AP English Language summer reading - Lynch (pdf)

Students are advised to buy their own copies of the books so that they can mark up
passages; taking notes and highlighting are highly recommended. The three dialectical
journals are due on the first day of school, and the summer readings will be the basis for
our discussions and writing assignments for the first month of school. Announced tests
on the three books may be given once we’re back at school.
Plagiarism:
“Plagiarism refers to a form of cheating that has been defined as ‘the false assumptions of
authorship; the wrongful act of taking the product of another person’s mind, and
presenting it as one’s own. To use another person’s ideas pr expressions in your writing
without acknowledging the source is to plagiarize. Plagiarism, then, constitutes
intellectual theft.’” (MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, Fifth Edition, pg.
30). Any plagiarized paper will receive a failing grade of zero.
I hope you like the three reading selections that have been chosen. We will pair up
Into the Wild with some transcendental writing that you might be familiar with from
your American Lit. class, and we’ll discuss Fast Food Nation along with The Jungle.
I know our tendency seems to be to leave these kinds of assignments until the very
last second, but I think that you’ll get more out of them if you can start them earlier
and not feel too rushed when reading.
Have a great summer!
I’m looking forward to next year-
Ms. Lynch