[BHS etree] ADMIN: AP English summer reading list , a summary

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Etree note: There has been a great deal of confusion regarding the summer
reading for the AP English classes. There are two AP English  courses being
offering next year: AP English Literature and Composition and AP English
Language and Composition.  Both Academic Choice and the regular high school
are offering AP English Literature and Composition. The four teachers who
will be offering these courses have combined to make one reading list. In
addition,  Mr. Bye is asking students who are hoping to be in his class to
read an additional book. The AP English Language and Composition has a
separate reading list and journal requirement.  Below you will find the
three emails that cover all classes.

1. REQUIRED SUMMER READING FOR ALL AP ENGLISH LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION
COURSES (Academic Choice and Regular school):

BLINDNESS by Jose Saramago
BEOWULF translated by Seamus Heaney
THE SOUND AND THE FURY by William Faulkner


RECOMMENDED READINGS (Not required):
Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Have a great summer reading. Don't wait until the last minute to start.
Mr. Bye, Ms. Cook, Mr. Powers,Ms. Fonte

2. Note from Mr. Bye
Sorry about all of the confusion regarding the AP summer reading list.  I
know you probably don't know your precise schedule yet, but if you think you
may be taking my course Period 1, please read Mrs. Dalloway in addition to
The Sound and the Fury.  (Notes for The Sound and the Fury are available at
www.mrbye.com <http://www.mrbye.com> ).  I will be teaching The Hours by
Michael Cunningham which is inspired by and based on Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway.


3. AP Language and Composition Summer Reading sent out by Leorah
Abouav-Zilberman, English Department Head.

Your assignment for the summer will be to read The Botany of Desire by
Michael Pollan. While you are reading this book you are to keep a journal.
This journal will be a serious piece of work (a minimum of 50 pages in

Journal Guidelines for Students
At the end of each chapter respond in the following ways:
Note and define words of interest. (minimum five words)
Research allusions. Pollan uses Greek mythology in the discussion of
important premises. Find out about the gods he chooses and write about them.
Choose one quotation and create art to illustrate it. (Use clip art too.)
Take notes and respond to statements that the author makes.
Question the author. Assume that he will read your journal. What would you
like to ask him?
What did you learn that was interesting or surprising?
Do a web search and download an image about the topic of the chapter; paste
it in your journal
For each chapter write a one to two page “Here I Stand Response.” This means
respond to what you read. Refute, defend, or qualify the premise of the
chapter. Include your personal response to the content
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