McKinney ISD 12 th Grade AP & AP/GT Literature & Composition Summer Reading

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1 McKinney ISD 12 th Grade AP & AP/GT Literature & Composition Summer Reading April 2016 Dear Incoming 12th Grade AP & AP/GT English Student and Parent or Guardian, Statistics prove that continued reading improves test scores and increases student success by preparing students for the challenges of a college curriculum and the demands of a knowledge based workforce. With this in mind, and in an effort to promote and develop a passion for and culture of independent reading, McKinney ISD recommends that students continue to read over the summer months. We want students to read as many books as they want/can over the summer, and recommend reading at least 4 5 books they find interesting. We recommend two of the summer reads come from the list of the titles most referenced on the AP Literature exam (attached), in an effort to continue building your student s literary canon. Check out the first quarter Literature Circle texts listed at the bottom of the list and see if those pique your interest! Also, Thomas C. Foster s How to Read Literature Like a Professor will be referenced and used throughout the school year. Feel free to dig a little deeper into looking at literature with the eyes and literary codes of a college professor as a head start into the year (recommended chapters attached). Reading AP calibur texts over the summer will enable students to see how long it will take them to read a book, and will prepare them for the independent reading that takes place in an AP English course. Students have 24/7 access to Overdrive, the McKinney ISD digital library, which they can access through the McKinney ISD website: mckinneyisd.net : Home > Student Resources > Digital Library. To access the resources, students will use an s plus their ID number as their username, and their 8 digit birthdate as their password. Over the summer you can also check out books at the MISD High School Summer School Campus, McKinney High School, during regular operating hours. If you or your child have any questions, please contact the following teachers at your child s campus: McKinney Boyd High School: Karen Scanlan ( kscanlan@mckinneyisd.net ) McKinney High School: Kelly Armbruster ( karmbruster@mckinneyisd.net ) McKinney North School: Jessica Carrier ( jcarrier@mckinneyisd.net ) As a district, McKinney ISD embraces the life long love of reading; it is our goal to instill this love in our students. We also recommend that as a parent/guardian, you read the selections with your child, so you can discuss the information with them. Thank you for your continued support. Sincerely, The 12 th Grade AP & AP/GT English Team of McKinney ISD

2 MISD Summer Reading Recommendations Fiction The following represent some of the most commonly referenced texts on the AP English Literature and Composition Exam ( ). The titles are arranged by relevance to theme for the course as well as with consideration to age appropriate content. While no titles are required, these texts represent the level of texts students enrolled in PreAP and AP courses should add to their literary canon throughout their high school career. English 1 PreAP/GT: Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya (94, 96, 97, 99, 04, 05, 06, 08) The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger (01, 08, 11, 13) Cat s Eye by Margaret Atwood (94, 08, 09, 13, 15) Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko (94, 96, 97, 99, 01, 03, 05, 06, 07, 09, 12) The Chosen by Chaim Potok (08, 13) *Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (79, 80, 88, 89, 92, 95, 96, 00, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 07, 08, 10, 12, 13, 15) Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (78, 79, 80, 88, 91, 94, 95, 96, 97, 99, 00, 05, 07, 08, 10, 13) The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan (97, 03, 13) *Medea by Euripides (82, 92, 95, 01, 03, 15) My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok (03) The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (13) A Separate Peace by John Knowles (82, 07, 13) *The Tempest by William Shakespeare (71, 78, 96, 03, 05, 07, 10) English 2 PreAP/GT: A Doll s House by Henrik Ibsen (71, 83, 87, 88, 95, 05, 09) The Bonesetter s Daughter by Amy Tan (06, 07, 11) The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov (71, 77, 06, 07, 09, 10) *Othello by William Shakespeare (79, 85, 88, 92, 95, 03, 