SummerReadingAssignment

APLiteratureandComposition
EssexTech:MrJohnson
Dueforsubmissiononthefirstdayofclass.Essayprintedasahardcopy.No
exceptions.Nolatecredit.Notes,foreachtext,areworthtenhomeworkgrades
(20homeworkgradestotal).Theessayisan100pointessay/projectgrade.
(This
assignmentreplacestheschoolwidehonorssummerreading)

Read:
1. JaneEyre
byCharlotteBronte(availableforfreeinIBooks).
2. 1novelofyourchoicefromtheModernLibrarytop100list(theboardscolumn
ontheleft:
http://www.modernlibrary.com/top100/100bestnovels/
).
Complete:
1. ReadingNotes:
Twocolumnreadingnotes(aquoteorparaphraseononeside
withacorrespondingreflectionorcommentontheother)ormarginnotesinan
IBook,approximately1noteperpage,eitherdigitallyorinareadingjournal.
Keeptrackofplotdevelopments,stylisticelements,majorthemes,theoriesof
characters,importantstatementsbycharacters...etc.100noteminimumforeach
text.
2. AnalyticalEssay
(thesisdrivenwithtextualevidenceandanalysis,12pointfont,
TimesNewRoman,MLAparentheticalcitation):
W
rite57pages,comparingand
contrastingyour2texts,ononeofthefollowingprompts:
a. Compareandcontrastthetextsdepictionofromanticrelationships.
b. Compareandcontrastthetextsportrayaloftherelationshipbetween
tragedyandwisdom.
c. Describeandanalyzethetextsdepictionoftherelationshipbetweenfate
andfreewill.
d. Describeandanalyzewhatthetextsrevealabout
__(
pick1ofthefollowing
)_
:
1. SocialClass
2. Gender
3. Power
4. Greed
5. Religion
6. Morality
7. Appearancesvs.Reality
Suggestion:Themoreyouread,themoreyouwillbeprepared.

Readingisactive:think,question,connect.Otherwiseyouarenotreallyreading,youarejustsoundingout
thesyllablesinasequence.Read.Think.Live.