My Bambis'..It has been a wonderful year..but alas it is time for it to draw to a close.... :( You have all impacted me in ways you will never fully comprehend. We have laughed-Anti-Gone Videos...... The Infamous Othello Raps..The fear of the poetry explication.....The Spoonville Anthologies.....Just to name a few..and all the amazing quotes of the year (Miss Gayol's Wall of Fame)..Which I will take with me into next years classroom :) Remember I will always be your teacher whether you are in my classroom or not. Though I act sometimes like I wont..you know I will miss you all from Afro to FiFi. Have an extremely safe summer. Please stay in touch missgayol@gmail.com Listed below you will find your summer reading list for 11th (sniff sniff) grade. Love Miss G.
Eleventh Grade Summer Reading List and Assignment:
All students entering English III are to read, regardless of level, TWO (2) selections from the list below.
Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin Cannery Row by John SteinbeckThe Things They Carried by Tim O’ Brien My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult(required) Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
Assignment—All levels:Complete and type the assignment below for each book read (two for English III and three for English III—Honors and Gifted Honors). Respond to each of the following questions in a complete paragraph. (You will write a total of seven paragraphs for each book).
Describe the main character(s)
Describe the setting of the book: time, place, location, etc.
Write a short summary of the plot (How does the book begin? What is the challenge for the main character? How does s/he overcome this obstacle?)
Analyze how the main character changes as a result of meeting the challenge.
Describe your favorite part of the nook, and explain why it is your favorite.
Write your opinion of the book. Provide reasons and examples to support your opinion.
Analyze the title of the book. Why do you think the author chose that title?
* A student may replace a summer reading selection (excluding the required text) with a selection from the Superintendent’s Summer Reading list. This list is available on www.dadeschools.net
AP ENGLISH LANGUAGE & COMPOSITION
For each of the literary works that you choose to read, please record the following information in a Reader’s Response Journal. (A folder is required with a section dedicated to each piece of literature—you will continue to use this folder throughout the academic year.) This assignment must be TYPED.
Title & Author
Abstract
A summary of no more than 150 words
For the autobiography, consider the major turning points in the individual’s life
Identify 6 quotations from the work that interest you the most, (include page #), and fully explicate each one in terms of
The quote’s significance to you
The quote’s significance to the work as a whole
What is the primary message that you learned from the work?
How would you describe the writer’s style? What are the characteristics or features of this style?
What, if any, were the obstacles to your reading comprehension of this work? (i.e.—vocabulary, dialect, sentence structure, plot structure, etc.) How did you overcome these obstacles?
READ J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye and Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner
Nonfiction: Select an article from each of the sources listed below and complete the following for each:
type written synopsis
identify biases of the writer (evidence of personal feelings or opinion)
your opinion of the subject matter
Sources:Article from NPR.org “Politics and Society” http://www.npr.org/templates/topics.php?topicId=1012
Article from The New Yorker online http://www.newyorker.com/reporting
Article from www.theonion.com
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