Summer Reading and Assignments

Summer Reading and Assignments

“A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.”

---Italo Calvino

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English 4 AP Literature and Composition

Instructor: Ms. Cardoza-Starnes and Ms. Lazarony

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Summer Reading Assignment will be posted on the google classroom called "AP Lit Summer Help/Assignments" Join at: 7atb3b

Students should obtain their own copies of all plays/novels. Do remember that libraries have copies of all of the following; however, I encourage all of youto have your own copies for you to annotate, underline, and study each text. You will be tested on all of these texts, and will need them for a final cardtest in May, and to get textual evidence for your final film. (We do havecopies of Hamletand The Metamorphosis in your textbook if you wish toannotate with sticky notes.) However, I do recommend a Hamlet that has the modern translation on the other side. This will eventually make you happy! All can be also found in used bookstores. Pleasenote: at Amazon.com, in the “used book” section, you may find these booksfor as cheap as a dollar plus shipping. There are also students from years past who may have some of these books. Beg, borrow, but don't steal!

It is smart to buy them all at once, sothat you may begin each as soon as it is assigned!!! Also, places run out of these texts, so find them early!)

Summer Assignment

·  Novels! Read the novels! NOT ONLINE SOURCES ABOUT THE NOVELS!

·  AP Data Sheets for both novels (see files under Summer Assignments on the website) Note: There are five pages to fill out. I added "help" sheets with examples and extra ideas. You may type or handwrite the answers. Do NOT use information found on Sparknotes or other online sources. You will be graded on theoriginalityof your answers!)

·  Annotate the following sections, with detailed, critical, analytical annotations. (See handout for help.) You may write in the book or use sticky notes. Because you are not annotating the complete novel, as in years past, we expect very detailed annotations for the sections you select. Choose your sections carefully, sections that have lots of symbols, poetic devices, weird things happening, diction choices, and details. Please put a sticky note on the sections annotated for my grading purposes.

The Book Thief: Annotate the following:

·  The first 29 pages

·  Choose 12 "chapters" (in this text, the chapters are short--2-3 pages, typically)

The Joy Luck Club: Annotate one section of the text:

·  “Feathers from a Thousand Li Away”

·  “The Twenty-six Malignant Gates”

·  “American Translation”

·  or “Queen Mother of the Western Skies”

First Semester Plays/Novels

The following texts will be read the first semester of the school year. We highly recommend that you obtain these texts early!!!!

·  One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey

·  Hamlet by William Shakespeare

Happy Summer!