Summer Reading Assignments 2022
Advanced Placement Literature & Composition: English 12
Summer 2022 Reading & Writing Assignment
Reading assignments:
1) Students MUST read the following chapters of How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster before school begins on Monday, August 29. A PDF of the book is available online. Click this link.
Chapter 1: Every Trip Is a Quest (Except When It's Not)
Chapter 2: Nice to Eat with You: Acts of Communion
Chapter 4: If It's a Square, It's a Sonnet
Chapter 5: Now, Where Have I Seen Her Before?
Chapter 6: When in Doubt, It's from Shakespeare...
Chapter 7: ...Or the Bible
Chapter 10: It's More Than Just Rain or Snow
Chapter 12: Is That a Symbol?
Chapter 13: It's All Political
Chapter 14: Yes, She's a Christ Figure, Too
Chapter 18: If She Comes Up, It's Baptism
Chapter 19: Geography Matters
Chapter 20: ...So Does Season
You are welcome to read more chapters, but these are the ones we will focus upon initially.
2) Students MUST read ONE of the following by Monday, August 29:
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
1984 by George Orwell
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.
PLEASE BRING A COPY OF YOUR BOOK TO THE FIRST DAY OF CLASS!
INSTRUCTIONS:
Once you’ve read the book, we do NOT object to your using additional creditable critical sources (cite those sources on your assignments in proper MLA 8 format). However, remember that there is NO substitute for reading.
Enjoy your summer. We look forward to working with you in the fall.
Mrs. Monica Wilkerson ([email protected])
Mrs. Emily Sloan ([email protected])
The Assignment:
Final due Friday 9 September 2022
Complete the following:
Choose one chapter out of the text How to Read Literature Like a Professor and apply it to your fiction novel of choice. In a well-developed multi-paragraph response, explain how the text, or a portion of the text encompasses a chapter of How to Read Literature Like a Professor, (e.g. Christ figure or breaking bread). Buttress your analysis with specific textual evidence with appropriate in-text citations in correct MLA8 format.
Summer 2022 Reading & Writing Assignment
Reading assignments:
1) Students MUST read the following chapters of How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster before school begins on Monday, August 29. A PDF of the book is available online. Click this link.
Chapter 1: Every Trip Is a Quest (Except When It's Not)
Chapter 2: Nice to Eat with You: Acts of Communion
Chapter 4: If It's a Square, It's a Sonnet
Chapter 5: Now, Where Have I Seen Her Before?
Chapter 6: When in Doubt, It's from Shakespeare...
Chapter 7: ...Or the Bible
Chapter 10: It's More Than Just Rain or Snow
Chapter 12: Is That a Symbol?
Chapter 13: It's All Political
Chapter 14: Yes, She's a Christ Figure, Too
Chapter 18: If She Comes Up, It's Baptism
Chapter 19: Geography Matters
Chapter 20: ...So Does Season
You are welcome to read more chapters, but these are the ones we will focus upon initially.
2) Students MUST read ONE of the following by Monday, August 29:
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
1984 by George Orwell
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.
PLEASE BRING A COPY OF YOUR BOOK TO THE FIRST DAY OF CLASS!
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Read the fictional book once for entertainment; read it a second time for analysis. If you can purchase a copy, annotate the text as you read. (You may check out a copy from the public library or us if you prefer not to buy a copy.) Generate your own questions, cite your own observations, and note your own connections to the text. Active engagement breeds interest.
- Complete the following assignments for your text. NOTE THE DUE DATES and do NOT procrastinate. If you attempt this paper without careful reading of the complete texts, in-class essays, tests, and quizzes will reveal discrepancies. These assessments will begin on the second day of school.
Once you’ve read the book, we do NOT object to your using additional creditable critical sources (cite those sources on your assignments in proper MLA 8 format). However, remember that there is NO substitute for reading.
Enjoy your summer. We look forward to working with you in the fall.
Mrs. Monica Wilkerson ([email protected])
Mrs. Emily Sloan ([email protected])
The Assignment:
Final due Friday 9 September 2022
Complete the following:
Choose one chapter out of the text How to Read Literature Like a Professor and apply it to your fiction novel of choice. In a well-developed multi-paragraph response, explain how the text, or a portion of the text encompasses a chapter of How to Read Literature Like a Professor, (e.g. Christ figure or breaking bread). Buttress your analysis with specific textual evidence with appropriate in-text citations in correct MLA8 format.