Summer Learning

After students voted for this year’s summer reading choices, the following five books were selected as this summer’s featured reads.

Each student is required to select ONE of the FIVE books to read over the summer:

• Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
• Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
• Rez Ball by Byron Graves
• Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green
• Imprisoned: The Betrayal of Japanese Americans during World War II by Martin W. Sandler

While reading, consider the following purpose statement:  Conflict provides crucial tension in any story and is used to drive the narrative forward. It often reveals a deeper meaning in a narrative while highlighting characters' motivations, values, and weaknesses. Using your summer reading choice book from the list above, you will analyze a conflict that forces a character to change in a meaningful way.

Students must read TWO books:
*Please note that students will need the books throughout the school year.

ONE book must come from this list:
After students voted for this year’s summer reading choices, the following five books were selected as this summer’s featured reads. Each student is required to select ONE of the FIVE books to read over the summer:

• Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
• Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
• Rez Ball by Byron Graves
• Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green
• Imprisoned: The Betrayal of Japanese Americans during World War II by Martin W. Sandler

While reading, consider the following purpose statement:  
Conflict provides crucial tension in any story and is used to drive the narrative forward. It often reveals a deeper meaning in a narrative while highlighting characters' motivations, values, and weaknesses. Using your summer reading choice book from the list above, you will analyze a conflict that forces a character to change in a meaningful way.

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Night by Elie Wiesel                                             ISBN# 978-0374500016                                         

Purpose Statement: The novel revolves around human morality and the question of what is right and what is wrong.  After reading, you will demonstrate through both a performance task and a project-based assessment your understanding of the themes of the novel.  In addition, you will analyze the plot, paying specific attention to elements of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

After students voted for this year’s summer reading choices, the following five books were selected as this summer’s featured reads.

Each student is required to select ONE of the FIVE books to read over the summer:

• Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
• Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
• Rez Ball by Byron Graves
• Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green
• Imprisoned: The Betrayal of Japanese Americans during World War II by Martin W. Sandler

While reading, consider the following purpose statement:  Conflict provides crucial tension in any story and is used to drive the narrative forward. It often reveals a deeper meaning in a narrative while highlighting characters' motivations, values, and weaknesses. Using your summer reading choice book from the list above, you will analyze a conflict that forces a character to change in a meaningful way.

Students must read TWO books.

ONE book must come from this list:

After students voted for this year’s summer reading choices, the following five books were selected as this summer’s featured reads. Each student is required to select ONE of the FIVE books to read over the summer:

• Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
• Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
• Rez Ball by Byron Graves
• Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green
• Imprisoned: The Betrayal of Japanese Americans during World War II by Martin W. Sandler

While reading, consider the following purpose statement:  Conflict provides crucial tension in any story and is used to drive the narrative forward. It often reveals a deeper meaning in a narrative while highlighting characters' motivations, values, and weaknesses. Using your summer reading choice book from the list above, you will analyze a conflict that forces a character to change in a meaningful way.
 

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Students MUST also read Books I through IV of the following:

The Odyssey by Homer Emily Wilson Translation.
The Odyssey Paperback – Deckle Edge, ISBN# 978-0393356250

Purpose Statement:  After reading Books 1 through IV (known as The Telemachy), be prepared to discuss how the themes of maturation and hospitality are revealed through conflict. Focus on the questions of how the characters treat each other and how Telemachus undergoes change through the guidance of Athena, Nestor, and Menelaus. Students will be assessed on their ability to show how the theme is revealed through conflict in both the summer reading novel and books I-IV of Homer’s Odyssey.

After students voted for this year’s summer reading choices, the following five books were selected as this summer’s featured reads.
Each student is required to select ONE of the FIVE books to read over the summer:

• Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
• Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
• Rez Ball by Byron Graves
• Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green
• Imprisoned: The Betrayal of Japanese Americans during World War II by Martin W. Sandler

While reading, consider the following purpose statement:  Conflict provides crucial tension in any story and is used to drive the narrative forward. It often reveals a deeper meaning in a narrative while highlighting characters' motivations, values, and weaknesses. Using your summer reading choice book from the list above, you will analyze a conflict that forces a character to change in a meaningful way.

Students must read a total of THREE books.

