12th+Honors+English

=12th Grade Honors English Summer Reading Assignment=

PLEASE READ EVERYTHING ON THIS PAGE! (AP students: Please read the note at the bottom of the page)


 * All assignments will be due the second day of class,** **for both 1st and 2nd semester classes. Be sure to type Part One of the Beowulf assignment as some teachers may ask you to submit it to Turnitin.com.**

The two recommended books you will need are:

//Beowulf// translated by Burton Raffel //How to Read Literature Like a Professor// by Thomas Foster

These books may be purchased through any online bookseller or at a local store (Barnes and Noble has the list of required reading at their customer service desk). If you are unable to purchase a book, there are a limited number available in the main office of Ashley High School anytime during the regular summer office hours which can be found on the [|school website]. There are also computers available at Ashley during the summer office hours should a student need to use them.

The assignments are below:





I also suggest going to the link below to address some skills in annotating a text (In case you don't know, that has to do with marking up a book).

[|Suggestions for Annotation - Collegeboard]

GRADUATION PROJECT!

Many of you are spending your summer contemplating potential topics for your graduation project (or at least that is what we would like to hope). Attached below is the handbook that was used for the 2011-2012 school year. Within the first week of school you will be expected to have chosen a topic for your project so it would be beneficial to take some time to ruminate over the subject.

Things to keep in mind: 1. Your paper must be argument based which means that you must be making a point. Poor choice: Smoking is bad for you. Why this is a poor choice: Nobody thinks it is good for you. What point exactly would you be making beyond the obvious? Good choice: Wind energy is the answer to the energy crisis. Why this is a good choice: Many people don't know a lot about wind energy. Wind energy as the solution will also have dissenters.

2. Your product requires a minimum of 15 hours, but it requires 20 hours to receive the highest score in that category on the rubric.

3. You will be spending 3-4 months working on this topic. . . . make it interesting.

4. Peruse the handbook and learn a few things.


 * If you have any questions about English IV / AP LIterature / Graduation Project please feel free to contact Ms. Raspet at jennifer.raspet@nhcs.net.

AP Lit students: The first book we will be reading for the semester is //Grendel//, a work based on the monster portrayed in //Beowulf.// This makes it particularly important that this assignment is completed before the beginning of the semester in order for everyone to acclimate to the new semester, begin preparation for graduation project, and be prepared for the first novel of the year. I look forward to meeting all of you in August. See you then!