AP English Language and Composition Summer Reading Assignment Welcome to APE! You are about to begin a course unlike any other English class you have taken. Before beginning your summer reading assignment, you must revisit your ideas about critical reading. Follow the link below to the site “Critical Reading of an Essay’s Argument.” While this site focuses on finding the central argument of an essay, the strategies suggested will benefit your reading of any text. Please annotate the article
confidence that AP Upper-Mid English has been unlike any other English course that I have taken during my academic career. Put plainly, the material and in-class instruction of the class is revelatory in every sense of the term, and, overall, the organization and matter of the course was exceptional. In terms of the organization of the course as a whole, I believe that the English Department was able to successfully distill all of the dominant aspects of learning that an English class epitomizes
It is my sincere pleasure to be able to write this letter of recommendation for Ethan Michalowski. I have known Ethan for the past four years as his English teacher and forensics coach; therefore, I feel that I am able to testify to his many strengths as a student and his talents as a contributing member of his school and community. I am honored that Ethan has asked me to write this letter, but adequately portraying his academic excellence, leadership qualities, and pure love of learning is no
of taking the course of AP English Lit and Comp this upcoming year, I have found an
READING ASSIGNMENT 2012-2013 High School English 9th – 12th grade OSNAS students are required to read two novels if placed in an English Regular’s or Honor’s class and three novels if placed in an AP English class: Several grades will be given for the summer reading. Dialectical response journals for each book (rubric attached). Exams on the assigned novels within the first days of school. In class essay questions on each of the novels. 9th Grade Regulars and Honors - Reading Assignment: 1. Fiction
Stone Barcomb Reinhoff AP Lang/Comp 9 September 2014 Language of Compositions Questions “School” 1. According to Kyoko Mori, what are the major differences between the Japanese and American educational systems? Summarize them. There are multiple major differences between the Japanese and American educational systems explained in the story. Teachers in Japan are unwilling to give extra help, or any advice for a student to improve their grades, students are told to “try harder”. In America, Mori
In my high school AP english classes, my essays were always read as examples. I scored in the 99th percentile on my SAT in writing and my literature and composition teacher begged me to apply to her alma mater with a major in english or creative writing because of my impressive rhetoric. I entered Howard University with a lot of uncertainties, but what I was sure about was my writing ability. Naturally, I was registered for english 075, an honors course in writing. When I began the course I was excited
The Rebound I have been and will always be a writer. My mom has told me stories of how in first grade, I would sit in my room for hours writing and illustrating “The Many Adventures of Spider-Boy,” my first comic series. Encouraged by my parents, teachers, and friends, I continued to write and draw in my free time. However, as I got older and my writing matured, it became more difficult to write. Writing was no longer just a fun hobby, it became the way to realize my stories. When I’d sit down to
writer I could be. Although I had a decent writing skill, enough to pass the AP English exam at least, I never really pushed my writing abilities to anything beyond the minimum amount needed to pass with a decent grade. Once I got to college, however, writing was a different story. When I came into Writing 39B, I felt it would be something similar to my experiences in my high school AP English classes. Do the assignments with a minimal amount of work in order to get a decent grade, and just pass