Aquinas High School English Department

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Please note: You may continue to use this page type if you desire. <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT face=Georgia color=#ff0000><STRONG>This page has been finalized for summer 2009.</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT face=Georgia></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN><FONT face=Georgia></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT face=Georgia>CP & AP English III</FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT face=Georgia>British Literature and Composition</FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT face=Georgia>2009-2010 <BR>Submit questions to Coach Laney, Instructor:</FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT face=Georgia><A href="mailto:mlaney@aquinashigh.org">mlaney@aquinashigh.org</A></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT face=Georgia></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN><FONT face=Georgia></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Georgia></FONT> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><?xml:namespace prefix = o /><o:p><FONT face=Georgia></FONT></o:p></SPAN></P><FONT face=Georgia><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 26pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Please retain sheet FYI!!!!!<o:p></o:p></SPAN> </FONT> <P></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 26pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT face=Georgia><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Georgia></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Georgia>(Additional reading recommendations can be found at </FONT><A href="http://teacherweb.com/GA/Aquinas/AJLloyd/hf6.stm"><FONT face=Georgia>http://teacherweb.com/GA/Aquinas/AJLloyd/hf6.stm</FONT></A><FONT face=Georgia> ) </FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Georgia></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Georgia>Junior English will require some summer work on your part to better prepare you for the work load you will be facing and to introduce you to some of the types of literature we will be tackling. These assignments must be completed if you plan to enroll in the course.</FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Georgia></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Georgia>CP - Read a minimum of FIVE major works of literature from any genre. You should choose onework from each of the genres listed below (1 play, 1 classic novel, 1 contemporary novel).</FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Georgia>Keep a reading log on each of the works you have read. (If you are unsure of how to keep a reading log, check the following link </FONT><A href="http://teacherweb.com/GA/Aquinas/AJLloyd/faq1.stm"><FONT face=Georgia>http://teacherweb.com/GA/Aquinas/AJLloyd/faq1.stm</FONT></A><FONT face=Georgia> and look for the FAQ about "reading logs".)</FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Georgia></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Georgia></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Georgia>AP - </FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT face=Georgia>1)<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN>Read or have read at least five (5) of the novels from the lists below: 2 classics, 2 contemp, 1 your choice.</FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT face=Georgia>2)<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN>Read or have read at least one (1) of the plays listed below.</FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT face=Georgia>3)<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN>Prepare a short, concise reading personality profile. The works in your profile can be from class or from reading you have done on your own. Instructions:</FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><FONT face=Georgia><o:p></o:p></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><FONT face=Georgia><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN>Your reading profile will help you prepare for the AP exam by allowing you<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><FONT face=Georgia><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN>to recall and document your reading history. Each title you present in your </FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><FONT face=Georgia><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN>profile should receive it’s own page. Information that should appear on that<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><FONT face=Georgia><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN>page includes title and author, setting, theme or basic idea, any interesting or </FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><FONT face=Georgia><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN>special characters or aspects, and all major symbols.</FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><FONT face=Georgia>The titles below represent some of the more influential and fascinating works in all of literature. Each piece is unique, but pay attention for common techniques used by several writers.</FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><FONT face=Georgia><o:p></o:p></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><FONT face=Georgia><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">NOVELS (CLASSIC)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(CONTEMP)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><FONT face=Georgia>Austen:<I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"> Emma, Sense and Sensibility<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></I>McCammon: <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Boy’s Life<o:p></o:p></I></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><FONT face=Georgia>Dostoevsky: <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Crime and Punishment<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></I>Kay: <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">To Dance with the White Dog<o:p></o:p></I></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><FONT face=Georgia>Conrad: <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Heart of Darkness<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></I>Keysen: <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Girl Interrupted<o:p></o:p></I></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><FONT face=Georgia>Hardy: <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Jude the Obscure, Tess, Far From the Madding Crowd<o:p></o:p></I></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><FONT face=Georgia><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Heller: Catch22<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></I>Haruf: <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Plainson<o:p></o:p></I></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><FONT face=Georgia>Rhys: <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Wide Sargasso Sea<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Lehane: Mystic River</I></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><FONT face=Georgia>Chopin: <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Awakening<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></I></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><FONT face=Georgia><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN>Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises, For Whom the Bell Tolls <o:p></o:p></FONT></I></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><FONT face=Georgia>Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath<o:p></o:p></FONT></I></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><FONT face=Georgia>Morrison, The Bluest Eye<o:p></o:p></FONT></I></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><FONT face=Georgia>Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young man <o:p></o:p></FONT></I></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><FONT face=Georgia><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></I>PLAYS</FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><FONT face=Georgia>Shakespeare: <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Romeo and Juliet, Othello, Hamlet<o:p></o:p></I></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><FONT face=Georgia>Stoppard: <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead<o:p></o:p></I></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><FONT face=Georgia>Ibsen: <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">A Doll’s House<o:p></o:p></I></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><FONT face=Georgia>Williams: Streetcar Named Desire<o:p></o:p></FONT></I></P> Or, would you like to view and optionally restore one of these previous versions? 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