SUMMER READING LIST
JOHN MCEACHERN HIGH SCHOOL
9 th
Grade Literature and Composition
2015-2016
All assignments are due the first week of class.
Students should select one novel from the 2014-2015 Georgia Peach Teen Nominees list.
2014-2015 Georgia Peach Book Awards for Teens
-The 5 th
Wave by Rick Yancey
-Criminal by Terra Elan McVoy
-All Our Yesterdays by Cristin Terrill
Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg
The Tragedy Paper by Elizabeth LaBan
Orleans by Sherri L. Smith
-Just One Day by Gayle Forman
-Living With Jackie Chan by Jo Knowles
-Me, Him, Them, & It by Caela Carter
-My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf
-Of Beast and Beauty by Stacey Jay
-March: Book One by John Lewis et al.
-Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
The Shadow Society by Marie Rutkoski
Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson
Out of Nowhere by Maria Padian
Torn by David Massey
Winger by Andrew Smith
In the Shadow of the Blackbirds by Cat Winters
See the web site below to read a brief description of each book. http://georgiapeachaward.org/sites/default/files/2014-15%20nominees%20annotated.pdf
Each student should choose his/her summer reading title carefully based upon individual interests, ability level, and personal values. Parents are encouraged to participate in the selection process and guide the student in making an appropriate decision. Students should be prepared for an assessment of the assignment during the first two weeks of the semester. We hope that your reading will enrich your summer vacation.

SUMMER READING LIST
JOHN MCEACHERN HIGH SCHOOL
Honors 9 th
Grade Literature and Composition
2015 - 2016
All assignments are due the first week of class.
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SUMMER READING LIST
10 th
JOHN MCEACHERN HIGH SCHOOL
Grade World Literature and Composition
2015-2016
All assignments are due the first week of class.

SUMMER READING LIST
JOHN MCEACHERN HIGH SCHOOL
10 th
Grade Honors World Literature and Composition
2015-2016
Assignment is due the first week of class.
Mandatory Reading:
Anthem by Ayn Rand
Amazon.com product description: In a future where there is no love, no science, and everyone is equal and of one entity, one man defies the group to be his own person. That is a serious offense.
You may pick up a copy before summer begins from Mrs. Stumpf in SR 103 or Mrs. Paulk in SR 102.
The number of books is limited. This book is also available in a public library or a local bookstore.
 ASSIGNMENT – Annotating the Text: Taking notes (annotating) as you read will be advantageous to you when school begins and you review the novel for our class discussions,
Socratic Seminar, and upcoming objective assessments. o On the inside front cover of your copy of Anthem write a list of characters with a brief summary of each. o Each novel should have a minimum of 20 different annotations throughout the entire text. The annotations should cover a variety of topics.
 The annotations can include themes, key scenes (especially moments of character development, etc.), political philosophies, dystopian concepts. The internet can be used to help you know what to look for; however it should not be used in lieu of reading the novel. o Use a variety of annotative methods: highlighting, abbreviations, “sticky” notes, extensive marginal notes, underlining, bracketing, parentheses, etc.
Recommended Reading:
How to Reading Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster
Amazon.com product description: In this practical and amusing guide to literature, Thomas C.
Foster shows how easy and gratifying it is to unlock those hidden truths, and to discover a world where a road leads to a quest; a shared meal may signify a communion; and rain, whether cleansing or destructive, is never just rain. Ranging from major themes to literary models, narrative devices, and form, How to Read Literature Like a Professor is the perfect companion for making your reading experience more enriching, satisfying, and fun.
 Read Introduction and Chapters 1, 4, 6, 9, 12, and 22. o Write in the margins interpretative notes, questions, or remarks that refer to the meaning of the page.
 This text will be used throughout the semester. Many schools require this for summer reading, so don’t wait too late to get your copy.