04, 07, 11, 14, 15) *Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (80, 91, 99, 03, 04, 06, 08, 09) Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton (85, 87, 91, 95, 96, 07, 09) *Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe (79, 86, 99, 04, 11) *Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes (01, 04, 06, 08) An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen (76, 80, 87, 99, 01, 07) Gulliver s Travels by Jonathan Swift (87, 89, 01, 04, 06, 09) Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen (79, 92, 00, 02, 03, 05) Major Barbara by George Bernard Shaw (79, 96, 04, 07, 09, 11) Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf (94, 97, 04, 05, 07, 11) Mrs. Warren s Profession by George Bernard Shaw (87, 90, 95, 02, 09) Obasan by Joy Kogawa (94, 95, 04, 05, 06, 07, 10) One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (89, 04, 12) *Othello by William Shakespeare (79, 85, 88, 92, 95, 03, 04, 07, 11, 14, 15) Out of Africa by Isaak Dinesen (06) A Passage to India by E. M. Forster (71, 77, 78, 88, 91, 92, 07, 09, 12) *Paradise Lost by John Milton (85, 86, 10) Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce (76, 77, 80, 86, 88, 96, 99, 04, 05, 08, 09, 10, 11, 13) *The Stranger by Albert Camus (79, 82, 86, 04) Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (91, 97, 03, 09, 10, 11, 14) AP Language and Composition: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (80, 82, 85, 91, 92, 94, 95, 96, 99, 05, 06, 07, 08, 11,

3 13) The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton (97, 02, 03, 08, 12, 14) All the King s Men by Robert Penn Warren (00, 02, 04, 07, 08, 09, 11) All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy (95, 96, 06, 07, 08, 10, 11, 13) Black Boy by Richard Wright (06, 08, 13, 15) Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (89, 05, 09, 10) Catch 22 by Joseph Heller (82, 85, 87, 89, 94, 01, 03, 04, 05, 07, 08, 11, 15) Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier (06, 08) The Color Purple by Alice Walker (92, 94, 95, 96, 97, 05, 08, 09, 12, 13) Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller (86, 88, 94, 03, 04, 05, 07, 12, 14) Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton (80, 85, 03, 05, 06, 07, 14) A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway (99, 04, 09) Fences by August Wilson (02, 03, 05, 09, 10) For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway (03, 06) A Gathering of Old Men by Ernest Gaines (00, 11) The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams (71, 90, 94, 97, 99, 02, 08, 09, 10, 12) The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (95, 03, 06, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13) Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin (83, 88, 90, 05, 09) House Made of Dawn by N. Scott Momaday (95, 06, 09) The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros (08, 10, 13) Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison (76, 77, 78, 82, 83, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 91, 94, 95, 96, 97, 01, 03, 04, 05, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15) The Jungle by Upton Sinclair (77, 78, 82, 88, 89, 90, 96, 09) A Lesson before Dying by Ernest Gaines (99, 11) Light in August by William Faulkner (71, 79, 81, 82, 83, 85, 95, 99, 03, 06, 11) The Little Foxes by Lillian Hellman (85, 90, 10) Main Street by Sinclair Lewis (87, 09) The Memory Keeper s Daughter by Kim Edwards (09, 14) Native Son by Richard Wright (79, 82, 85, 87, 95, 01, 04, 09, 11, 12) 1984 by George Orwell (87, 94, 05, 09) Our Town by Thornton Wilder (86, 97, 09) The Piano Lesson by August Wilson (96, 99, 07, 08, 10, 12) A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry (87, 90, 94, 96, 99, 07, 09, 12, 14) Portrait of a Lady by Henry James (88, 92, 96, 03, 05, 07, 11, 14) Ragtime by E. L. Doctorow (03, 07) The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane (08, 15) The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (71, 77, 78, 83, 88, 91, 99, 02, 04, 05, 06, 11, 14, 15) Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser (87, 02, 04, 09, 10, 15) Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut (91, 04) The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner (77, 86, 97, 01, 07, 08, 13) A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams (91, 92, 01, 04, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 14) The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway (85, 91, 95, 96, 04, 05, 12) Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zorah Neale Hurston (88, 90, 91, 96, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 10, 11, 13, 14) AP Literature (any from previous lists as well as the following): The Awakening by Kate Chopin (87, 88, 91, 92, 95, 97, 99, 02, 04, 07, 09, 11, 14) Beloved by Toni Morrison (90, 99, 01, 03, 05, 07, 09, 10, 11, 14) Billy Budd by Herman Melville (79, 81, 82, 83, 85, 99, 02, 04, 05, 07, 08) Bleak House by Charles Dickens (94, 00, 04, 09, 10)

