Riley, the puppy’s condition bespoke his abusers’ handiwork—three shotgun pellets embedded beneath his skin and teeth turned permanently black from malnutrition. The meeting was one of a man and a dog singularly suited to save each other. As a former US Marine sergeant, Zak was one of only a few people with the mettle and physical wherewithal to get Riley out. And in rescuing him, Zak was also attempting to save himself, conquering the currents of cruelty that swelled beneath his early life and had always threatened to drown him.

2) The Year We Disappeared: A Father-Daughter Memoir by Cylin Busby & John Busby (ISBN-10: 1599904543

OR ISBN-13: 978-1599904542)

When Cylin Busby was nine years old, she was obsessed with Izod clothing, the Muppets, and a box turtle she kept in a shoebox. Then everything changed overnight. Her police officer father, John, was driving to his shift when someone leveled a shotgun at his window. The blasts that followed left John's jaw on the passenger seat of his car-literally. While clinging to life, he managed to write down the name of the only person he thought could have pulled the trigger. The suspect? A local ex-con with rumored mob connections. The motive? Officer Busby was scheduled to testify against the suspect's family in an upcoming trial. Overnight, the Busbys went from being the "family next door" to one under 24-hour armed guard, with police escorts to school, and no contact with friends. Worse, the shooter was still on the loose, and it seemed only a matter of time before he'd come after John-or someone else in the family-again. With few choices left to them, the Busby family went into hiding, severing all ties to the only life they had known.

3) The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (ISBN-10:074324754X OR ISBN-13:978-0743247542

Jeannette Walls grew up with parents whose ideals and stubborn nonconformity were both their curse and their

salvation. Rex and Rose Mary Walls had four children. In the beginning, they lived like nomads, moving among

Southwest desert towns, camping in the mountains. Rex was a charismatic, brilliant man who, when sober,

captured his children's imagination, teaching them physics, geology, and above all, how to embrace life fearlessly.

Rose Mary, who painted and wrote and couldn't stand the responsibility of providing for her family, called herself

an "excitement addict." Cooking a meal that would be consumed in fifteen minutes had no appeal when she could

make a painting that might last forever.

Later, when the money ran out, or the romance of the wandering life faded, the Walls retreated to the dismal West Virginia mining town -- and the family -- Rex Walls had done everything he could to escape. He drank. He stole the grocery money and disappeared for days. As the dysfunction of the family escalated, Jeannette and her brother and sisters had to fend for themselves, supporting one another as they weathered their parents' betrayals and, finally, found the resources and will to leave home.

What is so astonishing about Jeannette Walls is not just that she had the guts and tenacity and intelligence to get out, but that she describes her parents with such deep affection and generosity. Hers is a story of triumph against all odds, but also a tender, moving tale of unconditional love in a family that despite its profound flaws gave her the fiery determination to carve out a successful life on her own terms.

For two decades, Jeannette Walls hid her roots. Now she tells her own story. A regular contributor to MSNBC.com, she lives in New York and Long Island and is married to the writer John Taylor.