To prepare for the standards in American Literature, students are
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required to read a work of fiction or nonfiction during the summer.
During the first week of the semester, students submit a written assignment based on the literature they chose and aligned with the
Common Core standards. The MHS bookroom has copies of each title.
College Prep and Honors
Local booksellers and libraries should have copies of these books.
Student Choice
—Select
ONE of the following: nonfiction
by Jeannette Walls - The narrator of this 2005 memoir recounts the many
instances in her life that shaped her into the successful writer she is today. When sober, Jeannette's brilliant and charismatic father captured his children's imagination, teaching them physics, geology, and how to embrace life fearlessly. Her mother was a free spirit who didn't want the responsibility of raising a family.
The Walls children learned to take care of themselves and eventually found their way to New York. Their parents followed them, choosing to be homeless even as their children prospered.
You may visit this website to download a pdf copy: The Glass Castle pdf nonfiction
by Immaculée Ilibagiza – The author grew up in a country she loved, surrounded by a family she cherished. But in 1994 her idyllic world was ripped apart as Rwanda descended into a bloody genocide. Immaculée's family was brutally murdered during a killing spree that lasted three months and claimed the lives of nearly a million Rwandans. It was during those endless hours of unspeakable terror that
Immaculée discovered the power of prayer, eventually shedding her fear of death and forging a profound and lasting relationship with God. fiction
by Olive Ann Burns – On July 5, 1906, scandal breaks in the small town of
Cold Sassy, Georgia, when the proprietor of the general store, E. Rucker Blakeslee, elopes with Miss Love
Simpson. He is barely three weeks a widower, and she is only half his age and a Yankee to boot. As their marriage inspires a whirlwind of local gossip, fourteen-year-old Will Tweedy suddenly finds himself eyewitness to a family scandal, and that’s where his adventures begin.
fiction
by Sue Monk Kidd – Set in South Carolina in 1964, The Secret
Life of Bees tells the story of Lily Owens, whose life has been shaped around the blurred memory of the afternoon her mother was killed. When Lily's fierce-hearted black "stand-in mother," Rosaleen, insults three of the deepest racists in town, Lily decides to spring them both free. They escape to Tiburon, South Carolina-a town that holds the secret to her mother's past. Taken in by an eccentric trio of black beekeeping sisters,
Lily is introduced to their mesmerizing world of bees and honey and the Black Madonna. fiction
by John Grisham – In this searing courtroom drama, the author delivers a compelling tale of uncertain justice in a small southern town...Clanton, Mississippi. The life of a ten-year-old girl is shattered by two drunken and remorseless young men. The mostly white town reacts with shock and horror at the inhuman crime. Until her black father acquires an assault rifle and takes matters into his hands.
For ten days, as burning crosses and the crack of sniper fire spread through the streets of Clanton, the nation sits spellbound as young defense attorney Jake Brigance struggles to save his client's life...and then his own.

SUMMER READING LIST
JOHN MCEACHERN HIGH SCHOOL
11 th
Grade Honors American Literature and Composition
2015-2016
All assignments are due the first week of class.
The Honors American Literature course is designed to give you a comprehensive examination of literature that chronicles the development and changes in the United States from the Colonial period writers to
Modern authors.
The writing focus for 11 th
grade literature course is expository, the analysis of literature. To fully comprehend and coherently write about literature, you must first be exposed to a variety of genres and writers. So, in an effort to sustain your reading skills and comprehension, as well as exposing you to the canon of classic literature, the Honors-level American literature class will be reading two texts this summer.
All students will read the play
by Arthur Miller
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This text is available in the MHS bookroom.
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You will have an objective test on this novel the first day of class.
Students should select
of the following titles:
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The Awakening by Kate Chopin*
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The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
 As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner*
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The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain*
* Available in the MHS bookroom for checkout
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It is suggested that you purchase your own copy of any text so that you may annotate.
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Annotating the text as you read will be advantageous to you when school begins, and when you review the novel for writing assignments and tests.
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Use a variety of methods: underlining, parentheses, extensive notes in the margins, highlighting, post-it notes, etc.
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You choice of the second text will be used to write an analytical paragraph with primary and secondary documentation in MLA format and a Works Cited page.

