For Friday, May 29: TEST. Bless Me, Ultima

 

 

For Monday, June 1 Finals review

 

For Tuesday - Friday June 2-5: FINALS

 

 

 

ENGLISH III

SUMMER READING BOOK LIST

REQUIRED BOOK:

THE ROAD, by Cormack McCarthy (See attached assignment)

 Start reading in July

CHOOSE ONE:  all are highly recommended by Mr. H  **

THE BEET QUEEN    LOUISE ERDRICH A brother and sister 

       arrive in a town, and we watch their 

       relationships, magic, and  mystery of the 

       human condition

THE LAST REPORT ON THE MIRACLES AT LITTLE NO HORSE

     LOUISE ERDRICH  A complex story of a woman 

     taking a new identity, as a Catholic priest, on an 

     Ojibwe reservation. The best I’ve read in years.

CATCHER IN THE RYE  J.D. SALINGER  Rebellious adolescent

THE DHARMA BUMS  JACK KEROUAC  Zen Buddhist road story

GRAPES OF WRATH   JOHN STEINBECK  Depression era journey to Cal.

THE INVISIBLE MAN RALPH ELLISON Black  man living in New York

BELOVED   TONI MORRISON  Affects of slavery on a woman

TIME AND AGAIN   JACK FINNEY  Time travel ethics; mystery also

THE KITCHEN GOD’S WIFE AMY TAN  Asian family through daughter’s

eyes

HUNGER OF MEMORY  RICHARD RODRIGUEZ Effects of assimilation 

SLAUGHTERHOUSE 5  KURT VONNEGUT Surreal time travel; WWII

THERE ARE NO CHILDREN HERE   ALEX KOTLOWITZ Two kids in Chicago 

       projects

 

DRAMA

LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT EUGENE O’NEILL 

** Come see Mr. Harris in Room 114 for specific recommendations

 

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ENGLISH III SUMMER READING: WRITING ASSIGNMENT

 

Answer the following questions about THE ROAD in paragraph form, as

completely as possible. ALL papers must be written in MLA form, word

processed in Microsoft Word, with hard copies to be handed in the first day of

class in August. DO NOT delete your copy - it will be a necessary part of your

assignment. If you write it on a computer other than your own, email it to

yourself as an attachment so you can print it at the school. Your assignments will

be turned in to turnitin.com, so make sure your work is your own. 

 

 

 

1. Describe the setting of the novel. What explanation, if any, is given for the

    deterioration of American society?

 

 2. Why do the father and son undertake their journey? What dangers do they 

     encounter?

 

 3. What lessons and truths does the father try to impart to his son? Why is there

an 

     urgency in his need to pass on his knowledge to the boy?

 

 4. What happens when they reach the abandoned house?

 

 5. How does the father show self-sacrificing love for his son?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AP ENGLISH IV:

 

 

 

Summer Reading

 AP English students read and arrive ready to discuss and write about:  first,

House of the Spirits, by Isabelle Allende; second, a trilogy of Greek tragedies 1)

Oedipus Rex (the King)  (pronounced Ed’-eh- pus), 2) Oedipus in Colonus, and 3)

Antigone (pronounced An-tig’-o-nee)These are all plays by the Greek playwright

Sophocles written about 450 BCE, and have entered the collection of Western stories

that are referred to as myths - i.e., stories so large and enduring they are seen as

statements and explications of the common human condition. As well, AP students read

and must be familiar with one of the following Greek myths:

  By Aeschylus:   By Aristophanes

  Agamemnon    Lystistrata

  Prometheus Bound   By Euripides

       Hippolytus

Finally, read and be VERY familiar with Job, in the Old Testament of the Bible. Be

prepared to discuss and write about the issues facing the character Job and his

community at the time, and what questions the story asks us in our present time

regarding the issue of why righteous people suffer and wicked people prosper. In

preparation for this issue, you might read Bless Me, Ultima, by Rudolfo Anaya.

 If you are tempted to get Cliff Notes rather than do the reading, transfer

immediately to the regular College Prep English IV. If you are tempted to get Cliff Notes

to help you understand, go rather to a local library such as at the Community College

and look up commentary on the plays. Any questions? If questions come to you during

the Summer, my extension is 1909, and I will check my voice mail every week or so. Do

this work in July and August, and know the work well.

RECOMMENDED SUPPLEMENTAL TEXTS:

 Mythology     by Edith Hamilton  Elements of Style by Strunk & White

 Answer to Job     by Carl Jung