Below
is the summer reading list for Advanced Placement English students
2002-2003. Nothing that you can do to prepare for the 2003 A.P. English
Examination will be as valuable as reading. Therefore, do not waste
time, money, or energy looking for short cuts. Consider the assigned
reading a basic minimum and read as extensively as you possibly can
concentrating on works of acknowledged literary merit. Please
have The Elements of Style with you and be prepared to discuss
it on the first day of school in September. Thank you.
If you have any questions or comments, please stop by 313 any day
before or after school. Have a nice summer, but don't even think
of going to the beach without Irving, O'Brien, O'Neill, etc.
Read all of the following books.
A Prayer for Owen Meany John Irving
The Oresteian Trilogy Aeschylus
Mourning Becomes Electra Eugene O'Neill
The Elements of Style William Strunk and E.B. White
Read three of the following books.
Breakfast of Champions Kurt Vonnegut
All the King's Men Robert Penn Warren
Going After Cacciato Tim O'Brien
The Bluest Eye Toni Morrison
Empire Falls Richard Russo
Ceremony Leslie Silko
For each book that you read, take notes in your notebook to be
handed in on the first full school day in the fall. Include such
things as character identifications, themes, conflicts, and your
personal responses to each book.
From: Ms. Keane Room 313