AP Language and Cmpsitin 2018-2019 This summer yu are required t read three bks. They are: Outliers by Malclm Gladwell, The Clr f Water by James McBride, and The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway Yu must als write a Literacy Autbigraphy. Please email the Literacy Autbigraphy t Mr. Capelli: jcapelli@srsd.net by Thursday, August 9 th, 2018. The assignments related t the bks are due the first full day f schl, which is Mnday, September 10, 2018. Please nly submit print cpies. Online and emailed cpies will nt be accepted. A test n The Old Man and The Sea will als be given n that date. 1. Literacy Autbigraphy (due Thursday, August 9 th ) This assignment asks yu t explre yur reading and writing histry. This may be a tpic yu have never thught abut befre, but the develpment f yur wn reading and writing histry (literacy) mst likely is a rich resurce filled with stries that define wh yu are, as well as what yu believe and value abut literacy. Yur Literacy Autbigraphy shuld explre the rle that literature has played in shaping the persn yu are tday. A gd way t begin is t create a timeline fr bth yur reading and writing histry. This can be ne timeline that cntains bth aspects f yur literacy r tw separate timelines. Recrd significant events, bth psitive and negative, frm yur earliest literacy experiences t yur mst recent experiences. Cnsider ideas frm the fllwing list t help yu get started: Favrite/least favrite bks Favrite writing activities Schl experiences in reading and writing at different ages Attitudes tward reading and writing at different ages Friends r classmates with whm yu shared literacy experiences Experiences with freign languages Significant peple r events that influenced yur reading and writing Gd and bad experiences with English teachers Reading time spent with family r friends Favrite time and place t read, as a child and tday Earliest memries f smene reading t yu Visits t bkstres r libraries Keeping diaries r jurnals Earliest memries f learning t read and write The rle f language, bth written and spken, in yur immediate family and scial grup The educatin and reading and writing habits and abilities f yur siblings, parents r grandparents.
Once yur timeline is cmplete, lk ver yur findings and determine which experience(s) can be turned int an engaging narrative that will reveal yur values and beliefs abut literacy in yur wn life. Fcus n using descriptive wrds and phrases t give the reader gd visuals and emtinal cnnectins t yur stry. Yu may need t cmbine several stries t indicate yur beliefs, r yu culd fcus n ne significant event t accmplish this. Yu must turn in yur timeline. It is wrth 10 percent f yur grade fr the autbigraphy. Yur Literacy Autbigraphy shuld be tw pages (typed, 12-pt, duble-spaced.) Fr yur heading, type just yur name in the upper left crner f the first page. Center yur title ne duble-space belw. Duble-space and begin yur narrative. Summer Reading Assignments (due Mnday, September 10 th ) 2. Outliers by Malclm Gladwell Gladwell 1. tears dwn the myth f individual merit t explre hw 2. culture, circumstance, timing, birth, and luck accunt fr success and 3. hw histrical legacies can hld thers back despite ample individual gifts. Even as we knw hw many f these stries end, 4. Gladwell restres the suspense and serendipity t these narratives that make them fresh and surprising. _ Publisher s Weekly After reading the text, cnsider the excerpt abve frm a review f Outliers. Fr each claim in the review (in bld), select a chapter frm the text that yu think best supprts that claim. Then turn the claim int a thesis statement and fllw it with ne strng, well develped paragraph using specific details frm the chapter selected t supprt it. There are fur claims abve yu must prduce fur supprting paragraphs. Use the title f the chapter yu have selected as a heading fr each f the fur respnses. Thus, each paragraph will have a chapter title as its heading and its first sentence will be ne f the claims abve turned int a thesis statement. Each paragraph shuld be 8 10 sentences fllwing the thesis.
