2019 Summer Reading
All AP English courses (AP Language and Composition and AP Literature and Composition) at Heritage High School require summer work. Texts have been carefully chosen to reflect coursework that will be completed throughout the semester. Please see below for assignments.
AP AP Language and Composition (AP English III)
The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien (ISBN: 9780544309760)
A Pulitzer Prize finalist, The Things They Carried is an artistic collection of short, fictional pieces--written by a Vietnam War veteran--that illustrate the lives of the men of Alpha Company at different points in their experience: as boys who would become soldiers, as soldiers, and as men who were once soldiers. Through these men, the reader explores the topics of war, truth, identity, and belonging. A few copies are available for students who cannot purchase the book. Please see Ms. Singh afterschool to check out a copy for the summer.
It is expected that students read and annotate carefully and thoughtfully.
In addition, please review How to Read Literature like a Professor by Thomas Foster.
Please click the button above for the annotation rubrics.
AP Literature and Composition (AP English IV)
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (ISBN: 9781593081164)
From Goodreads: In what may be Dickens' best novel, humble, orphaned Pip is apprenticed to the dirty work of the forge but dares to dream of becoming a gentleman — and one day, under sudden and enigmatic circumstances, he finds himself in possession of "great expectations." In this gripping tale of crime and guilt, revenge and reward, the compelling characters include Magwitch, the fearful and fearsome convict; Estella, whose beauty is excelled only by her haughtiness; and the embittered Miss Havisham, an eccentric jilted bride. A few copies are available for students who cannot purchase the book. Please see Ms. Singh afterschool to check out a copy for the summer.
It is expected that students read and annotate carefully and thoughtfully.
In addition, please review How to Read Literature like a Professor by Thomas Foster.
Please click the button above for the annotation rubrics.
The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien (ISBN: 9780544309760)
A Pulitzer Prize finalist, The Things They Carried is an artistic collection of short, fictional pieces--written by a Vietnam War veteran--that illustrate the lives of the men of Alpha Company at different points in their experience: as boys who would become soldiers, as soldiers, and as men who were once soldiers. Through these men, the reader explores the topics of war, truth, identity, and belonging. A few copies are available for students who cannot purchase the book. Please see Ms. Singh afterschool to check out a copy for the summer.
It is expected that students read and annotate carefully and thoughtfully.
In addition, please review How to Read Literature like a Professor by Thomas Foster.
Please click the button above for the annotation rubrics.
AP Literature and Composition (AP English IV)
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (ISBN: 9781593081164)
From Goodreads: In what may be Dickens' best novel, humble, orphaned Pip is apprenticed to the dirty work of the forge but dares to dream of becoming a gentleman — and one day, under sudden and enigmatic circumstances, he finds himself in possession of "great expectations." In this gripping tale of crime and guilt, revenge and reward, the compelling characters include Magwitch, the fearful and fearsome convict; Estella, whose beauty is excelled only by her haughtiness; and the embittered Miss Havisham, an eccentric jilted bride. A few copies are available for students who cannot purchase the book. Please see Ms. Singh afterschool to check out a copy for the summer.
It is expected that students read and annotate carefully and thoughtfully.
In addition, please review How to Read Literature like a Professor by Thomas Foster.
Please click the button above for the annotation rubrics.