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May 30, 2013

Dear Students:

I am looking forward to working with you next year in Advanced Placement Language and Composition. There will be much to learn. In order for us to be prepared to analyze and write effectively about passages given on the AP exam, we must first read a variety of literature.

Below is a list of the three books for your summer reading; the assignments for each book are included in this packet. Make sure that you read these texts over the summer. These are REQUIRED assignments, and they are all due on the first day of school. I will not accept late assignments except under EXTREMELY EXCEPTIONAL circumstances. Please note that it will be very difficult for you to do well in this class if you do not complete all the summer reading, for you will have in-class assignments related to what you read. You are responsible for getting your own summer books, which you should be able to find in any of the area libraries and bookstores. The summer assignment grades will count as part of your class average.

All of these summer assignments must be TYPED, so please use or recreate the templates included in this packet. See me before leaving school for the summer if access to technology is an issue. These assignments will be evaluated on the basis of accuracy, thoroughness, and grammar. Please be sure to complete all parts of each assignment.

The administration will post the summer reading list and assignments on our school website, and I will post these assignments on my high school site as well. If you have any questions, feel free to see or e-mail me at josie.jamison@clover.k12.sc.us.

I hope you have a great summer and return to school refreshed and ready to go!

Sincerely,

Josie R. Jamison

Summer Reading

• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

• “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” by Nick Carr. This assignment includes research and a position paper.

• Choose ONE of the following: The Autobiography of Malcolm X-by Alex Haley and Malcolm X or I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou.

• Vocabulary (see attached assignment)

ADVANCED PLACEMENT LANGUAGE

ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUMMER READING

1. You must look up any unfamiliar terms. The following website will prove helpful.

2. Examples for every assignment must include page numbers and chapter numbers, and for each column the examples must span the length of the book. For instance, you cannot rely on only one section of the book for your examples. When you are providing examples, do not condense sentences by omitting words and/or using ellipses. Points will be deducted for grammatical errors.

THE GREAT GATSBY SYNTAX GRAPHIC ORGANIZER

|Types of sentences/punctuation |Types of words |Types of paragraphs |

|Are they predominantly simple, compound, |Does the author rely on predominantly |How often does the author rely on long |

|complex, or compound-complex? Give five |concrete nouns, active verbs, and/or |developed paragraphs? Support your answer by |

|examples. (10 pts.) |descriptive adjectives? Give five |counting the number in a chapter. Be sure to |

| |examples. (10 pts.) |identify the chapter. (5 pts.) |

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|Are they predominantly periodic sentences, |Does the author rely on formal, informal, |Does the author rely on indirect dialogue or |

|loose sentences, or inverted sentences? |inflated, or slang diction? Give five |direct dialogue? Give examples. Explain why |

|Give five examples. (10 pts.) |examples. (5 pts.) |you think the author chose to rely on this |

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|Does the author use a lot of punctuation | | |

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|From the information you have given above, describe in one sentence the type of writing style the author used. Then analyze why the |

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THE GREAT GATSBY STRUCTURE GRAPHIC ORGANIZER

|Question |Your answer |

|How many chapters does the novel have? | |

|Analyze the pattern of chapter division. Explain why the | |

|chapters start and end when they do. (10pts.) | |

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|Explain the theme of The Great Gatsby. List five specific | |

|details and page numbers from the novel to support this theme. | |

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|Why, in your opinion, did F. Scott Fitzgerald write this book? | |

|Who is his audience? List five specific details and page numbers| |

|from the novel to support your answer. (10 pts.) | |

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|In one or more well-developed paragraphs, compare /contrast American issues and culture depicted in 1920s in The Great Gatsby to |

|American issues and culture of this millennium. Be sure to cite at least 3 specific examples from the novel as well as examples |

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Total; ______________/120 pts.

“Is Google Making Us Stupid?” ASSIGNMENT

Directions:

1. Read the article “Is Google Making Us Stupid” by Nick Carr. There is a copy of the article at the end of the packet. See MLA citation below if you want to view an online version.

Carr, Nicholas. "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" The Atlantic.

July/August 2008: n. page. Web. 31 May. 2013.

2. Identify Carr’s assertion and the evidence that Carr uses to support his claim. Complete the graphic organizer below. (10 pts.)

3. Do some additional research on the topic. Find four acceptable sources; these sources can either support or refute Carr’s claims. One of these sources must be visual text (such as a graph, chart, or editorial cartoon). The other sources could be books, online periodicals, newspaper articles, etc.). Before choosing your sources, do some research on the author of each source and consider the background of that author in terms of credibility of the source.

a. Does s/he have the knowledge and background to make these claims?

b. Is this person an expert or authority on the topic? How do you know? What qualifies this person to make this argument?