3. SUMMER READING ASSIGNMENT: DIALECTICAL JOURNAL FOR THE COLOR OF WATER The term dialectic means the art r practice f arriving at the truth by using cnversatin invlving questin and answer. Think f yur dialectical jurnal as a series f cnversatins between yu and the text. The prcess is meant t help yu develp a better understanding f the literary wrk. Yu will be prducing ne dialectical jurnal as part f yur summer reading assignment. The gal is t discver hw the jurnals can prvide yu with a useful way t prcess what yu are reading. Dialectical jurnals can als better prepare yu fr grup discussins, and serve as a surce f textual evidence fr yur literary analysis assignments. The fllwing is a generic descriptin f creating a dialectical jurnal. Yu shuld use it as a guide fr develping yur jurnal entries; aim fr a variety f respnses. PROCEDURE: As yu read, chse passages that stand ut t yu and recrd them in the lefthand clumn f a T-chart (ALWAYS include page numbers). In the right clumn, write yur respnse t the text (ideas/insights, questins, reflectins, and cmments n each passage) If yu chse, yu can label yur respnses using the fllwing cdes: (Q) Questin ask abut smething in the passage that is unclear, then answer it using clues frm yur text alng with gd ld fashined reasning. (C) Cnnect make a cnnectin t yur life, the wrld, r anther text (P) Predict anticipate what will ccur based n what s in the passage (CL) Clarify answer earlier questins r cnfirm/disaffirm a predictin (R) Reflect think deeply abut what the passage means in a brad sense nt just t the characters in the stry. What cnclusins can yu draw abut the wrld, abut human nature, r just the way life wrks? (E) Evaluate - make a judgment abut the character(s), their actins, r what the authr is trying t say CHOOSING PASSAGES FROM THE TEXT: Lk fr qutes that seem significant, pwerful, thught prvking r puzzling. Fr example, yu might recrd: Effective &/r creative use f stylistic r literary devices Passages that remind yu f yur wn life r smething yu ve seen befre Structural shifts r turns in the plt A passage that makes yu realize smething yu hadn t seen befre Examples f patterns: recurring images, ideas, clrs, symbls r mtifs Passages with cnfusing language r unfamiliar vcabulary Events yu find surprising r cnfusing Passages that illustrate a particular character r setting
RESPONDING TO THE TEXT: Yu can respnd t the text in a variety f ways. The mst imprtant thing t remember is that yur bservatins shuld be specific and detailed. Basic Respnses Raise questins abut the beliefs and values implied in the text Give yur persnal reactins t the passage Discuss the wrds, ideas, r actins f the authr r character(s) Tell what it reminds yu f frm yur wn experiences Write abut what it makes yu think r feel Agree r disagree with a character r the authr Sample Sentence Starters: I really dn t understand this because I really dislike/like this idea because I think the authr is trying t say that This passage reminds me f a time in my life when If I were (name f character) at this pint I wuld This part desn t make sense because This character reminds me f (name f persn) because Higher Level Respnses Analyze the text fr use f literary devices (tne, structure, style, imagery) Make cnnectins between different characters r events in the text Make cnnectins t a different text (r film, sng, etc ) Discuss the wrds, ideas, r actins f the authr r character(s) Cnsider an event r descriptin frm the perspective f a different character Analyze a passage and its relatinship t the stry as a whle ***Sample Dialectical Jurnal entry: The Things They Carried by Tim O Brien*** Passages frm the Text Pg. # & Date Entered Reader Respnse -they carried like freight trains; they carried it n their backs and shulders-and fr all the ambiguities f Vietnam, all the mysteries and unknwns, there was at least the single abiding certainty that they wuld never be at a lss fr things t carry. Pg. 2 9/15/10 (R) O Brien chses t end the first sectin f the nvel with this sentence. He prvides excellent visual details f what each slider in Vietnam wuld carry fr day-t-day fighting. He makes yu feel the physical weight f what sldiers have t carry fr simple survival. When yu cmbine the emtinal weight f missing lved nes at hme, the fear f death, and the respnsibility fr their fellw sldiers with this physical weight, yu start t understand what sldiers in Vietnam dealt with every day. This qute sums up the cnfusin that the men felt abut the reasns they were fighting the war, and hw they clung t the nly certainty - things they had t carry - in a dangerus and chatic wrld where nrmal rules were suspended.
Make sure yur entries are between 100 and 150 wrds (8-10 sentences). If yu d nt type yur entries, be sure yur handwriting is legible and neat. Please turn in hard cpies d nt email yur wrk t me. Prduce ne entry fr each f the chapter batches listed belw: Chapters 1-4; 5-9; 10-11; 12-15; 16-18; 19-22; 23-24; 25 Epilgue Dialectical Jurnal Rubric A 95-100 B 85-94 C 75-83 D 70-74 Yu cmpsed excellent jurnal entries that represent a variety f respnses. Yur immaculate grammar, willingness t take creative risks and knack fr making cnnectins are stellar! Neatness cunts; it s apparent that yu put time, thught and energy int this. Yur entry either matches r exceeds the quality f the mdel. Fr the mst part, yu cmpsed decent jurnal entries with sme variety f respnses. Yur grammar slips in places and the quality f yur insights wants fr explanatin! Many f the entries meet the standard prvided by the mdel. The quality f yur jurnal entries is uneven and lacks variety. Yur errrs in grammar and mechanics are at times distracting. Several f yur entries d nt meet the standard prvided by the mdel. Entries are shallw, slppy, rushed, r incmplete. Yur wrk is plagued with grammar errrs. 4. SUMMER READING ASSIGNMENT: Read The Old Man and The Sea. N additinal written wrk needs t be cmpleted fr this text. *ALL written wrk fr Summer Reading (apart frm the Literacy Autbigraphy due n August 9 th ) must be handed in by Mnday, September 10 th. The Old Man and The Sea test will be n the same date. Be prepared. N lates accepted.