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Discuss readings with AP teacher Mrs. Sheely during the summer before beginning AP English course in high school. See two reading assignments below.
Welcome to AP English Summer Blog!
You're here because you've signed up for an AP English course. I'm Mrs. Sheely and I'll be teaching AP English LIT ENG510 at COVA. During the summer, we'll read some essays and novels and discuss them here. This will keep your critical reading skills sharp and prepared for our fall course. We'll get to know each other better and that will also help us learn together better.
1.Read a couple of essays together with us.
Our first suggested reading is a short compare/contrast analysis of two essayists who write about gender roles. Please read the essays provided in links, and view the bio spot about S. R. Sanders, then post your responses and questions in this blog. Notice the speakers in these essays, their use of voice, organization, rhetoric and style. Please tell your thoughts and respond to the ideas expressed by others here in the blog.
"The Men We Carry in Our Minds" (Scott Russell Sanders)
http://course1.winona.edu/hshi/eng111/documents/Sanders.pdf
http://www.slideshare.net/aidenyeh/the-men-we-carry-in-our-minds
"I Want a Wife" (Judy Brady)
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/everythingsanargument4e/content/cat_020/Brady_I_Want_a_Wife.pdf
2. Rigorously Read Novels
In order to increase your reading and interpretive skills, you should read at least two novels during the summer. As you read, think critically about the writer and his/her work. Post your “Why…?” questions to our blog. Share your insights and respond to others’ questions and continue this dialogue to enrich your (and our) understanding of literature.
To get started: Make a list of about 5 important interpretive discussion questions or discussion topics about the book and answer each question in a paragraph of 1/3 to ½ page each (single-spaced, typed).
Examples: Why does the character . . . ?
How does this event (or character, setting, etc) change the course of the book or change the author’s life, etc.?
Explain the quotation: “…”
Caution: Do not include any literal questions. Literal questions generally begin with “Who, what, when, where.” The questions you select or the topics you address will most likely begin with the words “Why, how, explain, describe, compare and contrast, analyze,” etc.
Please note that the questions which you ask are just as important as how you respond to the question of topic. Questions should reflect your active reading and understanding of the entire literary work as well as the overall them of the book.
Also, because you are asking and answering interpretative questions, there might be several possible correct answers or no specific answer. Your interpretations are fine so long as you support your answers with specific examples from the book.
Lastly, write your review.
Write a one-paragraph critique of the book. What did you like and why? What did you dislike and why? Did the book change you or change your way of thinking? Explain. Critique the author’s writing style. When possible, give specific examples to support your statements.
3. Check this blog site at least once a week and respond to your new AP classmates.
Happy summer reading!
Mrs. Sheely
1.Read a couple of essays together with us.
Our first suggested reading is a short compare/contrast analysis of two essayists who write about gender roles. Please read the essays provided in links, and view the bio spot about S. R. Sanders, then post your responses and questions in this blog. Notice the speakers in these essays, their use of voice, organization, rhetoric and style. Please tell your thoughts and respond to the ideas expressed by others here in the blog.
"The Men We Carry in Our Minds" (Scott Russell Sanders)
http://course1.winona.edu/hshi/eng111/documents/Sanders.pdf
http://www.slideshare.net/aidenyeh/the-men-we-carry-in-our-minds
"I Want a Wife" (Judy Brady)
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/everythingsanargument4e/content/cat_020/Brady_I_Want_a_Wife.pdf
2. Rigorously Read Novels
In order to increase your reading and interpretive skills, you should read at least two novels during the summer. As you read, think critically about the writer and his/her work. Post your “Why…?” questions to our blog. Share your insights and respond to others’ questions and continue this dialogue to enrich your (and our) understanding of literature.
To get started: Make a list of about 5 important interpretive discussion questions or discussion topics about the book and answer each question in a paragraph of 1/3 to ½ page each (single-spaced, typed).
Examples: Why does the character . . . ?
How does this event (or character, setting, etc) change the course of the book or change the author’s life, etc.?
Explain the quotation: “…”
Caution: Do not include any literal questions. Literal questions generally begin with “Who, what, when, where.” The questions you select or the topics you address will most likely begin with the words “Why, how, explain, describe, compare and contrast, analyze,” etc.
Please note that the questions which you ask are just as important as how you respond to the question of topic. Questions should reflect your active reading and understanding of the entire literary work as well as the overall them of the book.
