Welcome to the blog. Here is the beginning of your experience with Advanced Placement English Language. Please "keep calm and read."
My greatest hopes emphasize the need to complete what has been assigned as summer reading this year, Thank You For Arguing. My suggestion? If you have the time, read the text through chapter 28 though the last 15 chapters are not assigned this summer, because an assignment will accompany the text about the second week in September, and it does entail information through the 28 chapters. So, in order to get a jump on the school year, I strongly suggest you consider reading at least some of these unless you don't mind extra reading for homework in the fall. You will be completing other reading/writing assignments at that time, beginning with the second day of school. Reading ahead will give you a little wiggle room in terms of homework. Yes, much is assigned for this course. But none of it is meant to bog you down with a lot of work, but instead to build the skills necessary to pass the exam as well as improve on your writing and critical thinking skills for the future.
If you choose to tackle some of the other suggestions for reading over the summer, you might want to try the second choice first, The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan, something I'm reading now, so if you have any questions, ask away. Though you haven't been exposed to much nonfiction, don't be afraid of it. This book reads like a novel in many respects, plus it gives you background on something you will also cover to some extent in your AP US History course, that is, if you are taking that course as well.
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On another note, I will be adding some links here that may prove beneficial to you as outside resources to help you with the kinds of activities you will be completing next year. This first one relates to something you need to learn how to do well, close reading. I'll be giving you more information on this once the school year commences. Other links appear on this page that also may be well worth your while to peruse.
My greatest hopes emphasize the need to complete what has been assigned as summer reading this year, Thank You For Arguing. My suggestion? If you have the time, read the text through chapter 28 though the last 15 chapters are not assigned this summer, because an assignment will accompany the text about the second week in September, and it does entail information through the 28 chapters. So, in order to get a jump on the school year, I strongly suggest you consider reading at least some of these unless you don't mind extra reading for homework in the fall. You will be completing other reading/writing assignments at that time, beginning with the second day of school. Reading ahead will give you a little wiggle room in terms of homework. Yes, much is assigned for this course. But none of it is meant to bog you down with a lot of work, but instead to build the skills necessary to pass the exam as well as improve on your writing and critical thinking skills for the future.
If you choose to tackle some of the other suggestions for reading over the summer, you might want to try the second choice first, The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan, something I'm reading now, so if you have any questions, ask away. Though you haven't been exposed to much nonfiction, don't be afraid of it. This book reads like a novel in many respects, plus it gives you background on something you will also cover to some extent in your AP US History course, that is, if you are taking that course as well.
* * *
On another note, I will be adding some links here that may prove beneficial to you as outside resources to help you with the kinds of activities you will be completing next year. This first one relates to something you need to learn how to do well, close reading. I'll be giving you more information on this once the school year commences. Other links appear on this page that also may be well worth your while to peruse.
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