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Bulldogs’
Summer Reading
Batesville High School
Contacting a Teacher
To help students with their Summer
Reading tasks, the English teachers will
conduct help sessions in the BHS
Media Center. The exact dates and
times are listed below. However, if you
are in need of help (and you can’t
attend the help sessions) please contact
your classroom BHS teacher through
email and they will be sure to respond.
AP Lit. and Comp- Mrs. Lacey
A summer of beaches, BBQs and books!
Batesville High School holds high expectations for its young
people; thus, all Pre-AP students in grades 9-10 and AP Literature and
Composition are required to read selected texts during the summer. According
to the Indiana Department of Education, “Research indicates that the demands
that college, careers, and citizenship place on readers have either held steady
or increased over roughly the last fifty years.” In Batesville, the community
considers the task of helping our students excel and meeting those reading
demands, seriously. Since many students in our community read throughout
their summer break, we want to ensure the selected reading material
challenges and improves their appreciation and comprehension of quality
literature.
The BHS English Department strives to improve their Summer Reading
program, seeking best practices to aide in our students’ reading development.
Please read the expectations carefully and, as always, we are available to help!
Save the Date with an English Teacher!
Students should enter
BHS through the main
doors and signs will
guide them to the
Media Center. Please
bring your book (s)
and notes.
July 6th
July 20th
[6:00-8:00 pm]
Mrs. Schory
[6:00-8:00 pm]
Mrs. Lowery
July 14th
July 28th
[6:00-8:00 pm]
Mrs. Grimsley
[6:00-8:00 pm]
Mrs. Lacey
[email protected]
Pre AP 10- Mrs. Schory or
Mrs. Lacey
[email protected]
Pre AP 9- Mrs. Lowery
[email protected]
BATESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL
SUMMER READING 2015
Expectations
Our expectations require students to explore themes developed
through texts. The act of analyzing the author’s message provides
practice with the Indiana Standards. All students will create a
formal outline and from that present a formal speech. No essay is
required.
Objectives:
Pre AP 9: Theme of
Control
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Students are expected to read one required text and one choice
from the list provided. Students will create a formal outline and
present their findings in a formal speech focusing on the theme of
control. We will spend a day at the beginning of the year editing
outlines and discussing formal speeches. For the first day, teachers
will check outlines and award 15 points for perfect MLA outlines
and Works Cited. 10 points for formal outline and 40 points for
formal speech. Total 50 points possible. Points will be deducted
for reading directly from notecards.
Required Reading: Anthem, Ayn Rand, 880 Lexile
Learn to read more carefully and critically.
Become engaged with the subject matter –
question it, agree with it, disagree with it,
compare it to other issues, make connections.
• Come to see reading and writing as a way of
exploring and learning about a subject, rather than
just a product to be judged.
• Move from merely summarizing material into
analyzing, interpreting, and evaluating literature.
• Make meaning for yourself rather than look to
teachers for the “right answers.”
• Become a more effective reader and thinker.
Pre AP 10: Theme of
Tolerance
Students are expected to read one required text and one choice from the
list provided. Students will create a formal outline and present their
findings in a formal speech focusing on the theme of tolerance. We will
spend a day at the beginning of the year editing outlines and discussing
formal speeches. For the first day, teachers will check outlines and
award 15 points for perfect MLA outlines and Works Cited. 10 points
for formal outline and 40 points for formal speech. Total 50 points
possible. Points will be deducted from reading directly from notecards.
Required Reading: Cold Sassy Tree, Olive Ann Burns, 930 Lexile
Choice- Choose from the list provided
AP Literature and Composition
Students are expected to read one required text, and one choice from the list provided. Students will create a formal outline and
CompoComposition
present their findings in a formal speech. We will spend a day at the beginning of the year editing outlines and discussing formal
speeches. For the first day, teachers will check outlines and award 15 points for perfect MLA outlines and Works Cited. 15 points for
formal outline and 55 points for formal speech. Total 70 points possible. Points will be deducted for reading directly from notecards.
Required Reading: How To Read Literature Like a Professor, Thomas C. Foster, 1290 Lexile
Required Reading: Poetry, A Case Study (see choices below) Read a minimum of 10 poems and choose 2 for speech.
1 Choice- Choose from the list provided
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BATESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL
SUMMER READING 2015
Literary Terminology Focus by Grade
Pre-AP 9
antagonist
autobiography
biography
characterization
climax
*conflict
dialogue
exposition
falling action
*foreshadowing
*metaphor
narrator
oxymoron
protagonist
resolution
rising action
setting
simile
tone
Pre-AP 10
AP 11
alliteration
atmosphere/mood
connotation
diction
*dramatic irony
flashback
foil
imagery
personification
point of view
symbol
tone
*dynamic character
*static character
flat character
round character
*verbal irony
*archetype
* paradox
*allusion
* allegory
anecdote
assonance
aphorism
colloquialisms
consonance
dialect
*figurative language
free verse
idioms
*parody
*rhetoric
rhetorical question
*satire
verbal irony
*situational irony
*synecdoche
voice
*hubris
*hamartia
Choosing a higher-level literary term with an *asterisk will be required to earn an A on this
elements. You may choose a higher-level literary term that is not on this list as well. Ask if you are
not sure.