ASSIGNMENT:
While reading your selected summer reading text, fill in the graphic organizer on the following topics. List specific pages where important information/ideas come from to help you remember. (For texts read electronically, use the free app to correctly note page numbers.) This graphic organizer is NOT a group project; each student’s individual notes are to be their own work ONLY. (If you have trouble writing within the space provided, you may type using this document or use paper, but try to keep your notes on each topic limited to the same size—don’t write pages and pages for any topic!) Bring this with you to class, along with the book, the first week of school: specific date of inclass assessment will be announced by teacher in class.
1.) Significant
Characters
Who are the protagonist(s)?
Evidence from the text Page #
Who are the antagonist(s)?
Which characters are dynamic?
Which characters are static?
How do actions of certain characters affect events of the plot/ outcome of the story?
How does the dialogue of certain characters influence our opinion of them?
What important physical and non-physical qualities do key characters possess?
Do any characters represent social stereotypes?
2.) Plot
What happens in the exposition?
What happens in the rising action?
What happens in the climax?
Evidence from the text Page #

What happens in the falling action?
What happens in the resolution?
3.) Point of View
From what point of view is the story told?
How does the point of view impact the reader’s understanding / perception of the story?
Evidence from the text
Evidence from the text 4.) Setting
What is the setting and how does it contribute to the atmosphere/ mood of the story?
5.) Conflict
Internal conflict (Man vs.
Self)
External conflict (Man vs.
???)
6.) Themes/ Symbols
What seem to be evident/ dominant themes or ideas presented by the author in the book?
What symbols are evident and what might they symbolize?
7.) Important
Quotations/ Passages
Do any passages stand out as particularly important or representative or specific characters/ ideas in the book?
What makes them important?
8.) Author’s Attitude/
Tone
Evidence from the text
Evidence from the text
Evidence from the text
Evidence from the text
Page #
Page #
Page #
Page #
Page #
Page #

Does the author of the book have any obvious feelings on any issues?
What is his/her tone of voice while writing?
10.) Unknown
Vocabulary
What do those words mean in context? Page #

Dear AP Language and Honors American Literature student:
Welcome to your 11 th
grade AP Language course. AP Language is a rigorous course designed to prepare students for the nationally administered Advanced Placement exam (Spring 2015). This course is a one-year study in
American literature, nonfiction, writing, and research, with our study of American Literature presented chronologically. A major emphasis for this year will be the evaluation of student response to literature and nonfiction texts as demonstrated in classroom discussion, written expression, and oral presentation.
It is my hope that these summer reading assignments will begin a rewarding study of language and literature
(fiction, nonfiction, biography, and drama) and provide the beginnings of a solid foundation of literature and analysis to prepare you for the AP exam.
These assignments will be due during the first two weeks of class, starting with Part I and moving to Part II.
Please note: While it is not required that you purchase the following texts in book form, I believe it would make reading and annotating a much easier process. Using an e-book (Kindle, Nook, etc.) is fine, but you must have access to the text when necessary in the classroom; in other words, you must be willing to bring those devices to class at your own risk. Amazon and half.com sell new and used books, as do Goodwill and 2 nd
& Charles near Town Center
Mall.
1. Before you read this play, write a brief definition or exploration of the following terms:
-crucible -Salem Witch Trials
-witch hunt -McCarthyism
2. As you read this play, find at least one strong piece of textual evidence which speaks to each of the following themes:
-human cruelty in the name of righteousness
-the individual and the community
-justice v. retribution and revenge
-order v. individual freedom
-the Puritan myth
-ignorance v. wisdom
-godliness v. worldliness
You may highlight/annotate the evidence directly in the text if the copy is your own. Otherwise, use post-it notes or paper.
3. When you return to school, you will be completing a character study on the characters of The Crucible . Pay particular attention to each of the following characters: Reverend Samuel Parris, Betty Parris, Abigail Williams,
Tituba, John Proctor, Elizabeth Proctor, Rebecca Nurse, and Reverend John Hale. A very brief description of each of these characters, including 2-3 significant quotes and/or moments of characterization, will be helpful for you in your future assignments.
Can you smell the freedom? Select one text from the list on the back.

