Advanced Placement Language and Composition

Summer Reading and Writing 2008

Mark Baker--  MarkB@wcs.edu     J. Little--  Janl1@wcs.edu

Complete all of the following.  The journals will be due the first full day of class.  Book tests will be at the end of the first full week.  No late work will be accepted.

A quotes journal for each of the following required reading:

1.     The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (skip the introduction that refers to the Custom House)

2.     The Iran Awakening by Shirin Ebadi—winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and a New York Times Notable Book of the Year

3.     The Innocent Man by John Grisham

Directions for each of the three quotes journals: 

1.        One significant quote per chapter which supports a theme or characterization in the book.  Include tone, purpose, and point of view in your discussion. Identify which theme or character each quotation supports and explain the relevance of the quote.  (Quotations can be from any part of the book, not just dialogue of the characters.)  Include quotations from each chapter and put the page number where you obtained the quote. 

2.     Choose a representative passage of the work which clearly illustrates the    author’s style.  (If you don’t know what style is—find out).  Photocopy or type the passage.  In your discussion on style, include observations about rhetorical tools that the author utilizes with effect.

(See wcs.edu/bhs/faculty/little/AP terms for examples).

3.     Journals should be typed and doublespaced.  Put all three together into one binder with your name clearly displayed on the first page of each journal.