John F. Kennedy High School 2010/2011 Junior IB/AP English Language and Composition Summer Assignments

This summer will be busy and productive as you prepare to enter this IB/AP class. This class is a college-level course that will require numerous and extensive reading and writing assignments. The nature of the class demands that you begin the school year with the appropriate knowledge and skills that will be necessary to prepare for the AP English Language and Composition Exam in May. Listed below are assignments to be completed this summer: Assignment #1 Read The Gatekeepers by Jacques Steinberg. Copies are available in room 105 or 106, or you may choose to obtain your own copy for extra credit to be given in the fall. Complete the following dialectical journal assignment. The assignment must be typed and the file must be uploaded to Turnitin.com; instructions for this procedure will be provided on the first day of school. Dialectical Journal Create two columns on your paper. Copy significant quotes/passages from the book on the left hand side. Respond to the quote/passage on the right hand side. Your response must be at least six sentences in length. Ways you might respond include something new you’ve learned, how the quote/passage relates/inspires/surprises you, or any other way you connect to the quote/passage. You must complete ten entries. Assignment #2 Read In Cold Blood by Truman Capote. Copies are available in room 105 or 106, or you may choose to obtain your own copy for extra credit to be given in the fall. Complete an annotated glossary for setting. Instructions for this assignment are on the back. Please note that in order to adequately illustrate the setting, you may need to include multiple examples that exemplify all four elements of setting. The assignment must be typed and the file must be uploaded to Turnitin.com. We will examine and discuss a sample in class before the due date. Annotated Glossary Definition

Setting The background against which action takes place. The elements making up a setting are: (1) the geographical location, its topography, scenery, and such physical arrangements as the location of the windows and doors in a room; (2) the occupations and daily manner of living of the characters; (3) the time or period in which the action takes place, for example, epoch in history or season of the year; and (4) the general environment of the characters, for example, religious, mental, moral, social, and emotional conditions. When setting dominates, or when a work is written largely to present the manners and customs of a locality, the result is local color writing or regionalism.

Schedule of due dates: Monday, Aug. 30: Discuss The Gatekeepers (bring the book to class) Tuesday, Aug. 31: The Gatekeepers reading check; dialectical journal due Wednesday, Sept. 1: In Cold Blood reading check Friday, Sept. 3: In Cold Blood in-class essay Tuesday, Sept. 7: In Cold Blood annotated glossary due Monday, Sept. 13: Begin Chronicle of a Death Foretold Since we know many of you will want to plan ahead, the novels we will study immediately following the summer readings are Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez , A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Lermontov, and The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka. These novels are not readily available in large quantities in the major bookstore chains, so we suggest you order or locate these books well in advance of the start of school. If you decide during the summer that you will not take AP next year, the summer assignment for junior college prep is located on Kennedy’s website. If you transfer out of AP in the first week of school, you are expected to complete the summer assignment for college prep. This is a demanding class with a large amount of reading and writing, but if you are willing to put the effort and time into the requirements of the class, you will improve as a reader and writer, as well as experience success. Have a great summer, and we look forward to seeing you in the fall! Mrs. Bettendorf andMrs. Bettendorf andMrs. Bettendorf andMrs. Bettendorf and Ms. Fong Ms. Fong Ms. Fong Ms. Fong

Annotated Glossary: Literary Terms

Complete annotated glossary entries according to the following format, selecting your examples from assigned readings. Each entry is worth 20 points and must be typed. The point value may change if multiple examples are required (i.e. theme, setting, point of view). Format: Term: definition (see text, literary terms handbook, handouts) Examples: quotations, followed by source, including title, page/line number

Function: author’s purpose in employing this language resource, at this point in the work, comment on theme, character, setting, etc. (Your analysis should be at least six sentences long, see below).

Sample Student Glossary Annotations:

allusion: a brief reference in literature, explicit or indirect, to a subject the writer assumes his reader will

recognize, such as: 1) mythology; 2) the Bible; 3) other works of literature; 4) historical events, figures; 5) places

example: “Angels are bright still, though the brightest fell” (Shakespeare 4.2.22). function: Malcolm’s line alludes to Lucifer, the “brightest angel,” who rebels against God in the Bible.

Even the name “Lucifer” suggests light (“luz”) or brightness. Malcolm’s allusion to Lucifer serves to explain the nature of grace to Macduff, and it helps to illuminate the character of Macbeth, who was the “brightest” of Duncan’s nobles at the outset of the play and succumbs to “the common enemy of mankind” in killing his king/guest/cousin. This is especially important in that the play was written for James I, thus killing a king is considered an act against God. The allusion stresses Macbeth’s depravity and complements the light-dark image pattern in Macbeth. Malcolm’s statement further reinforces the nature of the battle over the kingdom; it is a good versus evil archetypal plot. (This entry is a strong example, but the student should have included context for the line.)

alliteration: the repetition at close intervals of the initial consonant sounds of accented syllables or important

words example: “Were they not forced with those that should be ours. / We might have met them dareful, beard to

beard. / And beat them backward home” (Shakespeare 5.5.5-7). function: “B” alliteration emphasizes the meaning and importance of Macbeth’s lines, lines that precede the

well known (and alliterative) “Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow” soliloquy. The alliteration of the explosive consonant “b” sound echoes the sound of battle, for which Macbeth is preparing. These “b” sounds explode to accentuate Macbeth’s harshness, and his stressed, battle-weary mind. This cacophonous alliteration appropriately mirrors Macbeth’s situation in the play. (This entry needs development. Analyze diction/connotation further. Clarify what he is battling, as situation is vague. Context of the lines?)