AP Literature and Composition Summer 阅读

跳级 Literature and Composition

Summer 阅读 – Optional but Recommended

To: 西西雅图高中 Senior, Class of 2022

Ms. 霍普金斯

概述

Next year’s AP English class is an academically challenging course that will require you to read constantly, 经常写, 不停地思考. One essay on the AP Literature exam, 文学论证, demands that students have a wide range of challenging literary works from which they can draw. The goal of this summer’s reading, 然而, is not only to prepare you for the exam, but to initiate you into the conversation about ideas through books by reading classic and contemporary works. While this summer assignment is optional, it is recommended to improve your reading skills, 为上课做准备, 在九月, I will ask all students to write about a novel or play you have recently read. So, as you head into summer break (and your senior year), please plan the following assignment into your schedule.

If you choose to take this challenge, reading is due by the start of school: September 2021. If you have any questions, write to me at kwhopkins@chinaqinyu.com

阅读

Read one “Classic” text and one “Contemporary” text.
Read the chosen books, taking notes or annotating as needed. These notes are for you: I will not collect or evaluate them.
读/脱脂/扫描How to Read Literature Like a Professor 作者:Thomas C. 福斯特. (注:有许多used copies of this book online for only a couple dollars.)
When we return to school, you will write an in-class essay on a book you have recently read and you may want to use the ideas from 福斯特’s book as a guide to analyze the literature you read.

标题

The following list of books include recommended titles for classic and contemporary texts. While there is no required order, you might consider reading 福斯特’s book first as a way of preparing to read the two novels, to identify and analyze the features of literature. Or, focus on reading the novels and use 福斯特’s book如果你有时间的话 to review and analyze their features.

As you have time and interest beyond the two books, I encourage you to read as 许多 as you can on this list or explore the included list of my favorite fiction (next page).

经典: (选择一个)

Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte
Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad
Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley

现代的: (选择一个)

回家吧，Yaa Gyasi
Purple Hibiscus, by Chimamanda Adiche
Remains of the 一天, by Kazuo Ishiguro
There, There, by Tommy Orange
The Underground Railroad, by Colson Whitehead

提示

While you can purchase these texts online, 很多是二手价格, you can also access texts through the Seattle Public 图书馆, 图书馆 Link option in the Student SPS Portal, or download the Libby app to access e-books and audio books. Some classic novels can even be found online with their full text.

AP Literature and Composition Summer 阅读

跳级 Literature and Composition

Summer 阅读 – Optional but Recommended

概述

阅读

标题

提示

更多的女士. 霍普金斯’s Favorite Fiction: