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AP Literature summer 2016

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Task 1

Vocabulary Training (150 potential points)

An advanced vocabulary is not only important for your communicative skills (writing and speaking) but also for your success in this class that requires you to read and analyze literature, the meaning of which is dependent upon its diction.  

 

In order to hone your vocabulary, complete a minimum of 45 minutes of ACTIVE individualized, multimodal, and reinforcing practice per week during summer break (8 weeks total—you get one week off) through www.Membean.com.  Join the AP Literature summer 2016 class: last name A-L (code L4AQ9EG), last name M-Z (code L4AQ8D9). 

 

proficient (70%)

proficient (70%)

exceeding (90%)

exceeding (90%)

45 minutes per week

360 minutes for entire summer

90 minutes per week

720 minutes for entire summer

 

Task 2

College Application Essay Draft (50 potential points)

A significant focus of your senior year will encompass the college application process. Your application essay is a crucial part of that application as it provides the admission committee a glimpse of who you are that they cannot glean from the numerical data of test scores and grades.  Complete a planning organizer and draft of an essay in response to one of the following topics. Your task is to reveal who you are to a college admissions committee through illustrative detail rather than statements.  For example, rather than stating “I am a determined person,” you need to articulate an anecdote with vivid imagery and diction that illustrates your determination. Use this GoogleDoc template for your planning, and submit your essay draft via www.TurnItIn.com  (class ID 12730943, enrollment password APLit2017LHS) by 11:59pm on 8 August 2016.  Before you begin, read and consider this New York Times article, "Advice College Admissions Officers Give Their Own Kids".  Also, several colleges have published successful college application essays as samples, which you might find useful as you are drafting (Tufts University, Johns Hopkins University, Connecticut College). 

Topics: 

  1. Some students have a background identity, interest, or talent that is so meaningful they believe their application would be incomplete without it.  If this sounds like you, then please share your story.
  2. The lessons we take from failure can be fundamental to later success.  Recount an incident or time when you experienced failure. How did it affect you, and what did you learn from the experience?
  3. Reflect on a time when you challenged a belief or idea. What prompted you to act? Would you make the same decision again?
  4. Describe a problem you’ve solved or one you’d like to solve.  It can be intellectual challenge, a research query, an ethical dilemma—anything that is of personal importance, no matter the scale. Explain its significance to you and what steps you took or could be taken to identify a solution.
  5. Discuss an accomplishment or event, formal or informal, that marked your transition from childhood to adulthood within your culture, community, or family. 

 

Task 3

 Reading and Discussion (300 potential points)

The focus of this college-level course is the reading, analysis, and discussion of literature of recognized merit.  During the summer, you may choose to read one, two, or three texts that are thematically related to the duality of human monstrosity and magnanimity.  The points you can potentially earn depend upon the number of texts you read (1 = 210 points, 2 = 300 points, 3 = more than 300 points).  

 

Text Choices

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens (1859)

Reading Assignments/Sections:

  1. Book 1 chapters 1-6 and Book 2 chapters 1-9
  2. Book 2 chapters 10-24
  3. Book 3 chapters 1-15 

Watership Down by Richard Adams (1972)

Reading Assignments/Sections:

  1. chapters 1-22
  2. chapters 23-35
  3. chapters 36-epilogue  

The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien (1990)

Reading Assignments/Sections:

  1. stories 1-7 ("The Things They Carried" through "How to Tell a True War Story")
  2. stories 8-14 ("The Dentist" through "Style")
  3. stories 15-22 ("Speaking of Courage" through "The Lives of the Dead") 

 

Tasks

During your careful and purposeful reading the text(s) of your choice, complete the following tasks:

Actively participate in GoogleGroups discussion board (https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/aplit2017lhs). Follow these tips on ways to effectively engage in discussion boards (article from U.S. News & World Report: Education).

  • Respond 2 times to discussion of thematic concept (monstrosity and magnanimity). 
  • Pose 3 questions/topics for discussion (1 for each section of the novel) per text.
  • Respond 9 times to peers’ questions/topics (3 for each section of the novel) per text.  
Complete this GoogleDoc template (one for each text) in which you select the 10 quotations per text that best illustrate humankind’s monstrosity and magnanimity (or the complexity of both at once) along with a brief explanation of why you have chosen each particular quotation as well as three questions about setting elements (historical, cultural, and/or social context), your answers to these questions as a result of your research, and precise MLA citations for the sources you consulted.  Use Purdue University's Online Writing Lab's resources about MLA formatting. 

 

 

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