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BATESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL
SUMMER READING 2015
AP Literature and Composition Expectations
• Maturity and Behavior is expected
o No whining and complaining
• Homework almost every night
• Writing – Class will focus on content, not mechanics – take advantage of writing conferences
• Students will use How to Read Literature Like a Professor throughout the entire year – make sure
you read and annotate the text over the summer
• Students’ attitude and participation help to make the class enjoyable
• Students must work to earn an A
o Junior year curriculum is very challenging – so time management and dedication are
required
o There is a definite transition and adjustment between sophomore year and AP - grades may
not be as high at the beginning of the year as you are learning expectations and working at a
higher analytical level
o AP is a true college-level class
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BATESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL
SUMMER READING 2015
AP 11: Literature and Composition Reading Selections
Title
Beloved
Never Let Me Go
Snow Falling on Cedars
The Kite Runner
Memoirs of a Geisha
A Clockwork Orange
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Slaughterhouse Five
East of Eden
A Prayer for Owen Meany
Wuthering Heights
The Road
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Jane Eyre
The Adventures of Huckelberry Finn
All the Pretty Horses
1984
Catch 22
Tess of the D’Uberbilles
The Count of Monte Cristo
In Cold Blood
A Raisin in the Sun
The Crucible
Macbeth
Oedipus the King
Death of a Salesman
The Glass Castle
On the Road
The Basketball Diaries
Author
Toni Morrison
Kazuo Ishiguro
David Guterson
Khaled Hosseini
Arthure Golden
Anthony Burgess
Khaled Hosseini
Kurt Vonnegut
John Steinbeck
John Irving
Emily Bronte
Cormac McCarthy
Tracy Chevalier
Charlotte Bronte
Mark Twain
Cormac McCarthy
George Orwell
Josephy Heller
Thomas Hardy
Alexander Dumas
Truman Capote
Lorraine Hansberry
Arthur Miller
William Shakespeare
Sophocles
Arthur Miller
Jeanette Walls
Jack Kerouac
Jim Carroll
Lexile Score
870
1080
840
1000
1310
830
850
700
1050
880
670
770
890
990
940
1090
1140
1110
930
1040
970
1320
1390
1070
1320
1010
930
Required Reading: Poetry, A Case Study: Choose ONE author:
Emily Dickinson
Langston Hughes
Robert Frost
Edgar Allan Poe
Walt Whitman
William Wordsworth
Maya Angelou
** You will find a collection of these poets’ poems at http://www.poemhunter.com/
** Read at least 10 poems and choose 2 for speech.
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BATESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL
SUMMER READING 2015
Summer Reading Analytical Speech Overview
Complete the analytical speech for the required novel, required poetry case study, and the novel of your
choice. As you read, annotate and take notes, which will be beneficial as you write your speech outline and
choose your significant passages. Write complete sentences for your outline. In addition, all outlines must
follow the Modern Language Association (MLA) guidelines. Incorporate ALL of the following aspects in your
speech:
I. Introduction/attention getter/thesis
I. Analysis of Novel of Choice using interpretive strategies of HRLLP
A. Two different chapters of HRLLP must be discussed
B. Include literary terms from the list within your analysis: e.g. symbol(s), motif, tone, allusions - a
minimum of 2
C. Choosing one higher-level literary term with an *asterisk will be required to earn an A on this
element. Highlight and underline the terms.
D. Oral Reading required from novel of choice and possibly HRLLP
II. Analysis of Poetry Case Study using interpretive strategies of HRLLP (Discuss 1st poem)
A. A different chapter of HRLLP must be incorporated for 1st poem.
B. Discuss literary terms from the list within your analysis: e.g. symbol(s), motif, tone, allusions - a
minimum of 1
C. Choosing one higher-level literary term with an *asterisk will be required to earn an A on this
element. Highlight and underline the terms.
D. Oral Reading required from 1st poem and possibly from HRLLP.
III. Analysis of Poetry Case Study using interpretive strategies of HRLLP (Discuss 2nd poem)
A. A different chapter of HRLLP must be incorporated for 2nd poem.
B. Discuss literary terms from the list within your analysis: e.g. symbol(s), motif, tone, allusions - a
minimum of 1
C. Choosing one higher-level literary term with an *asterisk will be required to earn an A on this
element. Highlight and underline the terms.
D. Oral Reading required from 2nd poem and possibly from HRLLP.
IV. Conclusion/Clincher
** You are required to submit a MLA Works Cited with your outline
Additional requirements/information:
1. Oral Reading: 4 specific passages from the novels/poems should be read to support your examples and
connections. One from each selection (HRLLP, novel of choice, and 2 poems). After reading the
passages, explain the significance and impact. Students are expected to have a copy of their novels (hard
copy or electronic). Students must cite quotes in outline using correct MLA.
2. Typed Outline: Due the first day of school. We will review the outlines and formal speech guidelines
the first day of school.
3. Time limit: (9th 4-6 min.; 10th 4-6 min.; 11th 5-7 min.)
4. Presentation Skills: Eye contact, voice & variety, body language, prepared & organized, does not read
directly from notes, and engages audience
5. HRLLP – Must incorporate at least 4 different chapters
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