GRADE 8: SUMMER READING ASSIGNMENT MRS. Y. HILL (205) The Pact: Three Young men Make a Promise to Fulfill a Dream By: Drs. Sampson Davis, George Jenkins and Rameck Hunt MANDATORY (YOU MUST COMPLETE NUMBER 1) 1. Keep a weekly reflective journal pertaining to your own struggles and accomplishments in attaining your personal goals. This will serve as a venue to express your individual feelings from summer and through the remainder of the school year. CHOOSE 3 OF THE FOLLOWING REMAINING 9 OPTIONS 2.
AP English Language and Composition Summer Reading Instructions The mandatory summer reading for AP English Language and Composition is based on the 2003 book by Thomas C. Foster entitled How to Read Literature Like a Professor (ISBN: 006000942X). Students are responsible for securing a copy of the book on their own. It can easily be purchased online or at a local bookstore, but sharing amongst peers is encouraged. Students should read the book in its entirety, and then complete the assignment outlined below. It is imperative that both parts of the assignment be completed by each AP Lang student and turned in to Mrs. Rickard on the first day of school.
Summer Reading Pre-AP English 9 Incoming ninth grade Pre-AP English students would be advised to read A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines during the summer, since at the beginning of the 2011-2012 school year Pre-AP teachers will assign the book to be completed after the first two weeks of the first marking period. Students should do a close reading of the book and expect a class discussion, a quiz, and a Socratic Seminar. This book selection will be used to launch a class reading of and comparison with Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. Your Independent Assignment with reference to A Lesson Before Dying: Write an analytical essay. “When you write an extended literary essay, you are essentially making an argument.
There are, however, similarities. First of all, both men show a bias opinion of their surroundings. Dane does so in a subtle way, while Bacon flaunts his ideas, good or bad to everyone within shouting distance. We can see Dane’s biases in a quote from page sixty-two in Johnson: “God hath all along preserved and kept me all my days.” In this passage, it is evident that Dane’s opinion on everything will have a religious spin to it. We can also tell that every experience he goes through is glorified, that everything worked out for the better.
He wants the beauty of such things to be weaved into every aspect of his being, causing him to live in an iridescent fashion. He loves the bustling vibe of the upper class. Paul soon finds out that he was not meant to live this buzzing lifestyle. As reality crashes down on him, Paul understands he will never be more than ordinary. The insurmountable disappointment of Paul’s mediocrity is too much for him to bear.
4) Your report should be submitted at the beginning of the class on Dec 3, by one of the group members. If you choose to email the report or submit late, I will discount 75 % of your case grade. 5) This case is worth 2 quizzes. In other words, it will count as 2 quizzes towards your final grade. 6) In your report, please address the following issues: A) Assuming Tottenham Hotspur, plc.
In pursuit of Daisy, Gatsby adopts the misplaced values of the 20’s that she herself practices. These include materialism, dishonesty, and carelessness. Gatsby fully involves himself in the upper-class lifestyle in the attempt to win over Daisy. We see just how much Gatsby reinvents himself when Nick describes the transformation of James Gatz into Jay Gatsby. “So he invented just the sort of Jay Gatsby that a seventeen-year- old boy would be likely to invent, and to this conception he was faithful to the end” (Fitzgerald 91).
When there is no precedent to base a decision is called first impression. !
30 Seconds Left! Use it Wisely. In third period, the class was anxious as they prepare to present a book they read over the summer. It couldn’t be that easy, as the class also had to present it as a summary in a time limit of 30 seconds. After all the student’s 30 seconds were up, the students had to pick 3 book that they thought were interesting to them and write an essay about those 3 books.
Hello Stacy Hernandez As we begin to wrap up Quarter 3 of our 2012-2013 school year, it is important that we checkin again with regards to your student’s progress towards Semester 2 final grades. As you know, Middle School students receive letter grades at the end of each semester. The end of our third quarter is a good time to think about how your student is meeting the goals outlined in the grading scale. I’ve attached the scale to let you know what is expected of your student for each letter grade. Aim high!