Summer Assignments for AP Literature
COMPLETION IS A PRE-REQUISITE FOR ENROLLMENT IN AP
These specific assignments were chosen as a review of some of the major movements in American literature as well as a general preview of the skills requisite for success in AP English Lit. and Composition. We will begin the school year with references (discussions) of the following works.
All assignments will be graded and count towards Quarter 1. Late work will not be accepted. Students who do not meet the deadlines will not be allowed to take the course.
Please complete assignments on google docs, MLA format and submit to google class (see syllabus)
DUE DATES and ASSIGNMENTS: all assignments are in the text Literature and Composition…Reading, Writing, Thinking, which I will provide.
DUE JULY 15:
Read: the bottom of page 10—top of page 11. (“Habits of Mind”)
Do: “Activity” p. 11. (this should be approx.. one page typed)
Read: “Elements of Style” pp 21—22
Do: “Activity” p. 24. NOTE: the questions begin on p. 23 “Diction”
Do: “Activity” p. 25 (Gatsby)
Read: pp 59—66 “Elements of Fiction” (plot, character)
Do: “Activity” p. 66 (Dickens)
Feel free to read pp 67—72, but you are not required to.
Do: “Activity” p. 72 (Tess)
Read: pp 84—91 (“Symbol” “Theme”)
Pay special attention to pp 90—91 #1—6
Do: “Activity” pp 91—92
DUE JULY 28: Note: read the biographical entry for each writer and the content questions BEFORE you read the literature assignment.
Answers should be written in complete sentences and make specific references to the reading.
Read: Young Goodman Brown by Hawthorne. pp 452---461
Do: # 1, 3, 4, 5, 7 p. 461
Note: refer to definition of “allegory” in your text on p. 1479
Read: Bartleby the Scrivener, by Melville. Pp 854—pp 880.
Do: #2, 6, 7
DUE AUGUST 11:
Read: The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman pp 1066--1078
Do: #1, 2, 3, 4 (these answers may be lengthy)
Read: Sonny’s Blues by James Baldwin. Pp 1041—1064
Do: #1, 2, 3, 5, 6 ---“Questions for Discussion”
DUE AUGUST 25:
Read: I Stand Here Ironing, by Tillie Olson. Pp 265—271
Do: #1, 2, 4, 5, 7,
Read: Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut. Pp 881—886.
Do: # 1, 2, 4, 7
Poetry:
Read: ”Before the Birth of One of Her Children” by Anne Bradstreet. Pp 298—299
Do: #1, 5
Read: “I’m Nobody! Who are you?” by Emily Dickinson . p 501
Do: #1, 2, 3
Read: “Much Madness is divinest Sense” by Dickinson. P. 919
Do: #1, 4 pp 919—920
Read: “Mending Wall” by Robert Frost. pp 1269—1271
Do: #1, #3 #4
Read: ”Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes. Pp 305—306
Do: #1, 3, 5, 7 pp 306--307
In addition, I encourage you to read a title from the list of books that appear most frequently on
the exam. (I can provide you with that list)
Another invaluable resource used in most AP Lit. classes is,
How to Read Literature Like a Professor
We will be using parts of that in class.
These specific assignments were chosen as a review of some of the major movements in American literature as well as a general preview of the skills requisite for success in AP English Lit. and Composition. We will begin the school year with references (discussions) of the following works.
All assignments will be graded and count towards Quarter 1. Late work will not be accepted. Students who do not meet the deadlines will not be allowed to take the course.
Please complete assignments on google docs, MLA format and submit to google class (see syllabus)
DUE DATES and ASSIGNMENTS: all assignments are in the text Literature and Composition…Reading, Writing, Thinking, which I will provide.
DUE JULY 15:
Read: the bottom of page 10—top of page 11. (“Habits of Mind”)
Do: “Activity” p. 11. (this should be approx.. one page typed)
Read: “Elements of Style” pp 21—22
Do: “Activity” p. 24. NOTE: the questions begin on p. 23 “Diction”
Do: “Activity” p. 25 (Gatsby)
Read: pp 59—66 “Elements of Fiction” (plot, character)
Do: “Activity” p. 66 (Dickens)
Feel free to read pp 67—72, but you are not required to.
Do: “Activity” p. 72 (Tess)
Read: pp 84—91 (“Symbol” “Theme”)
Pay special attention to pp 90—91 #1—6
Do: “Activity” pp 91—92
DUE JULY 28: Note: read the biographical entry for each writer and the content questions BEFORE you read the literature assignment.
Answers should be written in complete sentences and make specific references to the reading.
Read: Young Goodman Brown by Hawthorne. pp 452---461
Do: # 1, 3, 4, 5, 7 p. 461
Note: refer to definition of “allegory” in your text on p. 1479
Read: Bartleby the Scrivener, by Melville. Pp 854—pp 880.
Do: #2, 6, 7
DUE AUGUST 11:
Read: The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman pp 1066--1078
Do: #1, 2, 3, 4 (these answers may be lengthy)
Read: Sonny’s Blues by James Baldwin. Pp 1041—1064
Do: #1, 2, 3, 5, 6 ---“Questions for Discussion”
DUE AUGUST 25:
Read: I Stand Here Ironing, by Tillie Olson. Pp 265—271
Do: #1, 2, 4, 5, 7,
Read: Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut. Pp 881—886.
Do: # 1, 2, 4, 7
Poetry:
Read: ”Before the Birth of One of Her Children” by Anne Bradstreet. Pp 298—299
Do: #1, 5
Read: “I’m Nobody! Who are you?” by Emily Dickinson . p 501
Do: #1, 2, 3
Read: “Much Madness is divinest Sense” by Dickinson. P. 919
Do: #1, 4 pp 919—920
Read: “Mending Wall” by Robert Frost. pp 1269—1271
Do: #1, #3 #4
Read: ”Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes. Pp 305—306
Do: #1, 3, 5, 7 pp 306--307
In addition, I encourage you to read a title from the list of books that appear most frequently on
the exam. (I can provide you with that list)
Another invaluable resource used in most AP Lit. classes is,
How to Read Literature Like a Professor
We will be using parts of that in class.