ONE book must come from this list:

After students voted for this year’s summer reading choices, the following five books were selected as this summer’s featured reads. Each student is required to select ONE of the FIVE books to read over the summer:

• Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
• Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
• Rez Ball by Byron Graves
• Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green
• Imprisoned: The Betrayal of Japanese Americans during World War II by Martin W. Sandler

While reading, consider the following purpose statement:  Conflict provides crucial tension in any story and is used to drive the narrative forward. It often reveals a deeper meaning in a narrative while highlighting characters' motivations, values, and weaknesses. Using your summer reading choice book from the list above, you will analyze a conflict that forces a character to change in a meaningful way.
 

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Students must also read TWO of the following books:

• The Awakening by Kate Chopin ISBN# 978-0451524485    
• The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan ISBN# 978-0143038092                            
• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger ISBN# 978-0316769174        
• Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. ISBN# 978-0385333481    
• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald ISBN# 978-0743273565
• Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway ISBN# 978-0684801223

Purpose Statement:  Characterization is a multifaceted element in literature. After reading two selections, you will be asked to compare and contrast the static or dynamic nature of each book’s main characters. 

After students voted for this year’s summer reading choices, the following five books were selected as this summer’s featured reads.
Each student is required to select ONE of the FIVE books to read over the summer:

• Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
• Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
• Rez Ball by Byron Graves
• Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green
• Imprisoned: The Betrayal of Japanese Americans during World War II by Martin W. Sandler

While reading, consider the following purpose statement:  Conflict provides crucial tension in any story and is used to drive the narrative forward. It often reveals a deeper meaning in a narrative while highlighting characters' motivations, values, and weaknesses. Using your summer reading choice book from the list above, you will analyze a conflict that forces a character to change in a meaningful way.

 Students must read TWO books.

ONE book must come from this list:
After students voted for this year’s summer reading choices, the following five books were selected as this summer’s featured reads. Each student is required to select ONE of the FIVE books to read over the summer:

• Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
• Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
• Rez Ball by Byron Graves
• Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green
• Imprisoned: The Betrayal of Japanese Americans during World War II by Martin W. Sandler

While reading, consider the following purpose statement:  Conflict provides crucial tension in any story and is used to drive the narrative forward. It often reveals a deeper meaning in a narrative while highlighting characters' motivations, values, and weaknesses. Using your summer reading choice book from the list above, you will analyze a conflict that forces a character to change in a meaningful way.
 

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1984 by George Orwell ISBN# 978-0451524935    

Purpose Statement:  Authors very often use events in the plot to develop a theme.  After reading the novel, you will demonstrate your understanding of the author's use of these devices.

Students must read TWO books.

ONE book must come from this list:
After students voted for this year’s summer reading choices, the following five books were selected as this summer’s featured reads. Each student is required to select ONE of the FIVE books to read over the summer:

• Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
• Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
• Rez Ball by Byron Graves
• Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green
• Imprisoned: The Betrayal of Japanese Americans during World War II by Martin W. Sandler

While reading, consider the following purpose statement:  Conflict provides crucial tension in any story and is used to drive the narrative forward. It often reveals a deeper meaning in a narrative while highlighting characters' motivations, values, and weaknesses. Using your summer reading choice book from the list above, you will analyze a conflict that forces a character to change in a meaningful way.
 

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Sophocles Antigone, Translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics, ISBN# 978-0140444254;  Available for free at these links: Antigone web link; Antigone Google Drive PDF.

Also review these materials:

• An Introduction to Toulmin
• The Toulmin Model

Purpose Statement: Antigone, much like the AP Seminar course itself, focuses on argumentation, asking questions, and prioritizing the truth over opinions. Students should be prepared to participate with an approach to logic, argumentation, and solving disputed questions that focuses on minimizing the influence of biases and approaches conflict through multiple points of view.

Students must read a total of THREE books.

ONE book must come from this list:
After students voted for this year’s summer reading choices, the following five books were selected as this summer’s featured reads. Each student is required to select ONE of the FIVE books to read over the summer:

• Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
• Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
• Rez Ball by Byron Graves
• Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green
• Imprisoned: The Betrayal of Japanese Americans during World War II by Martin W. Sandler

While reading, consider the following purpose statement:  Conflict provides crucial tension in any story and is used to drive the narrative forward. It often reveals a deeper meaning in a narrative while highlighting characters' motivations, values, and weaknesses. Using your summer reading choice book from the list above, you will analyze a conflict that forces a character to change in a meaningful way.
 

