Ap Lang Sra 2016
Ap Lang Sra 2016
Ap Lang Sra 2016
The following Summer Reading Assignment, crafted by former AP Lang students, will
allow each AP Lang student to work on both components. All written work for the summer
assignment must be handwritten, not typed. Acquire each of the following:
1. Thank You for Arguing: What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach
Us about the Art of Persuasion by Jay Heinrichs (ISBN 978-0-141-03258-0),
2. a multitude of index cards, and
3. a notebook or binder.
Read the instructions thoroughly, carefully, and repeatedly!
Please read and re-read the instructions below carefully before you begin working. Read
the instructions again as you work on the assignment. When you have completed the
assignment, read the instructions again and make sure your work has been completed as
required.
Pages 2 and 3 provide detailed instructions for the summer assignment.
On page 4 below, please find a checklist for this assignment.
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Reading
Read Thank You for Arguing in its entirety. All of the book is relevant and useful in
both AP Lang and in AP Seminar.
Outlining
Outlining will be a crucial discipline and skill to develop in AP Lang (as well as in AP
Seminar).
Read chapters 1 14 and 18 19 of Thank You for Arguingabout 180 pages (if youre
like me, you appreciate knowing the distance before beginning a journey!). (When
youve finished reading these chapters, skim the rest of the chaptersthe information will
be useful and relevant in both AP Lang and AP Seminar.)
Before you begin outlining, study the methodology and structure of outlines at the two
sites below.
Notice the I, A, 1, a, i hierarchy of ideas, and notice that there can be no point or
sub-point A or 1 or a or i without a B or 2 or b or ii.
Such elements of structure are also part of the logic of the arrangement of ideas in an
outline.
Outlines MUST be thoughtfully and meticulously organized, as the examples
provided at the two sites below:
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/544/03/
http://www.albany.edu/eas/170/outline.htm
1. Outline any five (5) chapters from chapters 1-14 and 18-19. You MUST use the
outline format illustrated and explained at the links in the box above. Pay attention to
how ideas are organized:
a. a chapter title presents a main idea, sub-headings present secondary ideas,
each paragraph presents an idea in its topic sentence, the contents of the
paragraph develop the idea of the topic sentence.
b. in the organization of an outline, an A must be followed by a B, a 1 by
a 2, an a by a b, a i by a ii, etc. It is imperative that you discern and
understand this logical concept.
2. The length of each chapter outline should be two to three (2-3) pages.
a. Introduce each chapter with a brief explanation of why you selected it:
i. The chapter was particularly interesting because . . . .
ii. The chapter was particularly challenging because . . . .
iii. The chapter seemed particularly important because . . . .
iv. etc.
b. Make sure to identify the central idea of each chapter.
c. The purpose of an outline is to discern and record the essential ideas with
enough clarity, concision, and coherency that your notes will provide an
accurate source for review of content knowledge.
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Vocabulary
5. Compile two (2) lists of essential vocabulary. Youll know it when you see it;
mostly it will be words you dont know. Provide defintions in your lists. (Hint: see
the Appendices.)
a. List I: technical jargonthe terms of art essential to Rhetorical Analysis.
b. List II: any and all other words you dont know. Make sure to provide
context appropriate definitions.
c. In both lists, provide page references in parentheses. e.g. (123).
6. Compile two (2) sets of vocabulary cards.
a. List I: technical jargonthe terms of art essential to Rhetorical Analysis.
b. List II: any and all other words you dont know. Make sure to provide
context appropriate definitions.
c. In both lists, provide page references in parentheses. e.g. (123).
Note cards will be encouraged throughout the year, and you may bring them into class for
timed-writing essay prompts.
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REVIEW
Read the instructions thoroughly, carefully, and repeatedly!
Please read and re-read the instructions below carefully before you begin working. Read
the instructions again as you work on the assignment. When you have completed the
assignment, read the instructions again and make sure your work has been completed as
required.
A binder with:
outlines of five chapters and
two lists of vocabulary words:
o technical jargon
o other words new to you.
Index cards:
Two sets of vocabulary words that
provide definitions for the words on the vocabulary lists referenced above:
o technical jargon
o other words new to you.
Your binder and index cards will be due on the first day of class.
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