Advanced Placement English Summer Reading Students wishing to be enrolled in Advanced Placement English at Helias High School for the school year 2008-2009 need to do the following: 1)  Receive teacher approval 2)  Complete summer reading prior to August 7, 2008 Late submission of summer reading will result in removal from the course.   Summer Reading Students should read: ( *The Sophocles play and two novels*--a total of three works)   Read Oedipus Rex by Sophocles (Try to find a good translation. Dover Books publishes a $1.00 version.) AND a total of two novels selected from the following: (Please do not read novels that you have read prior to this time.) Most of the novels are available at the public library, ask around, or switch with other students.   Memoirs of a Geisha by Arther Golden The Color Purple by Alice Walker Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Having Our Say by The Delaney Sisters 1984 by George Orwell Night by Elie Weisel Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut Catch 22 by Joseph Heller The Natural by Bernard Malamud Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad   For each of the works that you read, select a quote that you feel presents a relevant point or main idea. Discuss the quote in two well-developed paragraphs per work. You will turn in a total of six paragraphs.  It is preferred that these be typed. All reading should be completed prior to August 7, 2008. You may drop finished work off at the Helias Business Office. Summer business hours are Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 8 - 1 p.m. OR Mail to: Advanced Placement English Helias High School 1305 Swifts Highway Jefferson City, MO 65109   CLEARLY MARK ALL WORK TO THE ATTENTION OF ADVANCED PLACEMENT ENGLISH.