Alex & Me by Irene Pepperburg , the story of how a scientist studied a parrot for signs of intelligence and formed a deep bond with him in the process
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach , an investigation into what happens to human bodies after they die
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell , a study of oddballs, moneymakers, professional athletes, plane crashes, and other statistical outliers. What makes these people, these things, and these events so anomalous?
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote , the captivating and detailed story of a murder investigation (and also the longest book of the set)
1. You will be ceaselessly grateful to yourself for annotating whichever text you pick. Interact with the text as you read: What strikes you? What's the argument? Why did the author do that thing s/he just did?
2. You will have an additional in-class assignment pertaining to this text to complete upon your return. Prepare yourself for a written and/or oral assignment by completing the following items (#3 and #4).
3. Top Five Vocabulary Words
Select five examples of interesting diction in the text. For each word:
1. Write the sentence, complete with page number citation in MLA format.
2. Define the word. Some words have multiple definitions. Be sure to write down the definition that applies to the sentence you have selected.
3. Discuss how the use of this word (in the context of the text) impacts the reader in a specific way. Pay particular attention to words with a specific connotation.
4. Use this word in your own sentence.
4. Top Five Passages
Select the five most influential passages that illustrate interesting arguments in the text. For each passage:
1. Jot down the location of the sentence (or sentences), complete with page number citation in MLA format.
2. Discuss the use of this sentence or sentences in the context of the text. Why did you select this passage? How does a thorough understanding of this passage play an important role in understanding the author’s purpose with this text?
3. Label the tone of this passage. How does the author use specific strategies to create this tone?
I would highly suggest picking up a copy of the following three texts, which are novels we will study later in the semester. If you would like to get a head start on the reading, I welcome your enthusiasm! Limited copies of these texts are available in the MHS bookroom, but if you checkout a copy from there, you may not annotate it.
Into the Wild by Jon Krakaeur
The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother by James McBride
The Awakening by Kate Chopin
Please be aware that you are taking two courses: Honors American Literature and AP Language. These two courses culminate with the American Literature EOCT and the AP Language test.
Please take into consideration the vast amount of material you will be reading and assessing during the course of the year, and prepare yourself accordingly. If it is your intention to skirt the work by reading summaries, watching movies, and abusing grade-saver websites rather than experiencing each text fully, for yourself, and from your own perspective, I would reconsider the decision to take an Advanced Placement course.

SUMMER READING LIST
12
JOHN MCEACHERN HIGH SCHOOL th
Grade British/English Literature and Composition
2015-2016
All assignments are due the first week of class.
Students should select one novel from the 2014-2015 Georgia Peach Teen Nominees list.
2014-2015 Georgia Peach Book Awards for Teens
-The 5 th
Wave by Rick Yancey Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg
-Criminal by Terra Elan McVoy
-All Our Yesterdays by Cristin Terrill
-Just One Day by Gayle Forman
-Living With Jack ie Chan by Jo Knowles
-Me, Him, Them, & It by Caela Carter
-My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf
-Of Beast and Beauty by Stacey Jay
-March: Book One by John Lewis et al.
-Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
The Tragedy Paper by Elizabeth LaBan
Orleans by Sherri L. Smith
The Shadow Society by Marie Rutkoski
Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson
Out of Nowhere by Maria Padian
Torn by David Massey
Winger by Andrew Smith
In the Shadow of the Black birds by Cat Winters
See the web site below to read a brief description of each book. http://georgiapeachaward.org/sites/default/files/2014-15%20nominees%20annotated.pdf
Previous Peach Award Nominees
 Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher (honor book winner)
 Bad Monkeys by Matt Ruff
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 City of Bones by Cassandra Clare (honor book winner)
 Deadline by Chris Crutcher
 Oh.My.Gods
by Tera Lynn Childs
Ophelia: A Novel
Three Little Words: A Memoir
Unwind
by Lisa Klein
by Neal Shusterman by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
 Wake by Lisa Mann
Each student should choose his/her summer reading title carefully based upon individual interests, ability level, and personal values. Parents are encouraged to participate in the selection process and guide the student in making an appropriate decision. Students should be prepared for an assessment of the assignment during the first two weeks of the semester. We hope that your reading will enrich your summer vacation.

