AP English 2012 Summer Reading Assignment Thread

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<p>Post the books (translations too, if applicable) you have to read for class over the summer, along with the assignments for each book.</p>

<p>Oedipus Rex by Sophocles, translated by J.E. Thomas</p>

<p>King Arthur: Tales From the Round Table by Andrew Lang</p>

<p>How does Oedipus fulfill-and not fulfill- the characteristics of a tragic hero?
a. a member of the ruling or higher class by birth, conquest, or usurpation
b. a more fully-realized human being than others; heightened powers and destiny
c. has fate that is a combination of what others do and what he or she chooses to do
d. isolated individualist, sometimes to the point of extremism</p>

<p>^all one paragraph each</p>

<p>How does Oedipus go through the tragic hero stages of character?

  1. Great achievement, which in turn brings
  2. complacency, and, in turn,
  3. Pride which leads to
  4. Suffering and finally to
  5. Perception</p>

<p>Create a timeline of significant events in Oedipus Rex</p>

<p>Compose one paragraph per element in which you prove how King Arthur fulfills all characteristics of Romance Literature
wise older man or woman
number three as a motif
dreams or visions
magical/supernatural events
betrayal of person or values
test of honor
nearly perfect-yet flawed-hero
evil enemy
archetypal female figure
the quest</p>

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<p>I haven’t receive any AP reading assignment but I’m definitively reading a book over the summer.</p>

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<p>What books are you going to read on your own?</p>

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<p>We have to read ‘Their Eyes Were Watching God’ and ‘Hedda Gabler’; they have to be fully annotated (‘copiously’, the word they used) with 25 vocabulary words to display that one was an active reader.</p>

<p>When summer break ends, we apparently have an essay, discussion, and test on them as well.</p>

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<p>I’ll be reading extensively over the summer, but I don’t have any assigned readings or assignments otherwise to complete.</p>

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<p>I’ve had 2-3 books and 3-4 essays over the summer in 9th & 10th grade Honors English. The AP Lang assignment isn’t as bad as other years</p>

<p>The Color Purple
The Grapes of Wrath
My Ántonia
The Scarlett Letter</p>

<p>The nice thing is that the only thing we have to do with the books is (other than reading obviously) do at least 8 journal entries per book which is 40 pages. In a way I wish it was formal essays because I don’t like reading journals but whatever. Oh, and we have a 100 point test on the first day of school!</p>

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<p>We have to read:
On Writing by Stephen King, with a 1000 word essay on a chosen quote.</p>

<p>Freakinomics by Stephen Levitt, blogging 24 times and annotating as we go along </p>

<p>Catch Me If You Can by Frank Abagnale, we have a list of 10 rhetorical strategies to talk about in a writing journal</p>

<p>A Walk In The Woods by Bill Bryson, we have to write an essay about some of his strategies.</p>

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<p>1984
Analysis Essay</p>

<p>Hamlet
Nothing</p>

<p>How to Read Literature like a Professor
Worksheet something to do for each chapter</p>

<p>Choice Novel on list
Nothing</p>

<p>2 UC Application essays</p>

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<p>Sophie’s World. We don’t have an assignment, but we can take notes if we choose.</p>

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<p>The Bible-Genesis, Exodus, Job, and Matthew
Billy Budd
Crime and Punishment
Mourning Becomes Electra</p>

<p>Has anyone read these before? (Besides the Bible)</p>

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<p>^I’ve read Crime and Punishment before. It’s an excellent novel about an axe murderer, a prostitute, and a pedophile… ;)</p>

<p>Anyways, I was not assigned any summer reading, but I asked my teacher for some suggestions. So far I’ve read Their Eyes Were Watching God and The Stranger. Both books were fantastic!</p>

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<p>I read </p>

<p>American Shaolin</p>

<p>Have to write a 3 page essay pretending I’m the writer explaining the choices I made.
Then present the essay to the class.</p>

<p>The boy who harnessed the wind</p>

<p>Find 4 passages 1/2 a page to 1 1/2 pages
And write a page for each passage analyzing it.</p>

<p>Find 3 articles online and write a page each analyzing them.</p>

<p>Write a stylistic essay (1 of the 3 essays on the test) assessing the rhetorical stategies used in Benjamin Bannekers letters to Thomas Jefferson. 2 pages</p>

<p>Sent from my LG-E739 using CC</p>

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<p>Poetics by Aristotle
Antigone and Oedipus by Sophocles
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
The Stranger by Albert Camus.</p>

<p>For the plays, we have to write entries on how they qualify Aristotle’s criteria of a tragedy.</p>

<p>For both of the novels, we have to write about author’s craft and our literary observations.</p>

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<p>You guys have it rough lol.</p>

<p>Choice Book (July’s People cus it’s the shortest)
Annotate and test on it first week (open book)</p>

<p>1984
Annotate and open book test</p>

<p>Some online thing about fear of technology and stuff and then we have to interview people and create a powerpoint</p>

<h1>SENIORITIS2013</h1>

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<p>I loved 1984, but it is truly scary if you think about its possibilities.</p>