Also, because you are asking and answering interpretative questions, there might be several possible correct answers or no specific answer. Your interpretations are fine so long as you support your answers with specific examples from the book.
Lastly, write your review.
Write a one-paragraph critique of the book. What did you like and why? What did you dislike and why? Did the book change you or change your way of thinking? Explain. Critique the author’s writing style. When possible, give specific examples to support your statements.
3. Check this blog site at least once a week and respond to your new AP classmates.
Happy summer reading!
Mrs. Sheely
Suggested Titles for Summer Reading
Reading List: Books That Change Lives
Note: This reading list represents a compilation of your AP English teachers’ suggestions and Coady’s Books That Changed My Life.
Read any of these titles and analyze what makes them great enough to make this list.
Albom. Tuesdays with Morrie
Angelou. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Baldwin. Go Tell It on the Mountain
Beckett. Waiting for Godot
Bloom. Are You There? God, It’s Me, Margaret
Bradbury. The Illustrated Man
Bradbury. Fahrenheit 451
Brown. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Burgess. A Clockwork Orange
Carson. Silent Spring
Chopin. The Awakening
Clancy. The Hunt for Red October
Covey. Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
Curie. Madame Curie: A Biography
De St. Exupery. The Little Prince
Dickens. David Copperfield
Dostoevsky. Notes from the Underground
Dumas. The Count of Monte Cristo
Ellison. Invisible Man
Griffin. Black Like Me
Grisham. The Testament
Haley. The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Hawthorne. The Scarlet Letter
Heller. Catch-22
Hemingway. For Whom the Bell Tolls
Holy Bible
Irving. A Prayer for Owen Meany
Junger. The Perfect Storm
Keller. The Story of My Life
Kingsolver. The Poisonwood Bible
Lewis. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Marquez. Love in the Time of Cholera
McCourt. Angela’s Ashes
Miller. The Death of a Salesman
Mitchell. Gone with the Wind
Morrison. Beloved
Nabakov. Lolita
O’Brien. The Things They Carried
Orwell. 1984
Pelzer. A Child Called It
Plath. The Bell Jar
Rand. Atlas Shrugged
Rawlings. The Yearling
Salinger. Catcher in the Rye
Shakespeare. Hamlet
Sinclair. The Jungle
Spyri. Heidi
Steinbeck. The Grapes of Wrath
Stoppard. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Stowe. Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Tolkien. The Hobbit
Undset. Kristin Lavransdatter
Walker. The Color Purple
Woolf. A Room of One’s Own
Note: This reading list represents a compilation of your AP English teachers’ suggestions and Coady’s Books That Changed My Life.
Read any of these titles and analyze what makes them great enough to make this list.
Albom. Tuesdays with Morrie
Angelou. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Baldwin. Go Tell It on the Mountain
Beckett. Waiting for Godot
Bloom. Are You There? God, It’s Me, Margaret
Bradbury. The Illustrated Man
Bradbury. Fahrenheit 451
Brown. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Burgess. A Clockwork Orange
Carson. Silent Spring
Chopin. The Awakening
Clancy. The Hunt for Red October
Covey. Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
Curie. Madame Curie: A Biography
De St. Exupery. The Little Prince
Dickens. David Copperfield
Dostoevsky. Notes from the Underground
Dumas. The Count of Monte Cristo
Ellison. Invisible Man
Griffin. Black Like Me
Grisham. The Testament
Haley. The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Hawthorne. The Scarlet Letter
Heller. Catch-22
Hemingway. For Whom the Bell Tolls
Holy Bible
Irving. A Prayer for Owen Meany
Junger. The Perfect Storm
Keller. The Story of My Life
Kingsolver. The Poisonwood Bible
Lewis. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Marquez. Love in the Time of Cholera
McCourt. Angela’s Ashes
Miller. The Death of a Salesman
Mitchell. Gone with the Wind
Morrison. Beloved
Nabakov. Lolita
O’Brien. The Things They Carried
Orwell. 1984
Pelzer. A Child Called It
Plath. The Bell Jar
Rand. Atlas Shrugged
Rawlings. The Yearling
Salinger. Catcher in the Rye
Shakespeare. Hamlet
Sinclair. The Jungle
Spyri. Heidi
Steinbeck. The Grapes of Wrath
Stoppard. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Stowe. Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Tolkien. The Hobbit
Undset. Kristin Lavransdatter
Walker. The Color Purple
Woolf. A Room of One’s Own
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