SUMMER READING LIST
JOHN MCEACHERN HIGH SCHOOL
12 th
Grade Honors British Literature and Composition
2015-2016
All rising Honors British Literature students will do two sum m er readings.
Y ou may find all books in the library or y ou may purchase them, new or used, from a bookstore or on-line.
Furthermore, many of these titles are av ailable in the book room. It is best to purchase the novel y ou choose: It not only allows y ou to annotate extensiv ely in the margins, but also y ou will need a copy of the “Choi ce” nov el through first semester, as we will continue to work with it. If you use an e-book version of the novel, you must keep a detailed reader’s journal for the assignment. Both nov els will be assessed in writing at the beginning of the school y ear.
Mandatory Reading:
1984 by George Orwell
Read and thoroughly annotate this novel. See the guidelines below, “Annotating the Novel,” for detailed instructions.
Choice: Read and thoroughly annotate one novel. See the guidelines below, “Annotating the Novel,” for detailed instructions. Choose one from the following list:
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
A Room with a View by E. M. Forester
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Annotating the Novel
In order to write a knowledgeable paper, you need to “know” your book. Simply to have read it won’t provide you the insight necessary for an exemplary paper. This next step requires that you go back and make notations you feel are important for the actual writing of the paper. If you have purchased your book, write directly in it, but if you borrow the book, you will need to keep a journal and/or to use post -it notes.
Assignment:
 Inside the front cover : Character list with small space for character summary and for page references of key scenes, moments of character development, etc.
 Inside the back cover : Themes, allusions, images, motifs, symbols, key scenes, significant aspects to the plot line, epiphanies, etc. Use Internet sources to help you initially compile a list, and then add to it as your read.
 Underlining / Bracketing and Post-it notes : o Flag pages with key aspects of the novel. Write a word or phrase at the top of the Post-it so that you can quickly reference the passage. o Underline examples, lines, or passages that you feel are significant in the novel. o Use brackets for long passages too long to underline. o Jot a quick summary at the beginning of each chapter.
Grading:
There is no need to write on every page; however, the more notations you make, the easier the gathering of information will be. Grades will be based on thoroughness, clarity, neatness, and apparent effort . You must make VERY clear that you have spent time learning this novel.

SUMMER READING LIST
12
JOHN MCEACHERN HIGH SCHOOL th
Grade Multicultural Literature and Composition
2015-2016
All assignments are due the first week of class.
Students should select one of the works listed below:
Classic Works
The Joy Luck Club Amy Tan
The House on Mango Street Sandra Cisneros
One Hundred Years of Solitude Gabriel Garcia Marques
Love in the Time of Cholera Gabriel Garcia Marques
One Hundred Sonnets of Love Pablo Neruda
Memoirs of a Geisha Arthur Golden
2014-2015 Georgia Peach Book Awards for Teens
-The 5 th
Wave by Rick Yancey
-Criminal by Terra Elan McVoy
-All Our Yesterdays by Cristin Terrill
-Just One Day by Gayle Forman
-Living With Jackie Chan by Jo Knowles
-Me, Him, Them, & It by Caela Carter
-My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf
-Of Beast and Beauty by Stacey Jay
-March: Book One by John Lewis et al.
-Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg
The Tragedy Paper by Elizabeth LaBan
Orleans by Sherri L. Smith
The Shadow Society by Marie Rutkoski
Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson
Out of Nowhere by Maria Padian
Torn by David Massey
Winger by Andrew Smith
In the Shadow of the Blackbirds by Cat Winters
Previous Peach Award Nominees
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Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher (honor book winner)
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Bad Monkeys by Matt Ruff
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City of Bones by Cassandra Clare (honor book winner)
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Deadline by Chris Crutcher
Oh.My.Gods
by Tera Lynn Childs
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Ophelia: A Novel by Lisa Klein
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Three Little Words: A Memoir by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
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Unwind by Neal Shusterman
Wake by Lisa Mann
Each student should choose his/her summer reading title carefully based upon individual interests, ability level, and personal values. Parents are encouraged to participate in the selection process and guide the student in making an appropriate decision. Students should be prepared for an assessment of the assignment during the first two weeks of the semester. We hope that your reading will enrich your summer vacation.

