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students enrolled in a Pre-AP or AP course in the Bartlesville Public
Schools are required to complete a summer reading assignment. For the novel for your course, you are to complete a close reading before the first day of school. Students entering the 9th grade are required to complete an additional assignment over The Outsiders. You will take an AP style test within the first weeks of school. The purpose of close reading is threefold: to create trails, to establish territory, and to notice style. When you create a trail, you are tracking archetypes and the linear value of the story. When you establish territory, you are connecting your life to the literature. When you notice style, you are paying attention to the grammatical structure of the sentences and extrapolating structure you might emulate. You are going to conduct a close reading (where you create trails, establish territory, and notice style) of the novel assigned to you. Click here for assistance with close readings. Consult the following chart to find out what book you must read!
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