Summer Reading 2017 for AP 11
Welcome to AP 11! The best way for you to RETAIN the skills and reading proficiency gained during
sophomore year is for you to READ during the summer – pleasure reading is great, but an academic focus
keeps your return to school in the fall feeling secure and confident about your upcoming AP 11 experience.
Directions for AP 11 Students:
1. Obtain a NEW, CLEAN copy of one book from the lists on the back of this sheet – it is YOUR
responsibility to obtain a copy*. Plan on writing directly in the book, which means you will want to
purchase your own copy. The book needs to be 200+ pages in length; most importantly, it needs to be
a book that you enjoy reading.
2. CLOSELY read the entire book, but choose a 100-page section for annotation. Please delay
bookmarking until after the first fifty pages so that you can make sure you enjoy your chosen book.
3. BOOKMARK this 100-page section of the text according to the guidelines listed below. A rubric has
been attached for your review.
*You may obtain a summer reading book by purchasing one at local book stores (many stores provide a student
discount) or using online options such as amazon.com where many book titles are available for under $2 each. You will
need to have the book in your possession at the beginning of the school year. All annotations within the book must be
your own; make sure you obtain a completely clean copy of your text before you start.
Bookmarking Guidelines: As you read, you need to connect, question, analyze, and, of course, enjoy the text.
Remember, good readers make the best writers – this is a win/win! In order to encourage active reading, you will turn in
your bookmarked copy of your self-selected summer read as the first major assignment of the school year.
Please read and carefully follow the directions below:
1. On the inside cover of the book, keep a list of the characters you encounter and the page where they first
appear. You should also write a brief description of each character.
2. Along the top margin of each page or two, write a phrase or sentence that indicates what happens with the plot
on that page in blue/black pen. This does not have to be long or greatly detailed, just briefly follow the plot.
3. Within the text of the book, highlight & label any potential symbols, motifs, or themes. In your labeling, you
might explain any nuances or shifts you see in these throughout the reading.
4. Within the side margins of each page, record any personal connections & evaluations (thoughts, impressions,
realizations, questions, concerns, likes, dislikes, etc. that you have as you are reading) in blue/black pen.
Evaluate how the reading affects you.
5. Within the text, circle any words that you do not know in blue/black pen; look them up and jot a brief definition
or synonym by each in blue/black pen.
6. Use the accompanying Rhetorical Terms Glossary in order to label the devices and strategies you see your
author employing throughout the text (do this in red pen). Use the glossary for two main purposes: to refresh
you on the terms you already know and should automatically identify as you read, and to identify
strategies/devices that you see in the writing but don’t yet know.
Have a GREAT summer! We look forward to seeing you in August. Please check your school e-mail for an invitation to
discuss your novel & bookmarking with other students and your teachers in early August.
Kyle Farrington:
Lindsay Gulbranson:
Bill Smithyman:
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
The following lists will provide rigorous, yet high-interest reading suggestions for your summer reading. These lists offer
a wide range of reading material suited to college-bound students. Feel free to choose any book off of any of these
lists; however, take care to avoid books on the freshman and sophomore lists, as these books will not be given credit.
Great Reads for College Bound Students (Great Schools.org):
http://www.greatschools.org/students/books/412-recommended-college-bound.gs
Arrowhead Library – Extensive list separated by genre:
http://als.lib.wi.us/Collegebound.html
Pearson’s list:
http://www.phschool.com/curriculum_support/reading_list/high_school.html
District approved books on the AP Literature list that will not be read in class (fair game!):
Title:
All the Pretty Horses
American Born Chinese
The Awakening
A Farewell to Arms
The Glass Castle
The Invisible Man
The Narrative of Frederick Douglass
The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail
Prayer for Owen Meany
A Raisin in the Sun
The Things a Brother Knows
Ella Minnow Pea
The Red Badge of Courage
Song of Solomon
Author:
Cormac McCarthy
Gene Luen Yang
Kate Chopin
Ernest Hemingway
Jeanette Walls
Ralph Ellison
Frederick Douglass
Jerome Lawrence
John Irving
Lorraine Hansberry
Dana Reinhardt
Mark Dunn
Stephen Crane
Toni Morrison
Please avoid the following titles, as they may be presented in class your senior year:
Brave New World
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Slaughterhouse Five
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Going After Cacciato
Beloved
Catch-22
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Aldous Huxley
Ken Kesey
Kurt Vonnegut
Zora Neal Hurston
Tim O’Brien
Toni Morrison
Joseph Heller
Ernest Hemingway