Contact: Lynlee.doar@cobbk12.org
Reading in AP Lit is both wide and deep and allows you to consider a work’s artistry and social and historical context. Being a mature reader and exposing yourself to various forms of literature will provide you with a foundation and skills essential for college success. As a dedicated AP-level student, you will need to embrace the challenges that will ultimately lead you to a passion for reading, writing and learning that will cross curriculum lines and offer high achievement in all courses, not just
English. V ital exposure combined with intense analysis of literature and writing will cultivate a rich understanding of literary works and writing that you will appreciate throughout your education and your chosen profession.
There are three components to Summer Reading for AP Literature:
1.
The Novel - To complete the required assignment, you must annotate as you read.
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The Play - To complete the required assignment, you must annotate as you read.
3.
The Film - see the list included at the end of this document.
Instructions and Information :
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The complexity of the texts and assignments correlates to the associated grade range.
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By choosing a particular collection of works, you are committing to a particular grade range.
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If you submit all parts of your choice, the base grade will begin at the bottom of the assigned range and increase or decrease based on the quality and quantity of work you submit.
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If you submit only parts of a collection, the grade will begin at the bottom of the range and decrease substantially. In other words, your grade will drop below your chosen grade range if you submit work that does not meet the standards, displays a serious lack of effort, and omits parts of the assignment or any partial/incomplete work.
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You can fail this assignment even if you choose a high-level grade range. Remember that the grade is dependent on the quantity and quality of the work, not your choice of works.
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Please see the included rubric on the last page of this document.
Use this LINK to access the graphic organizers and film worksheets to complete your assignments on Blackboard.
You may also access Blackboard through my blog at www.mceachernhigh.org
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Instructions: Choose ONE of the works for the Novel and Play categories and complete the assignment listed. Follow the instructions listed for the Films section.
Works of Literature
Assignment:
All forms found on Blackboard (link provided above)
Novels
1.
Atonement by Ian McEwan
2.
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier**
3.
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen **
Annotation Log
Plays
1.
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
2.
Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw**
3.
Our Town by Thornton Wilder
Sociogram
Films
Movie options are listed at the end of this document.
Watch three of the movies based on works in
American Literature
Complete one analysis worksheet per video for a total of three worksheets.
It is your choice which video you want to complete with which worksheet.
Videos may be found at the public library, on Netflix,
Amazon or other streaming service.
** available in the MHS bookroom

