Summer Reading Instructions for AP Language and Composition Assignment or Thank you for Arguing by Jay Heinrichs 
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Write a summary of at least 5 key points in each of the five sections: “Introduction”, “Offense”, “Defense”, “Advanced Offense”, and “Advanced Agreement”. When you are writing your summaries, you must provide textual support directly from the book. Provide a page number in an in text citation. In the first week of this class, you will respond to a timed writing prompt in which you may use your summary notes from this assignment, so it would benefit you to use specific textual references and invest in your summaries. This assignment must be typed and will be turned in the first day of class. Assignment for Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell Dialectical Journaling You will complete three dialectical journals for every chapter in Outliers. The purpose of a dialectical journal is to identify significant pieces of text and explain their importance. The dialectical journal serves as another form of annotating text and should be used to think about, digest, question, clarify, critique, and remember what is read. It is a way to take notes on reading so that when you are asked to write an essay, you have at your disposal quotations to use as supporting evidence for opinions. The journals should be constructed with two columns in the following manner: Directions for dialectical journal: 
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Create two columns on your page. On the left‐hand side of the page type “note taking”. On the right, “note making”. (You may access dialectical journal templates on the internet if you so choose) In the left‐hand column, you will write sentences or phrases from the text that you believe illustrate a significant idea. Cite these quotations correctly by putting quotes around them and giving the specific page number. The right hand column is for your personal reflection concerning the quote: explain in your own words the significance of the passage. Do not merely summarize or paraphrase the quote. Use these questions for your reflection: a. What is it about the writing that stands out and makes the work distinctive? b. What is the author’s purpose for writing? c. What is the author’s attitude toward the subject matter? d. What is effective or ineffective in the work? 
e. Why is this information important to the author’s claim? f. How is this information important to our culture? You must type your dialectical journals and turn them in the first day of class. Assignment for Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner Directions: For this reading you must answer the following questions after reading the text. The questions and answers must be typed, and your answers must be at least 50 words. You need to use textual support, and you must give page numbers. This assignment will be due the first day of class. 1. Most people think of economics as a dry subject matter concerning monetary and fiscal
matters. How does Freakonomics change this definition?
2. Freakonomics argues that morality represent the way we'd like the world to work, whereas
economics can show how the world really does work. Do you agree?
3. Freakonomics lists three varieties of incentives: social, moral, and financial. Can you think of
others?
4. Freakonomics shows how the conventional wisdom is often shoddily formed. What are some
instances of conventional wisdom that you've always doubted?
5. Does it seem as though "experts" truly hold too much power in the modern world, or are we
lucky to have them?
6 .What are some issues in your daily life toward which you can apply some Freakonomics-style
thinking?
7. What were some of the most convincing arguments put forth in Freakonomics? What were
some of the least convincing?
8. How does the view of parenting in Freakonomics relate with your own view?
9. After reading Freakonomics, do you think that cheating is more prevalent or less prevalent
than you thought it was before you read the book?