4 Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (89, 00, 03, 06, 08) Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy (71, 76, 80, 85, 87, 95, 04, 09, 10) *King Lear by William Shakespeare (77, 78, 82, 88, 89, 90, 96, 01, 03, 04, 05, 06, 08, 10, 11, 12, 14) Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad (77, 78, 82, 86, 00, 03, 07) Macbeth by William Shakespeare (83, 99, 03, 05, 09) Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert (80, 85, 04, 05, 06, 09, 10) The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy (94, 99, 00, 02, 07, 10, 11) M. Butterfly by David Henry Wang (95, 11, 12) Moby Dick by Herman Melville (76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 89, 94, 96, 01, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 09) Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe (76, 77, 86, 87, 95, 09) Murder in the Cathedral by T. S. Eliot (76, 80, 85, 95, 07, 11) Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (83, 88, 92, 97, 08, 11, 12) Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw (03, 05, 08) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard (81, 94, 00, 04, 05, 06, 10, 11) Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison (81, 88, 96, 00, 04, 05, 06, 07, 10, 13) The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski (11, 13) A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams (91, 92, 01, 04, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 14) Sula by Toni Morrison (92, 97, 02, 04, 07, 08, 10, 12) Tess of the D Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy (82, 91, 03, 06, 07, 12, 14, 15) To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf (77, 86, 88, 08) Tom Jones by Henry Fielding (90, 00, 06, 08) The Turn of the Screw by Henry James (92, 94, 00, 02, 04, 08) Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett (77, 85, 86, 89, 94, 01, 09, 12) Who s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee (88, 94, 00, 04, 07, 11, 15) Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys (89, 92, 05, 07, 08) Wise Blood by Flannery O Connor (82, 89, 95, 09, 10) Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston (91, 08, 13) Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (71,77, 78, 79, 83, 86, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 96, 97, 99, 01, 06, 07, 08, 10, 12, 15) Possible AP Literature: Literature Circle Titles for quarter 1 A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley *Denotes texts recommended for GT/Humanities Sections

5 How to Read Literature Like a Professor Recommended Chapters & Questions to Consider While Reading None of these chapters are requrired, but if you choose to read this text the below chapters are recommended. The questions/statements below the chapters are for you to ponder while reading, and similar to the chapters are NOT required. Introduction: How'd He Do That? How do memory, symbol, and pattern affect the reading of literature? How does the recognition of patterns make it easier to read complicated literature? Discuss a time when your appreciation of a literary work was enhanced by understanding symbol or pattern. Chapter 1 Every Trip Is a Quest (Except When It's Not) List the five aspects of the QUEST and then apply them to something you have read in the form used on pages 3 5. Chapter 2 Nice to Eat with You: Acts of Communion Choose a meal from a literary work and apply the ideas of Chapter 2 to this literary depiction. Chapter 4 If It's Square, It's a Sonnet Select three sonnets (you may google sonnet ) and show which form they are. Discuss how their content reflects the form. (Submit copies of the sonnets, marked to show your analysis). Chapter 5 Now, Where Have I Seen Her Before? Define intertextuality. Discuss three examples that have helped you in reading specific works. Chapter 6 When in Doubt, It's from Shakespeare... Discuss a work that you are familiar with that alludes to or reflects Shakespeare. Show how the author uses this connection thematically. Read pages