Instructions: Choose ONE of the works for the Novel and Play categories and complete the assignment listed. Follow the instructions listed for the Films section.
Works of Literature
Assignment
All forms found on Blackboard (link provided above)
Novels
Plays
1.
The American by Henry James
2.
Lord of the Flies by William Golding ** (See
Ms. Doar in Dobbs 201 for this novel)
3.
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen**
1.
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
2.
Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw**
3.
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar
Wilde
Examining the Literary Elements Graphic
Organizer
Annotation Log
Films
Movie options are listed at the end of this document.
Watch three of the movies based on works in
American Literature
Complete one analysis worksheet per video for a total of three worksheets.
It is your choice which video you want to complete with which worksheet.
Videos may be found at the public library, on Netflix,
Amazon or other streaming service.
** available in the MHS bookroom
Instructions: Choose ONE of the works for the Novel and Play categories and complete the assignment listed. Follow the instructions listed for the Films section.
Works of Literature
Assignment
All forms found on Blackboard (link provided above)
Novels
1.
The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien**
2.
Silas Marner by George Eliot
3.
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Sensory Notes Graphic Organizer
Plays
1.
Othello by William Shakespeare**
2.
Medea by Euripides
3.
Equus by Peter Shaffer
Annotation Log
Films
Movie options are listed at the end of this document.
Watch two of the movies based on works in
American Literature
Complete one analysis worksheet per video for a total of two worksheets.
It is your choice which video you want to complete with which worksheet.
Videos may be found at the public library, on Netflix,
Amazon or other streaming service.
** available in the MHS bookroom

Instructions: Choose ONE of the works for the Novel and Play categories and complete the assignment listed. Follow the instructions listed for the Films section.
Works of Literature
Assignment
All forms found on Blackboard (link provided above)
Novels
1.
Daisy Miller by Henry James
2.
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe**
3.
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Plays
1.
Othello by William Shakespeare**
2.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by
Tom Stoppard
3.
The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
Literary Reactions Graphic Organizer
Annotation Log
Films
Movie options are listed at the end of this document.
Watch two of the movies based on works in
American Literature
Complete one analysis worksheet per video for a total of two worksheets.
It is your choice which video you want to complete with which worksheet.
Videos may be found at the public library, on Netflix,
Amazon or other streaming service.
** available in the MHS bookroom
Novels
Failure to submit any work listed in the choices above.
Submitting incomplete work products
Submitting work that shows little or no effort at analytical thought or depth of ideas.
Plays
Failure to submit any work listed in the choices above.
Submitting incomplete work products
Submitting work that shows little or no effort at analytical thought or depth of ideas.
Films
Failure to submit any work listed in the choices above.
Submitting incomplete work products
Submitting work that shows little or no effort at analytical thought or depth of ideas.

The Grapes of Wrath
The Rose Tattoo
The Long Hot Summer
How Green Was My Valley
The Heiress
1940
1955
1958
1941
1949
Henry Fonda
Anna Magnani
Burt Lancaster
Paul Newman
Joanne Woodward
Walter Pidgeon
Maureen O’Hara
Olivia de Haviland
Montgomery Clift
The Old Man and the Sea
For Whom the Bell Tolls
A Farewell to Arms
Giant
The Country Girl
A Place in the Sun
1958
1943
1957
1956
1954
1951
Spencer Tracy
Gary Cooper
Ingrid Bergman
Rock Hudson
Jennifer Jones
Rock Hudson
Elizabeth Taylor
Bing Crosby
Grace Kelly
Elizabeth Taylor
Montgomery Clift
Hud
A Tree Grows in Brook lyn
The Good Earth
1963
1945
1937
Paul Newman
Patricia Neal
Dorothy McGuire
Paul Muni
The Joy Luck Club
The Last of the Mohicans
Death of a Salesman
1993
1992
1985
Ming-Na Wen
Daniel Day-Lewis
Madeleine Stowe
Dustin Hoffman
John Malkovich
Turn of the Screw 1999 Colin Firth
House of Mirth
Age of Innocence
Slaughterhouse-Five
Catch-22
2000
1993
1972
1970
Gillian Anderson
Dan Aykroyd
Daniel Day-Lewis
Winona Ryder
Michale Sacks
Ron Leibman
Perry King
Alan Arkin
Orson Wellss
Novel
John Steinbeck (novel)
Nunally Johnson (screenplay)
Tennessee Williams Play
Short stories –
“The Hamlet”
Novel
William Faulkner (story)
Irving Ravetch (screenplay)
Richard Llewellyn (novel)
Philip Dunne (screenplay)
Novel –
Washington
Square
Novel
Novel
Novel – An
American
Tragedy
Novel –
Horseman, Pass
By
Novel
Novel
Henry James (novel)
Augustus and Ruth Goetz (screenplay)
Ernest Hemingway (novel)
Peter Viertel (screenplay)
Ernest Hemingway (novel)
Dudely Nichols (screenplay)
Semiautobiographical novel
Novel
Play
Ernest Hemingway (novel)
Ben Hecht (screenplay)
Edna Ferber (novel)
Fred Guiol (screenplay)
Clifford Odet (play)
George Seaton (screenplay)
Theodore Dreiser (novel)
Michael Wilson, Harry Brown (screenplay)
Larry McMurtry (novel)
Irving Ravetch , Harriet Frank, Jr.
(screenplay)
Betty Smith (novel)
Tess Slesinger (screenplay)
Pearl S. Buck (novel)
Talbot Jennings (screenplay)
Novel
Novel
Amy Tan (novel and screenplay)
James Fennimore Cooper (novel)
John Balderston (screenplay)
Play
Novel
Novel
Novel
Semiautobiographical novel
Novel – historical fiction
Arthur Miller
Henry James (novel)
Nick Dear (screenplay)
Edith Wharton (novel)
Terrence Davies (screenplay)
Edith Wharton (novel)
Jay Cocks, Martin Scorsese (screenplay)
Kurt Vonnegut (novel)
Stephen Geller (screenplay)
Joseph Heller (novel)
Buck Henry (screenplay)