4. Create an annotated bibliography in MLA format. Each bibliography should include a brief summary of each source’s primary assertion. See for a sample of an annotated bibliography. (40 pts.)

5. Write a position essay (approximately 2 pages, double-spaced, 12-point type, Times New Roman, 1” margin) that promotes your argument about this issue. Back up your assertion with supporting and documented evidence from the sources you have read, including the original text “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Be sure to use the MLA format. See or if you need help with the MLA format. (50 pts.)

Graphic Organizer Name_________________________________

Text _________________________________ Author_______________________

Author’s Argument

Supporting Evidence (include page numbers)

Name: _____________________________ Date: __________________

Choose from Autobiography of Malcolm X (by Alex Haley and Malcolm X) and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (by Maya Angelou).

DIALECTICAL JOURNAL ASSIGNMENT

As you read this novel, keep a dialectical journal and cite examples from the novel that illustrate the list of topics below. I strongly suggest that you record your responses as you read. Your entries should include passages with page numbers and chapter numbers, the response type, and your thoughts. You need to complete a minimum of 25 entries spanning the entire novel (approximately 5 entries for every 6 chapters for Caged Bird and approximately 5 entries for every 4 chapters of Malcolm X. Also, you should use different types of responses for the entries. By the time you finish your journal, you should have used each of the 5 response types multiple times. Vary the response types per chapter. You will turn this sheet in with your completed dialectical journal.

Use the following response types as your headings:

1. CONTEXT:

• How does the setting affect the book or the plot?

• How do different points of view/perspective affect the story?

2. CONVENTIONS:

• Notice vocabulary, punctuation and grammar that are unique and original. Explain how it influences and adds to the book.

• Notice organizational patterns of the text and explain how those influence and add to the book.

• Notice rhetorical devices and explain how that device influences and impacts the text, characters, or plot line. See if you need help here.

3. SYNTHESIS:

• Locate themes

• Notice real-world issues in the book.

• Make personal connections to the book.

• Compare and contrast characters, plot line, settings, etc. with other characters in the book or other novels.

4. INTERPRETATION:

• “Read between the lines” to recognize gaps, unclear plots, or ambiguities with the characters.

• Locate clues that help you read between the lines.

• Be able to revise your interpretations as more information is gathered.

5. EVALUATION:

• Express your opinion and make judgments about the text.

• Raise questions about the text.

• Be able to make judgments based on evidence, not emotion.

EXAMPLE (taken from The Great Gatsby):

|Page Numbers |PASSAGE: |RESPONSE: |

|Pg. 55 | |Interpretation: |

| |“I looked back at my cousin, who began to ask me |From the description of Daisy’s voice, I can |

| |questions in her low, thrilling voice. It was the kind|infer that she is the type of person who |

| |of voice that the ear follows up and down, as if each |commands attention. Her personality is |

| |speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be |contagious and engaging to the people around |

| |played again…there was an excitement in her voice that |her. Sometimes it appears like she is talking|

| |men who had cared for her found difficult to forget: a |simply to hear herself talk. The text implies |

| |singing compulsion, a whispered “Listen.” |that she is not easily forgotten by the men |

| | |she had dated—like these men become “addicted”|

| | |to her and can’t let her go…which may be |

| | |foreshadowing something. |

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Dialectical Journal adapted from

Grading

Grade A

____sufficient number of entries

____exceptionally thorough entries that show in-depth analysis

____no evidence of plagiarism from written or online sources

____no grammatical errors

Grade B

_____sufficient number of entries

_____thorough entries that show analysis

_____no evidence of plagiarism from written or online sources

_____few grammatical errors

Grade C

_____sufficient number of entries

_____somewhat thorough entries that show analysis

_____no evidence of plagiarism from written or online sources

_____several minor grammatical errors

Grade D

_____insufficient number of entries and/or poorly written entries

reflecting little thought

_____no evidence of plagiarism from written or online sources

_____multiple serious grammatical errors

Grade F

_____insufficient number of entries

_____incomplete, illegible, and/or poorly written entries

_____evidence of plagiarism from written or online sources

_____numerous serious grammatical errors

VOCABULARY

Directions: On this sheet, list ten words from your summer reading that you did not know. Write down what you think the word means in context. Then write down the actual dictionary definition.

|Word |Work in which word appeared |Your definition |Dictionary definition |

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