AP Language Summer Reading

 

 

Choose one of the following books to read: 

The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls  

Just Mercy by Bryon Stevenson 

The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson 

The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown 

Assignment as your read: annotate text for rhetorical strategies used. You may annotate in your own book or on paper. These annotation will help you on the writing assignment. There will be a writing assignment the first week of school. 

 

Things to keep in mind as you read: What is the purpose of making this memoir read like a narrative? How does it impact the reader? What about the audience? How are the readers supposed to feel, act and do?  How can a theme in the memoir represent the author's arguments they are making? Is there bias involved? Why or why is it important to recognize that? What kind of ‘social commentary’ is being provided? What kinds of arguments are the main characters making and what type of strategies are they using to make the argument? It all comes down to the author's choices and author's purposes. 

 

Strategies: 

Logic 

Emotion 

Credibility 

Exemplification 

Call to Action 

Anecdote 

Specific word choice 

Definitions 

Compare and Contrast 

Pronoun Use 

Juxtaposition 

 

Tentative timeline for essay writing (in class): Thursday and Friday August 10 and 11.

You will have 1 class period to complete. You will have access to your book that you have chosen and whatever notes in the book that you make. See below for the grading rubric.