9th Grade Summer Reading List

for Blackman High School

Standard English I

2017-2018

All Standard English I students have the option of choosing one of the novels

listed below:

The Maze Runner by James Dashner

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card

Take the Stairs by Rory Vaden

Summer reading will be evaluated during the first few weeks of school (August 2017) and will

count as extra credit toward the first nine weeks’ average.

9th Grade Summer Reading List

for Blackman High School

Honors English I

2017-2018

All Honors English I students are required to read one of the novels listed below:

The Maze Runner by James Dashner

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Summer reading will be evaluated during the first few weeks of school (August

2017) and will count as a test grade factored into the first nine weeks’ average.

9th Grade Summer Reading List

for Blackman High School

BCA English I

2017-2018

All BCA English I students are required to read the novel listed below:

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Summer reading will be evaluated during the first few weeks of school (August

2017) and will count as a test grade factored into the first nine weeks’ average.

10th Grade Summer Reading List

for Blackman High School

Standard English II

2017-2018

All Standard English II students are required to read the novel listed below:

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Summer reading will be evaluated during the first few weeks of school (August 2017) upon

which time students will take a test and write an analytical essay over the novel.

10th Grade Summer Reading List

for Blackman High School

Honors English II

2017-2018

All Honors English II students are required to read the novel listed below:

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Summer reading will be evaluated during the first few weeks of school (August 2017) upon

which time students will take a test and write an analytical essay over the novel.

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10th Grade Summer Reading List

for Blackman High School

BCA English II

2017-2018

All BCA English II students are required to read the novel listed below:

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Summer reading will be evaluated during the first few weeks of school (August 2017) upon

which time BCA students will take a test and write an analytical essay over the novel.

11th Grade Summer Reading List

for Blackman High School

Standard English III

2017-2018

All Standard English III students are required to read one of the novels listed

below:

Girls Stolen by April Henry

The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore

All Standard English III students will be required to keep a reading journal for the novel that will

include the following:

1. A summary of each chapter

2. The definition of three unknown or challenging words for each chapter.

3. One significant quote or excerpt from each chapter with an explanation of the

selection and the identity of the character, if applicable.

4. Answer the following questions as they pertain to the quote or excerpt: Why did you

select the passage? Why is this passage important?

All Standard English III students will submit the journal to their English III teacher the first week

of August 2017.

11th Grade Summer Reading List for Blackman High School

Honors English III 2017-2018

All Honors English II students are required to read one of the novels listed below:

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

All Honors English III students will be required to keep and submit a reading journal for the novel that will include the following:

1. Summary of each chapter 2. Three unknown or challenging vocabulary words with definitions for each chapter. 3. One significant quote or excerpt from each chapter with an explanation of the quote and the identity of the character to which it pertains. 4. Answer the following questions regarding the quotes: Why did you select the quote? Why is that quote so important? 5. All submissions are due the first FULL day back to school in August 2018. 6. All submissions must be in COMPLETE SENTENCES.

11th Grade Summer Reading List

for Blackman High School

Advanced Placement English III

2017-2018

All AP English III students are required to read both of the texts listed below:

All Over But the Shoutin’ by Rick Bragg

Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell

All AP English III students will be required to complete summer work regarding the assigned

readings above. Assignment details are attached and accessible on the BHS website. All

assignments are due on the first day of class. Students should organize and proofread all

assignments before submitting them to the teacher on the first full day of class. MLA format is

required; see the attachment for help.

AP English III students should also be prepared for an exam in the first week of school, which

may include identification, quotations, discussion, and analysis of both texts.

AP English III, 2017-18 Blackman High School

3956 Blaze Drive, Murfreesboro, TN 37128

Blackman website (for school calendar and information): http://www.bhs.rcschools.net

College Board website (for questions about the AP program): https://apstudent.collegeboard.org/home

My email address (for questions about the assignment and class): pricemeli@rcschools.net

Welcome to AP English Language and Composition!

I look forward to becoming acquainted with and teaching each of you. Please contact me via email with any

questions this summer. I expect you to have completed the following assignments and to be ready for testing in

the first week of class. Your performance on these tasks will be the first indicator, for you and me, of your

ability to perform college-level work on a college-level timetable, which is at the heart of the AP program.

Course Information

AP Language and Composition is a year-long, college-level course designed to engage you in studying language

and rhetoric by analyzing rich and diverse texts from a variety of periods, disciplines, and rhetorical contexts.

You will simultaneously engage in becoming skilled writers who effectively compose for a variety of purposes.

Our study will focus on making you aware of the interactions among a writer’s purposes, audience, expectations,

and subjects, as well as the way generic conventions contribute to effective writing.

Purpose for Reading

The summer reading assignment is designed to begin familiarizing you with the material covered on the AP

Language and Composition exam as well as some of the techniques we will be studying this year. As AP

students studying language and composition, your purpose is not to study a novel simply as a work of fiction or

a nonfiction work as only a source of information, but to appreciate and understand them as masterpieces of

language. Your purpose for reading is to discover which elements of language these authors use and what effect

the elements have on the audience.

Ultimately, all of these elements combine to comprise an author’s style. Style involves the author’s choice and

arrangement of words and sentences (diction and syntax), the use of sensory and/or figurative language, the

tone, and the mood. Look at the length and complexity of the sentences; the use of words that are unusual,

sophisticated, or colloquial, and the use of literary elements such as allusion and irony.