NAME ______________________________ DATE _______________ block ___
AP Literature Summer Reading Rubric
Novel Play Films
Annotation Log
Atonement Rebecca Pride and Prejudice
Sociogram
Twelfth Night Pygmalion Our Town
Watch three of the movies based on works in American
Literature
Examining the Literary Elements Graphic Organizer
The American Lord of the Flies
Pride and Prejudice
Annotation Log
Macbeth Pygmalion
The Importance of Being Earnest
Watch three of the movies based on works in American
Literature
Sensory Notes Graphic Organizer
The Things They Carried
Silas Marner The Kite Runner
Annotation Log
Othello Medea Equus
Watch two of the movies based on works in American
Literature
Literary Reactions Graphic Organizer
Daisy Miller Things Fall Apart
The Kite Runner
Annotation Log
Othello The Glass Menagerie
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
Failure to submit any work listed in any genre in the choices above.
Submitting incomplete work products from any grade range.
Submitting work that shows little or no effort at analytical thought or depth of ideas from any grade range.
See Instructions and Information section on original assignment for details
High End of the Grade Range
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Analysis is exceptional and insightful beyond the literal level that shows an understanding the complexities of the literature.
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Apt and specific-to-the-text evidence; concrete details, references and quotes.
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Strong use of diction and variety of sentence structures
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Attempts to address complex elements that lead to an epiphany and a deduction that may have not been considered before.
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Writing is free of spelling, grammar, mechanics errors
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Uses vocabulary that is precise, sophisticated and engaging representing AP-level thoughts.
Middle of the Grade Range
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Slightly better than average.
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Superficial generic or vague references or analysis with lack of details; may have some significant insight into the literature
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Attempts to analyze only obvious literary elements
Accurate interpretations of text that sometimes goes beyond the literal level
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Uses some textual evidence to support ideas, but needed in some places
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Acceptable style and diction; carefully written but average in its sophistication
Watch two of the movies based on works in American
Literature
Final Grade
Lower End of the Grade Range
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Addresses the main idea of the assignment, but lacks depth of analysis; generic or vague references
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Weak in content and lacks concrete details that should be present for chosen assignment
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Plot summary overshadows analysis in places
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Too brief with insufficient textual support
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Sentence structure is awkward or ambiguous, confusing
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Slightly below average writing style; less sophistication in diction and syntax for this level
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Uses clichés, colloquial language with little variety in vocabulary