carefully. In these pages, Foster shows how Fugard reflects Shakespeare through both plot and theme. In your discussion, focus on theme. Chapter 7...Or the Bible Read "Araby" by James Joyce (available online google it). Discuss Biblical allusions that Foster does not mention. Look at the example of the "two great jars." Be creative and imaginative in these connections. Chapter 8 Hanseldee and Greteldum Think of a work of literature (including film) that reflects a fairy tale. Discuss the parallels. Does it create irony or deepen appreciation? Chapter 9 It's Greek to Me Write a free verse poem derived or inspired by characters or situations from Greek mythology. Be prepared to share your poem with the class. (Greek mythology available online.) Chapter 10 It's More Than Just Rain or Snow Discuss the importance/significance of weather in Frankenstein. Interlude Does He Mean That Chapter 11...More Than It's Gonna Hurt You: Concerning Violence Present examples of the two kinds of violence found in literature (including film). Show how the effects are different. Chapter 12 Is That a Symbol? Use the process described on page 106 and investigate the symbolism of light and fire in Frankenstein. Chapter 13 It's All Political Assume that Foster is right and "it is all political." Use his criteria to show that one of the major works assigned to you as a freshman, sophomore or junior is political. (Possible selections: Fahrenheit 451, 1984, A Tale of Two Cities, Lord of the Flies, Crime and Punishment, Animal Farm, Julius Caesar, Antigone ) Chapter 14 Yes, She's a Christ Figure, Too Apply the criteria on page to a major character in a significant literary work (or film). Try to choose a character that will have many matches. This is a particularly apt tool for analyzing film for example, Star Wars, Cool Hand Luke, Excalibur, Malcolm X, Braveheart, Spartacus, Gladiator, and Ben Hur. Chapter 15 Flights of Fancy Select a literary work in which flight signifies escape or freedom. Explain in detail. Chapter 18 If She Comes Up, It's Baptism

6 Think of a "baptism scene" from a significant literary work. How was the character different after the experience? Discuss. Chapter 19 Geography Matters Discuss at least four different aspects of a specific literary work that Foster would classify under "geography." Chapter 20...So Does Season Read William Carlos Williams Spring and All (google it). Then discuss how the poet uses the season in a meaningful, traditional, or unusual way. (Submit a copy of the poem with your analysis.) Interlude One Story Write your own definition for archetype. Then identify an archetypal story and apply it to a literary work with which you are familiar. Chapter 21 Marked for Greatness Figure out Harry Potter's scar. If you aren't familiar with Harry Potter, select another character with a physical imperfection and analyze its implications for characterization. Chapter 22 He s Blind for a Reason, You Know For over 2500 years, the motif of sight, blindness, and eyes as played a major part in literature. Discuss a novel or play in which this motif is primarily employed by the author to further the meaning of the text. Chapter 23 It s Never Just Heart Disease... After 2800 years, the heart never loses its meaning as a central motivation in a novel or play. In an analytical paragraph, discuss three novels or plays in which the plot complexities revolve around the heart. Chapter 25 Don't Read with Your Eyes After reading Chapter 25, choose a scene or episode from a novel, play, or epic written before the twentieth century. Contrast how it could be viewed by a reader from the twenty first century with how it might be viewed by a contemporary reader. Focus on specific assumptions that the author makes, assumptions that would not make it in this century. Chapter 26 Is He Serious? And Other Ironies Select an ironic literary work and explain the multivocal nature of the irony in the work. Chapter 27 A Test Case Read The Garden Party by Katherine Mansfield, the short story starting on page 245. Complete the exercise on pages , following the directions exactly. Then compare your writing with the three examples. How did you do? What does the essay that follows comparing Laura with Persephone add to your appreciation of Mansfield's story? Envoi Choose a motif not discussed in this book (as the horse reference on page 280) and note its appearance in three or four different works. What does this idea seem to signify? Adapted from Donna Anglin & Marti Nelson