12  grade AP

DEAR SENIORS REGISTERED FOR AP ENGLISH September 2024,

Here are the instructions for the 12TH GRADE AP English summer reading assignment.   

Follow directions carefully. Part of your grade will be how well you follow directions.                    

Instructions  

Summer Reading Assignment for AP English 2024-25

Read In Country  by Bobbie Ann Mason. Then, create a document that answers the questions posed below.

Part I

Look up the following literary terms. For each term, give the definition and explain how the technique it references is featured in the text. Refer specifically to the text.

1. Setting

2. Flashback

3. Literary point of view

4. Viewpoint character

5. Sympathetic characterization

6. Literary present tense

Part II

Expand your understanding of the events in the book by researching the items below. Write a paragraph on each which includes an explanation of the item and an indication of how the events are featured in the text:

1. The Vietnam War

2. Agent Orange

3. PTSD and depression linked to war service.

4. Protests in the US against the war

5. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial

6. The Paris Peace Accord of 1973

To my email (snewborn@nshahs.org), send me your completed document or a link to it; be sure to give me permission to edit.

Due Date: 8/20/24

 If you are going somewhere without Internet access, (like Mars), see me before the end of school in June. Alternative plans MUST BE MADE THEN. NO EXCUSES LATER!

 I urge you to consider carefully whether or not you are able to commit to the work involved in AP English. This is only the first of many assignments that are demanding.

If you decide to take a different English course, your summer reading assignment will involve different books. It is NOT a good idea to wait until the first day of school to decide. 

See you in September,

Mrs. Newborn