Summer Reading

2008-2009 AP Language and Composition:  AP English III

(Currently 10^th Graders)

Required Texts:

1.  50 Essays:  A Portable Anthology, 1^st or 2^nd Edition,

          1^st Edition: ISBN 0312412053

          2^nd Edition: ISBN: 0312446985

Note:  We will be utilizing 50 Essays throughout the year; please purchase.  You can generally get a less expensive used copy online, in a used bookstore, or from a person who was an AP Junior last year.  There is no difference between the first and second edition except the cover and page numbers.

2.  The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

ISBN: 978-0-7432-7356-5

Selected Text

3.  Select and read ONE of the plays from the following list:

Death of a Salesman: Arthur Miller

The Glass Menagerie: Tennessee Williams

Fences:  August Wilson

Assignment:

1.  Read the following essays from 50 Essays: A Portable Anthology

                   “Lost in the Kitchen” – Dave Barry

                   “The Way to Rainy Mountain” – N. Scott Momaday

                   “Two Ways to Belong in America”– Bharati Mukherjee

                   “Aria:  Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood” – Richard Rodriguez

                   “Mother Tongue” – Amy Tan

                   “Once More to the Lake” – E.B. White

                   “Television:  The Plug in Drug” – Marie Winn

2.     Read one play from the list.

3.     Read The Great Gatsby

During the first week of class, you will have an essay quiz that covers all readings. The quiz will require that you have the reading materials with you for quotes and evidence. While you may check out Gatsby and the play from a library, you must have them with you during the first six weeks of school. If you do not have your materials with you at the time the quiz is administered, you will take the quiz without them.  Writing an essay without supporting evidence will bring your grade down considerably.