I highly recommend that you annotate the text as you read; therefore, if you are borrowing a school or library

copy of the book, please use removable post-it notes so you may pseudo-annotate on those; see the following

example for guidance on annotations. Bring your texts to class with you on the first full day.

All assignments are due on the first full day of class (8/9/17). Be prepared for an exam in the first week

of school which may include identification, quotations, discussion, and analysis of both texts. Organize

and proofread all assignments, which should be typed, before submitting them to me on the first full

day of class. MLA format is required; see the attachment if you need help.

Enjoy your summer!

Mrs. Melissa Price

Summer Assignments, AP English Language and Composition, Blackman High School

Part I

Learn and memorize the first list of rhetorical terms found at http://bit.ly/2oSh13Y, as you will be tested on these in

the first week. These terms are frequently found on the AP exam. Quizlet, the site hosting the list, offers free study tools

and an app for Apple and Android devices that you may find helpful.

Part II

Read All Over But the Shoutin’ by Rick Bragg, a memoir about his life growing up in the South.

Compose an original essay responding to the following prompt.

Prompt: Choose three episodes from Bragg’s childhood (these should be found throughout the book). How did Bragg’s

childhood experiences shape his adult choices, and which was most powerful in its influence on the adult man?

Annotation Example

Part III Read Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell, annotating as above, and complete a Dialectical Reading Journal, as described below.

Dialectical Reading Journal

This must include at least one response to each chapter, totaling at least 20 different rhetorical devices from the book. These

devices should be functioning to reveal syntax, images, diction, descriptive language, subject, occasion, audience, purpose,

argumentative devices, tone, style of writing, audience appeals, and/or author style. Quotations must include MLA

parenthetical/internal citations for each quotation. Please type your journal, including a chart like the example below.

The journal should also include an additional 20 entries of vocabulary words you did not previously know, but

identified and defined over the course of the book. An example has also been included below.

Rhetorical Device and Definition Chapter

and Page

Quote Explanation

Parallelism / parallel

structure— Where several parts

of a sentence or several sentences

are expressed similarly to show

that the ideas in those parts are of

equal weight or importance,

adding balance, rhythm, and clarity

to the sentence.

Chapter 2 “His presence made it both the field

of blood and of blasphemy. From

the rising till the going down of the

sun, he was cursing, raving, cutting,

and slashing among the slaves of the

field, in the most frightful manner”

(Douglass 14).

This passage uses parallel structure to

emphasize the overseer’s brutality

and inhuman disregard for the slaves.

The characteristics emphasized by the

structure are foul and would be

thoroughly repugnant to Douglass’

audience.

Intimation—(vocabulary) The

noun intimation means a hint or

an indirect suggestion

(vocabulary.com).

Chapter 1 “Called thus suddenly away, she left

me without the slightest intimation

of who my father was” (Douglass 4).

In an example of understatement,

Douglass refers to his mother’s death

as ‘being called suddenly away’ and

uses it to reinforce his inability to

know his father’s identity.

Independent clause—a clause

that contains a complete idea and

can stand alone grammatically

because it has both a subject and

a verb.

Chapter 3 “This plan worked well; the slaves

became as fearful of tar as of the

lash” (Douglass 20).

This sentence contains two

independent clauses joined with a

semicolon: 1. This plan worked well,

and 2.The slaves became as fearful of

tar as of the lash. The compound

sentences allow Douglass to link

relevant ideas together, for

comparison and emphasis of the

progression of ideas.

Works Cited

Douglass, Frederick. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. Austin, TX, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2000.

12th Grade Summer Reading List

for Blackman High School

Standard English IV

2017-2018

All Standard English IV students have the option of choosing one of the novels

listed below:

Grendel by John Gardner

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

The Lord of the Flies by William Golding*

This I Believe II edited by Jay Allison and Dan Gediman

For Love of Country by Howard Schultz and Rajiv Chandrasekaran

Summer reading will be evaluated during the first few weeks of school (August 2017) and will

count as extra credit on your first nine weeks’ grade.

*Contains moderate violence.

12th Grade Summer Reading List

for Blackman High School

Honors English IV

2017-2018

All Honors English IV students are required to choose one of the novels listed

below:

Grendel by John Gardner

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

The Lord of the Flies by William Golding*

This I Believe II edited by Jay Allison and Dan Gediman

For Love of Country by Howard Schultz and Rajiv Chandrasekaran

Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance **

Summer reading will be evaluated during the first few weeks of school (August 2017) and will

count as a grade on your first nine weeks’ grade.

*Contains moderate violence.

** This is the text that MTSU requires its incoming freshmen to read for summer reading.

12th Grade Summer Reading List

for Blackman High School

Advanced Placement English IV

2017-2018

All AP English IV students are required to read the following texts:

How to Read Literature Like a Professor (REVISED EDITION) by Thomas C. Foster

* Reading log (instructions attached) must be submitted on the 1st Full Day

of School

AND

Frankenstein by Mary W. Shelley

* Major Works Data Sheet (MWDS) due by 2nd week of school

All AP English IV students will be required to complete summer work regarding the assigned

readings above. Assignment details are attached and accessible on the BHS website.

English Composition I (Dual Enrollment)

Summer Reading List

for Blackman High School

2017-2018

All English I Composition Dual Enrollment students are required to read the novel

listed below:

Hillbilly Elegy by J. D. Vance

All English I Composition Dual Enrollment students’ summer reading will be evaluated during

the first few weeks of school (August 2017).