AP Summer Reading Assignment 2008

     You will receive your first grade in AP English for completing all three summer readings/related assignments. Be prepared to present and discuss your reading and responses during the first class we meet after Labor Day weekend. We will be using the summer reading as our first unit of study. Do not get behind before we start! Be active readers: make sure you annotate the books and keep track of important pages and information. Use post-it notes, reading journals, or any method you like to be comprehensive readers, thinkers, and writers. If you have any questions, please email me at english237@aol.com or jmangan@viking.pvt.k12.de.us. This assignment is also posted on the school’s website. (Assignments are always typed.) I am looking forward to working with you in AP class, but, first, have a great summer! Mrs. Mangan

I. Oedipus Rex-Sophocles

Make a series of diary entries that Oedipus would have written to express his thoughts throughout the play. Include a minimum of six 1/2 page entries. Be as specific as possible and display your knowledge of the events of the tragedy and the character of Oedipus.

II. The Color of Water-McBride

Make a list of at least five specific supporting ideas from the novel (quotes, characters, events, etc…) which will help you later develop an in-class essay about the meaning of the title of the memoir. Note specific page numbers so you will have them to refer to when the essay is assigned.

III. Interpreter of Maladies-Lahiri