Below is a copy of the summer reading letter you should have already received upon registration or from Ms. Watts. See you this Fall and watch this blog for my thoughts and extra help regarding the summer reading.
Dear Rising Senior,
I am looking forward to working with all of you next year. This class has a truly specific mission. Chiefly, the course has three main goals: one, to further improve collegiate level essay writing and literary analysis skills; two, to improve research based writing skills; and three, to obtain college credit by scoring a three or above on the AP test next spring.
The course requires a summer reading component which is NOT optional. Since the AP test has a “Free Response” section which requires students to write about a novel or play of literary merit, we must read numerous full-length texts across the course of the year. The texts we will read this summer are Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, and Kate Chopin’s The Awakening.
The course will make use of my blog where I will post bi-weekly “help” pages (and where students can post comments and questions about summer reading). The address of my blog is:
http://veonAP2013.blogspot.com
Students may either purchase books through a company like Amazon or read the books through our Media Center
I strongly suggest that students take notes about the main themes, plot elements, and important lines of each text as we will have, during the first week of school, a comprehensive test on each selection as well as an in-class essay on one selection of your choice. No exceptions will be made regarding completion of summer reading.
Lastly, I am looking forward to getting to know all of you next year and to helping you to be 100% ready for college writing, analysis, and research. Have a safe, relaxing, productive summer. See you on the blog!
Mark D. Veon
AP Literature and Composition Instructor
