Semester 1 AP Language & Composition Ms. Dobbs/ Mr. Murphy
Required Reading & Assignments in Bedford Reader & other articles
Instructions: Below is a list of all the required readings & related assignments for September 2013- January 2014
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AP Lang & Comp Students are required to take Cornell style notes on all “Method” readings. These notes
will be kept in your journal as reference for tests, quizzes, & writing papers.
MLA handbook: Become familiar with the use of MLA. MLA style is required for ALL writing for this
course. Please refer to pages 49-79 in the text for examples and explanation.
Journal assignments will be given for specific readings TBD. Use 3 column style notes/ journaling as
modeled and directed by instructor. (See handout for form & journal guidelines)
Formative & Summative points will be awarded based on quality & completeness of work.
Chapters 4 Summer Work
Chapter 4 Narration: Telling a story
75-87 Method*
94-95 “Fish Cheeks” Amy Tan
105-110 “Indian Education” Sherman Alexie
114-119 “Grade A: The Market for a Yale Woman’s Eggs”
122-129 “The Lottery” Shirley Jackson
Chapter 5 Description October 1-15
135-143 Method*
144-148 “Arm Wrestling with my Father” Brad Manning
173-175 “Fly Fishing for Doctors” Ethan Canin
178-181 “Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks” Joyce Carol Oates
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Nighthawks , 1942 Edward Hopper
Chapters 6 & 7 October 15-31
Chapter 6: Example
187-194 Method*
200-202 “Homeless” Anna Quindlen
205-208 “Black Men in Public Space”
219-224 “Signs” Scott Russell Sanders
Chapter 7: Division or Analysis October 15-31
335-343 Method*
344-343 “I Want a Wife” Judy Brady
348-350 “Not All Men are Sly Foxes” Armin A. Brott
353-355 “Our Barbies, Ourselves” Emily Prager
Chapters 11 & 13 MonthS of November ‘14 , December’14 ,& January ‘15
Chapter 11: Cause & Effect
429-439 Method*
448-450 “Live Free & Starve” Chitra Divakaruni
454-456 “Drugs” Gore Vidal
459-462 “Safe Sex Lies” Meghan Daum
Chapter 13: Argument & Persuasion
515-531 Method*
532-535 “Too Much Pressure” Colleen Wenke
538-543 “Why Don’t We Complain?” William F. Buckley
546-549 “Why I Stopped Being a Vegetarian” Laura Fraser
552-557 “A Vegetarian Philosophy” Peter Singer
560-562 “What’s Wrong with Gay Marriage?” Katha Politt
566-568 “Gay “Marriage” Societal Suicide” Charles Colson
570-572 “Close Encounters with US Immigration” Adnan R. Khan
575-577 “Everything Isn’t Racial Profiling” Linda Chavez
579-582 “The FBI Is Reading over Your Shoulder” Zara Gelsey
Mixing the Methods January/February ‘15
645 Shooting An Elephant George Orwell
669 Clashing Civilizations? Edward Said
Semester 1 AP Language & Composition Required Reading: Fiction/Nonfiction
Summer:
September
October
Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck & Persepolis Marjane Satrapi
Nickel & Dimed: On (NOT) Getting By IN America Barbara Ehrenreich
** The Things They Carried Tim Obrien
ISBN 0-7679-0289-0
December
Student Lit Circle (Choose 1 of these 3 nonfiction titles)
** The Other Wes Moore: One Name Two Fates
Choose 1 only
Wes Moore
** Detroit: An American Autopsy
Charles LeDuff
** Songs Only You Know
Sean Hoen
ISBN 0-3855-2820-5
January
1984
George Orwell
April
The Awakening
Kate Chopin
The Sun Also Rises
Ernest Hemingway
NOTE
** These books must be provided by the student. You may check them out at the local library, purchase at a used
book store or find them on Amazon.com. It is expected that the student will have the text available on the 1 st day
of the assigned month.