Welcome to AP English Literature! I am excited about our upcoming year!

Because of the necessary and rewarding rigor of the AP class, we will begin our work during the

summer to ensure you remain actively engaged in critical thinking, continue to improve your

reading and comprehension skills, and arrive fully prepared for this college level class. Please

note that this is a college level class-NOT a college prep class, and consequently, the work, texts,

ideas, and writing level are those of college level classes.

DUE THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL:

1. Formal essay-Their Eyes Were Watching God

2. One informal response

3. Annotated copy of Their Eyes Were Watching God

4. 11th edition of Perrine’s Sound and Sense An Introduction to Poetry (This is an older

edition, so online is the best source for finding these!)

5. Completed reading and annotations of poetry in Sound and Sense Chapters 1-4

6. 50 + page Spiral bound notebook (8*11, college ruled)

REQUIRED SUMMER READING:

1. Their Eyes Were Watching God-Zora Neale Hurston.

2. Sound and Sense, Chapters 1-4

Choose any edition of TEWWG, but you must read the entire novel at least once to effectively

complete the assignments and prepare for the test on the first day of school. This novel appears

on the AP Lit test quite often, and the themes, images, and text structure will act as the thread for

all of first quarter’s work. Start early to ensure you have ample time to complete the reading and

the attached writing assignments. Please don’t become discouraged in the first chapters; your

fluency and comprehension improve dramatically as you read. Reading the dialect aloud enables

you to better understand the text.

WHILE YOU READ: Please annotate the entire text. Identify *figurative language,

important passages or quotes, personal connections, thematic elements, ask questions, make

comments, and summarize chunks. You will need to have your annotated text with you the first

day of class. I will check your texts! Also, please use the website (easthighaplit.com) for

historical context, biographies, music, and art, an understanding of the setting, Harlem

Renaissance, and race relations; doing so will only enhance your enjoyment and understanding

of the narrator’s conflicts and motivations. The website will also have rubrics and writing

guidelines, so please use this tool.

AP blog: http://easthighaplit.blogspot.com/ During the summer, I will pose questions

and provide quotes for students to comment on which directly link to themes, ideas, and events in

Their Eyes Were Watching God. You are expected to contribute your own reflections, opinions,

and theories on the blog. While it may seem like extra work, this blog may be a lifesaver! You

will have the opportunity to share and discuss views, ask questions, and gain insight into the text

prior to writing your essays. Previous year’s responses are still available for you to use, too.

*You should easily identify examples of: simile, metaphor, allusions, dialect,

dialogue, symbols, setting, and characterization (both direct and indirect) and consider

their thematic function.

WRITING ASSIGNMENTS: You will write a literary response essay to the

following prompt, and then one informal essay to questions 1 and 2 below.

FORMAL ESSAY: I expect MLA format, and your essay should comprise about 3-

5 pages with the emphasis on analysis. If you turn in a summary, you will fail. Check the

website for guides and the rubric to ensure your work focuses on critical thinking and

analysis versus a retelling of the plot.

FORMAL ESSAY PROMPT:

2012. “And after all, our surroundings influence our lives and characters as much as fate,

destiny or any supernatural agency.” Pauline Hopkins, Contending Forces

In Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, cultural, physical, or

geographical surroundings shape psychological or moral traits in the protagonist, Janie.

Please write a well-organized essay in which you analyze how surroundings affect this

character and illuminate the meaning of the work as a whole. Avoid mere plot summary.

INFORMAL essay: This response is informal, which means that you may use

personal pronouns and more casual language. This assignment should help you make

personal connections with Janie. I do still expect them to be typed, using MLA format.

1. Janie’s grandmother reveals her hopes for Janie when she advises, “But nothing can’t

stop you from wishin’. You can’t beat nobody down so low till you can rob ‘em of

they will” (Hurston 3). Consider your own experience, in a two-page narrative, relate

a time or experience that parallels the idea of someone or something attempting to

complicate or prevent you from achieving your goals and how you have or are

continuing to pursue them.

QUESTIONS??? Email: nancy.peterson@slcschools.org

Blog: http://easthighaplit.blogspot.com/

RECOMMENDED TITLES FOR EAST HIGH FREE CHOICE READING:

You are still expected to complete the East High Summer Reading assignment. Please choose a title from

this list to better prepare you for AP lit-and life. This list encompasses the quintessence of literature,

(which is a wholly verbose way of saying, “Seriously! These texts are freakin’ awesome!), and I

unreservedly contend that you are morally, spiritually, and intellectually obliged to read and love these

few selections. I’ve included the number of times each title has appeared on the AP test in the last 47

years, also.

Most Frequently Cited 1970-2017 28 Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

20 Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

18 *Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

18 Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

17 Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevski

17 King Lear by William Shakespeare

15 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark

Twain

15 Moby Dick by Herman Melville

14 Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

14 Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James

Joyce

14 The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

13 *The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

13 *Othello by William Shakespeare

13 The Awakening by Kate Chopin

13 Beloved by Toni Morrison

12 Billy Budd by Herman Melville

12 Light in August by William Faulkner

11 Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko

11 The Color Purple by Alice Walker

10 Antigone by Sophocles

10 As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

10 *The Crucible by Arthur Miller

10 The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams

10 Native Son by Richard Wright

10 Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

10 A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams

9 Tess of the D’Ubervilles by Thomas Hardy

9 Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

9 Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

9 Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy

*You may only complete these if you did not study them last year!

Here’s a list of newer texts which may not appear on the AP Lit test, but these are of such great literary

merit that it behooves you to read them.

The Secret History Buried Giant Never Let Me Go Sing, Unburied Sing

PULITZER PRIZE WINNERS: The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson

What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank by Nathan Englander

The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

The Son by Philipp Meyer

The Woman Who Lost Her Soul by Bob Shacochis

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

Let Me Be Frank with You by Richard Ford

The Moor's Account by Laila Lalami

Lovely, Dark, Deep by Joyce Carol Oates

The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen[10]

Get in Trouble: Stories by Kelly Link

Maud's Line by Margaret Verble

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead[11]

Imagine Me Gone by Adam Haslett

The Sport of Kings by C.E. Morgan

Annotation

Affixes of annotation

An = above (pre-fix)

nota = notes (root)

tion = noun – a thing (suffix)

1. Determine your purpose for reading. (Why are you reading? What is the

question or prompt we want you to think about?)

2. Read the text to understand. (Get help if the text is not clear.)

3. Re-read the text with your purpose in mind.

4. Highlight or mark the text where it reflects your reading purpose.

5. Make a note indicating how the text reflects your purpose. (Why did you

mark the text?)

6. Review your annotations to develop a response to your reading purpose

(claim, inference, opinion).

EAST HIGH SCHOOL’S

SUMMER READING 2018

9th—10th—11th—12th Grades Free-Choice Summer

SUMMER READING ASSIGNMENT Your reading response assignment is on the other side of this handout.

DUE DATE: First day of your Language Arts class

PURPOSE OF SUMMER READING The goal of summer reading is to establish a community of readers:

Read and ENJOY a new book (one you’ve not read before)

Discover the pleasures that reading provides

Maintain reading skills

Read any book you’d like this summer that’s new to you. Choose something that interests you and is

appropriate for your age and reading level.

SUGGESTED BOOKS You should read at least one book this summer. Kids who don’t read over the summer lose reading ability

and comprehension over the break, so think about reading a book by an author you like. Ask friends,

family, teachers, or librarians for suggestions. Read for enjoyment, but also pay attention to the details

that make the book enjoyable. If you choose something you don’t like, change books and start over.

The website Novelist offers great book suggestions! You must use this web address to access the correct

website. It is easy to access at the public library and school; at home, you just put in your library card

number. (http://pioneer.utah.gov/research/databases/novelist.html)

HONORS, AP, AND CONCURRENT These students should complete the Free-Choice summer reading assignment, but also have additional

required reading and assignments. Your current teacher will give you these summer assignments this

spring. If you don’t receive them, contact the following teachers to pick up the additional assignment.

INCOMING

GRADE

ASSIGNMENT(S) TEACHER ROOM

9th Honors Assignment & Free-Choice Hebert D204

10th Honors Assignment & Free-Choice Parkin D308

11th Honors Assignment & Free-Choice Nye D303

AP Language AP Assignment & Free-Choice Turnbow D208

AP Literature AP Assignment & Free-Choice Peterson D306

Concurrent Free-Choice Only Turner B327

SUMMER READING

FREE-CHOICE ASSIGNMENT

Create a One Pager Response for the novel you choose to read. A One Pager is a single-page response that

shows your understanding of what you read. It’s a format that demonstrates your individual, unique understanding

of the text, a way to be creative and experimental, and a way to respond to your reading imaginatively and honestly.

WHAT TO DO Follow these instructions carefully. Complete the project on ONE SIDE of an unlined 8½ x 11 sheet of paper.

INCLUDE author’s name and title of your book.

LIST three important quotes that made you think, wonder, or reminded you of something.

USE a visual image (either drawn, computer-generated, or cut out from a magazine) that illustrates what

picture(s) you had in your mind from reading.

WRITE a 3-4 sentence personal statement about what you read: What did it mean to you personally?

What is your opinion, final thought, big question, or personal connection? What did you learn from the

book? Do NOT write a summary.

ADD a lot of color and patterns (perhaps even texture) to illustrate your thoughts and ideas clearly and

creatively.

RUBRIC Requirement 4 3 2 1

Follows Directions:

Full page (8½ x11)

Unlined paper

Everything on one

side of paper

Creative, attractive

Exemplary product—

Obvious time and

effort was put in to

assignment

Requirements met—

Student followed all

directions

Student did not

follow all directions

Minimal or no

effort—Rushed

and/or messy

Book Title, Author’s Name Both are easy to locate Both are included on

the product

One is included Does not include

title/author

Important Quotes Three important quotes

show careful selection

and significance—

Quotes are easy to find

Three quotes are easy

to find, but their

significance is unclear

Three or fewer

quotes are easy to

find

Does not include all

three or any quotes

Visual Image Visual image

demonstrates creativity

and neatness—reveals

a clear connection to

the book

Visual image creates a

clear connection to the

book

Visual image is

present, but does not

make a clear

connection to the

book

Visual image is

poor, or project does

not include visual

image

Personal Statement:

3-4 Sentences

Statement clearly

connects Reader to the

book with an opinion,

reaction, or connection

The statement

recommends the book

rather than showing a

personal connection

Summary of book Does not include

personal statement

EXAMPLES Notice how these One Pagers below incorporate images, quotes, and responses. If you would like to see a larger

version of a One Pager, please go to the following link: http://goo.gl/ALrGBD