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.