AP English Language and Composition Summer Reading and Assignments
1.
Read A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf.
Write a 5 paragraph essay in which you state her main point and three ideas
or experiences she uses to support her ideas.
This is due ( a hard copy) on the first day of class on Friday, Aug 21. You will also receive instructions on how to upload it on Turnitin.
2.
Read A Doll’s
House by Henrik Ibsen. We will be reviewing and analyzing this important play the second week of school. An in-class-essay will be assigned on Tuesday, Sept 1.
3.
Read Outliers:
The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell. Multiple choice test on Tues. Aug 25.
4. Read Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Watch the movie (link below) this summer and be prepared to eventually fall for Mr. Darcy. Yes, this BBC version is long, but it is the best visual depiction of the novel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Il3TrP2kRQ&list=PLvL9mYBvhx2HFNrNAQV6B4hl3-UT0fbPf
(6 episodes)
5. Choose an opinion/editorial
from a newspaper or website. Write a three paragraph essay (intro-body-conclusion) in
which you state the writer’s opinion and then take your own position about the
issue using support from your life and the culture at large. Please attach the
source to your essay. This is also due on the first day of class, Friday, Aug 21.