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Students are also expected to read the following selections:

1. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot ISBN-10 9780330533447

2. The Craft of Research by Booth, Colomb, and Williams (Sections 1 and 2)

In addition to our two required reading books, read, review, and make guided notes on Part I and II of The Craft of Research by Booth, Colomb, and Williams. While we will be reviewing concepts from the text in class notes and lectures, reading the text ahead of time will be useful entering the beginning of the year. Using your already developed research skills, you should be able to find a copy for free (begin with a library). 

A second suggested source is The Student’s Guide to Writing College Papers. Kate L. Turabian. Copies are available for you in the library if you wish. There is no need to read Chapters 18-20, but you should still familiarize yourself with the citation style that is used in your chosen discipline. Please refer to NoodleTools for more information. 

Students must read TWO books.  Please read this entire section carefully.

ONE book must come from this list:
After students voted for this year’s summer reading choices, the following five books were selected as this summer’s featured reads. Each student is required to select ONE of the FIVE books to read over the summer:

• Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
• Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
• Rez Ball by Byron Graves
• Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green
• Imprisoned: The Betrayal of Japanese Americans during World War II by Martin W. Sandler

While reading, consider the following purpose statement:  Conflict provides crucial tension in any story and is used to drive the narrative forward. It often reveals a deeper meaning in a narrative while highlighting characters' motivations, values, and weaknesses. Using your summer reading choice book from the list above, you will analyze a conflict that forces a character to change in a meaningful way.

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All students enrolled in AP Literature must read Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë.  See the attached link with directions for taking book notes (notes are recommended but optional).

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte         ISBN# 978-0451530912              

Purpose Statement: Reading Jane Eyre will enable your pursuit of the sharp literary analysis skills necessary for success in AP Literature and Composition.  There will be multiple assessments and activities on Jane Eyre when school resumes.  It is highly recommended that you take notes as you read, as Jane Eyre is a challenging novel with a lot of details to remember.   Click the link to read directions on how to take effective book notes.  Again, notes are optional, but highly encouraged. 

Directions for Optional Book Notes:  

• Book Notes Guidelines
• Book Notes Guidelines

Students must read TWO books.

ONE book must come from this list:
After students voted for this year’s summer reading choices, the following five books were selected as this summer’s featured reads. Each student is required to select ONE of the FIVE books to read over the summer:

• Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
• Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
• Rez Ball by Byron Graves
• Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green
• Imprisoned: The Betrayal of Japanese Americans during World War II by Martin W. Sandler

While reading, consider the following purpose statement:  Conflict provides crucial tension in any story and is used to drive the narrative forward. It often reveals a deeper meaning in a narrative while highlighting characters' motivations, values, and weaknesses. Using your summer reading choice book from the list above, you will analyze a conflict that forces a character to change in a meaningful way.
 

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Choose ONE of the following Self-Help books to read and analyze over the summer. The purpose of this reading is not to force you to take someone’s advice (feel free to if you like it), it is to focus on a book with a clear argument and look at how the author develops that argument over the text. This book will serve as the focal point for the first month of activities in AP Language and Composition, it is recommended that, as you read, you keep notes on: What is the argument being made? What are the examples provided to prove the argument? What are the strengths of the argument? What are the weaknesses of the argument? Are there any obvious literary techniques being used to make the argument?

The potential choices include:

• Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear (2018) https://a.co/d/2CIPL5b
   
• The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron https://a.co/d/5O45ZUc
   
• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by Stephen R. Covey (2004) https://a.co/d/3QDzD74
   
• The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins https://a.co/d/0nRiuso 
   
• The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter--And How to Make the Most of Them Now by Meg Jay https://a.co/d/gkk8waL 
   
• Inner Excellence by Jim Murphy https://a.co/d/aUad1HW 
   
• 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos by Jordan B. Peterson https://a.co/d/dMKj1ZO 
   
• Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World by Admiral William H. McRaven https://a.co/d/7RUxFeM 
   
• Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts. by Brené Brown https://a.co/d/8EOVwUi 
   
• How We Learn: Why Brains Learn Better Than Any Machine . . . for Now by Stanislas Dehaene https://a.co/d/e8Ux8HO