APLiteratureandComposition2015
SummerReadingAssignment
SummerReadingText
TheKiteRunner
Author:KhaledHosseini
ISBN:978‐1‐59448‐000‐3
StopbytheEnglishbookroomtoborrowacopyofthebook. Or,ifyouwish,youcan
obtainacopyfromamazon,thelibrary,orabookstore. Youarealsofreetousean
electronicversionofthetext.
Assignment
1. Readandannotatetheentirenovelnotingallusions,symbols,motifs,themes,
significantpassages,charactertraits,etc.
Ifyoupurchasethebook,youcanannotatedirectlyinthetext. Ifyouborrowa
book,youcancompleteannotationsonpost‐itnotesorseparatesheetsofpaper.If
youuseanelectronicversionandannotateonthedevicepleaseemailyour
annotationstoyourselfandprintthemoutbeforeyoureturntoschool.
2. Maintainadialecticaljournal. Seepage2ofthishandoutforasamplejournal
entry.
 Chooseonekeysentencetoanalyzefrom15ofthe25chaptersinthenovel.
Youwillhaveatotalof15entries.
 Createachartwith3columns. Intheleftcolumn,enterthepagenumber. In
themiddlecolumn,typethesentence(s)fromthechapter. Intheright
column,typeatleast4sentencesanalyzingthesentence. Considertheme,
characterization,symbol,motif,connotation,structure,allusion,imagery,etc.
Avoidmeresummary.
Evaluation
Thedialecticaljournalshouldbetypedandwillbecollectedonthefirstdayofclass
andevaluatedforagrade. Uponyourreturntoschool,youwillreceiveinformation
onhowtouploadyourassignmenttowww.turnitin.comtocheckforplagiarism.
Studentsshouldpreparetodiscussthetextindetailduringthefirstweekofschool
andtorespondtoanAPexamessaypromptonTheKiteRunner.
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Sampledialecticaljournal
Sentence
Analysis
IbecamewhatIam
todayattheageof
twelve,onafrigid
overcastdayinthe
winterof1975.
Thissentencebeginsthenoveland
tellsthereaderafewimportant
things. First,thenarratorwillbe
lookingbackonthepast. Itappears
thathewilldosowithanadult
understandingoftheevents. He
alludes to the events of 1975,but…
SuggestionsforFurtherReading
Thefollowingtitlesareoftenincludedontheopen‐responseessayquestiononthe
APexam. Whilenoneofthesetitlesarerequiredreading,theyallwillstrengthen
yourbackgroundandhelpyoutransitionintoAPLiteratureinthefall. Consider
readingoneortwotitlesoverthesummer.
TheInvisibleMan
WutheringHeights
TheGreatGatsby
TheSunAlsoRises
JaneEyre
APrayerforOwenMeany
AdventuresofHuckFinn
OedipusRexandAntigone
PortraitofanArtistasaYoungMan
TheHandmaid’sTale
MobyDick
PrideandPrejudice
AlltheKing’sMen
Beloved
AThousandAcres
Macbeth
GreatExpectations
Siddhartha
Questions
Ifyouhaveanyquestionsabouttheassignment,pleasee‐mailoneofthefollowing
teachers.
Ms.Tucker
[email protected] Ms.Trettel
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