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Please note: You may continue to use this page type if you desire. <P align=center><FONT face=Georgia color=#ff0000><STRONG>This post has been finalized for summer 2009.</STRONG></FONT></P> <P><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><FONT face=Georgia></FONT></P> <P align=center><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff80" face=Georgia size=4><STRONG>For rising Seniors - 2009-2010 School Year</STRONG></FONT></P> <P align=justify><FONT face=Georgia>The following novels will serve as texts for your English course next year. <STRONG>[PURCHASE THE SAME EDITIONS I HAVE TO KEEP UP WITH CLASS DISCUSSIONS. PUBLISHERS AND ISBNs ARE LISTED BELOW.]</STRONG> Please acquire these during the summer and <U><STRONG>read them</STRONG></U>.<STRONG> </STRONG></FONT></P> <P align=justify><STRONG><FONT face=Georgia color=#ff0000>Successful students will read each of these <EM>three</EM> times: <BR>1 - summer reading <BR>2 - just before the start of each quarter <BR>3 - as we study/discuss them </FONT></STRONG></P> <P align=justify><FONT face=Georgia>1) ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT - Remarque<BR>Ballantine - ISBN <FONT color=#0000ff>0-449-91149-7</FONT></FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px" align=justify><FONT face=Georgia>2) THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD - Hurston<BR>Harper Perennial - ISBN <FONT color=#0000ff>0-06-093141-8</FONT></FONT></P> <P align=justify><FONT face=Georgia>3)<STRONG> </STRONG>THE HOBBITT - Tolkien<BR>Houghton Mifflin - ISBN <FONT color=#0000ff>0-618-00221-9</FONT></FONT></P> <P align=justify><FONT face=Georgia>4) THE MALTESE FALCON - Hammett<BR>Vintage Crime/Black Lizard - ISBN <FONT color=#0000ff>0-679-72264-5</FONT></FONT></P> <P align=justify><FONT face=Georgia><STRONG><EM>You may be tested on these at the start of the school year and/or the beginning of each unit.</EM></STRONG></FONT></P> <P align=justify><FONT face=Georgia size=4><STRONG>For rising Seniors in AP English Language - 2009-2010 School Year:</STRONG></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><STRONG></STRONG><FONT face=Georgia></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><STRONG><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff80" face=Georgia>AP English Language and Composition</FONT></STRONG></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face=Georgia><?xml:namespace prefix = o /><o:p></o:p></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Georgia><EM>Rather than giving you a long list of books, I am listing reading by the genres as we will study them.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Unless otherwise noted, novels and plays can be used if they fulfill the requirement of genre.</EM><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></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" align=center><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><STRONG><FONT face=Georgia><SUP>** </SUP><U>FOR CLARIFICATION </U><SUP>**</SUP></FONT></STRONG></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>There is no "official" summer reading list for AP Seniors. Rather, below is listed the genre you will be studying. You are required to be familiar with each genre in and of itself (as opposed to reading and studying <EM>specific</EM> selections). So your summer assignment is to be certain that you are. </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"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT face=Georgia>Successful AP students will find and read <EM>at least</EM> one book satisfying the descriptions of each genre listed (it is not difficult; read this entire entry carefully for hints). As AP Seniors, you are beyond any kind of "check-up" to see if you did the readings or not. Your ability to keep up as we study each genre will be evidence enough!</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"><STRONG><FONT face=Georgia color=#008000></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Georgia><o:p></o:p></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Georgia><U><STRONG>Letters/biography/autobiography</STRONG>:</U><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Some novels are written in letter form, for example, <I>The Color Purple</I> by Alice Walker.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>With letters you may include diaries (<I>Zlata’s Diary </I>by Zlata Filipovic about life in Sarajevo, for example).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>There are many biographies and autobiographies to choose from.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I would ask that you choose someone over 30 and limit to someone whose life has made an impact or whose writings communicate something significant.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I don’t think anyone younger than 30 can be said to have had a life... yet.</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><o:p></o:p></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Georgia><U><STRONG>Persuasive</STRONG>:</U><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>These works (fiction and non-fiction) intend to sway the reader to the author’s point of view.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><I>Grapes of Wrath</I> by John Steinbeck, for example, was meant to portray the life of migrant workers with the purpose of getting Americans to be more sympathetic to their plight.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Georgia><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></FONT> </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Georgia><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Georgia><o:p></o:p></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Georgia><U><STRONG>Critical Review</STRONG>:</U><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>These works are associated with art, music, drama, literature, and dance.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>More than autobiographical, they seek to reveal something of the artist’s place in artistic history.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>They may be novels (Irving Stone’s <I>The Agony and the Ecstasy</I> about Michaelangelo) or non-fiction (Pauline Krael’s <I>I Lost It At the Movies)</I>.</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><o:p></o:p></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Georgia><U><STRONG>Scientific Writing</STRONG>:</U><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Again, fiction or non-fiction.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>One wonderful non-fiction work is Lewis Thompson’s <I>Lives of a Cell</I>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><I>Microbe Hunters </I>is another interesting book (I forget the name of the author) which tells of a number of scientific researchers.</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><o:p></o:p></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Georgia><U><STRONG>Political Writing</STRONG>:</U><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>These can be anything from Machiavelli (if you have not already read <I>The Prince)</I> to Allen Drury’s novel <I>Advise and Consent.</I><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A number of recent non-fiction works have been written (from the right and the left) about Iraq, the current administration, the destruction of the Towers, Islamic studies, and many other current events.</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><o:p></o:p></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Georgia><U><STRONG>Historical Novel</STRONG>:</U><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>By definition, an historical novel is one which tells of real events, but usually the historical characters are in the background and fictional ones are the main characters.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><I>Killer Angels</I> by Michael Shaara is a fictional account of the battle at Gettsyburg.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Georgia><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></FONT> </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Georgia><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Georgia><o:p></o:p></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Georgia>If you read a novel for any of these categories, you will want to keep in mind the fact that it is a work of fiction.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Is it accurate or has the author taken some literary license?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Georgia><o:p></o:p></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Georgia>You should consider spending a few hours browsing your library shelves or cruising through Border’s, Books-a-Million, or Barnes and Noble.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>You’d be amazed at the choices you will have.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Georgia><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></FONT> </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Georgia><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Georgia><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></FONT></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" align=center><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT face=Georgia color=#800000 size=5><EM><STRONG>"Outside a book, a dog is man's best friend. Inside a book, it's too dark to read."</STRONG></EM></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT face=Georgia color=#800000 size=5><EM><STRONG>~Groucho Marx</STRONG></EM></FONT></SPAN></P> Or, would you like to view and optionally restore one of these previous versions? Password: Forgot your password?

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