MANDATORY MANDATORY

SUMMER READING SUMMER READING

FOR FOR
ALL INCOMING ALL INCOMING
PRE PRE- -AP ENGLISH I AP ENGLISH I
FRESHMAN FRESHMAN
PSJA ISD
SUMMER READING 2014-2015
Southwest ECHS Federico Trevino
federico.trevino@psjaisd.us
PSJA North Florencio Gaytan
florenciogaytan@psjaisd.us
PSJA (BEARS) Vanessa Castillo
vanessa.castillo@psjaisd.us
Memorial Sandra Velarde
Sandra.velarde@psjaisd.us
Elsie Temah-Boahene
elsie.boahene@psjaisd.us
TSTEM Maria Duran
maria.duran@psjaisd.us
Vasthi Rodriguez
vasthi.rodriguez@psjaisd.us

P R E - A P E N G L I S H I
QUE ST I ONS ? CONT ACT A T E ACHE R AT :
Example of a Literary Element Journal: First Day Expectations of School (2014-2015):
Draw a line down the middle of the paper, making two
columns. The left column is used for direct quotes. The
right column is used to identify the element and pro-
vide an analysis.

Literary Elements:
Plot: is the sequence of events or actions in a short sto-
ry, novel, play or narrative poem.
Conflict: is a term that describes the tension between
opposing forces in a work of literature and is essential
element of plot. (Problem in story)
Irony (3 types)
-Dramatic: when an audience or other characters
understand or know something another character
doesnt
-Situational: when a situation turns out differently
from what one would normally expect.
-Verbal: when a speaker or narrator says one thing
while meaning the opposite.
Characterization: the act of creating or developing a
character (character traits directly made directly or traits
that are revealed through dialogue, feelings or thoughts
of a character).
Evidence (quotaton or
detail and context)
Literary Element-
Commentary
Quote: pg. 57
Prometheus was not
satsfed. All that night he
lay awake making plans.
Internal Confict: Prome-
theus was really struggling
with the fact that man was
sufering on earth and he
had a burning desire to help
him but knew it was forbid-
den by Zeus.
Test on all assigned summer readings;
Several reading response (open ended) ques-
tons;
Test on Clash of the Titans movie;
All Dialectcal journals due (ALL WORK) to your
Pre-AP English I teacher;
Begin working on Greek Mythology project (to
be assigned on the frst day of class)


YOU ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE ALL THE ASSIGNMENTS
AND READINGS COMPLETED PRIOR TO THE FIRST
DAY OF SCHOOL.
WARNING:
PRE-AP ENGLISH I TEACHERS RESERVE THE RIGHT TO
ADMINISTER A FAILING GRADE FOR THE FIRST SIX
WEEKS FOR ANY OR ALL ASSIGNMENTS THAT ARE
NOT COMPLETED .
Welcome to PSJA Pre-Advanced
Placement English. The Pre-AP/AP
program is designed to give students
a rigorous academic program with
the opportunity to earn college cred-
its before graduation from high
school. To assist students with reading
ski l l s and bui l d background
knowledge, summer reading has been
selected for all incoming freshman for
the 2014-2015 school year. The
following is the only one (1) book
required for reading:
1. Heroes, Gods and Monsters of the
Greek Myths by Bernanrd Evslin
ISBN#978-0-553-25920-9
To enhance reading, a movie is also
required:
Clash of the Titans (1981 version)
Students are responsible for buying
their own book or borrowing it
from PSJA school libraries or local
city libraries.
Introduction: Assignment: Example of a Reaction Journal:
Since the book is a compilation of myths, Pre-AP
teachers are only requiring the following readings/
chapters:
The GODS pages 3-29; 32-38; 43-54
(Zeus, Hera, Athene, Poseidon, Hades, Demeter,
Artemis, Apollo, Hermes, Hephaestus & Aphro-
dite)
Nature Myths pages 55-62; 84-101
(Prometheus, Pandora, Narcissus and Echo & Eros
and Psyche)
Students must keep a dialectical journal for summer
reading as evidence of critical thinking and it was
actually read. This journal is due the first day of
school, and will be the first major grade for the 1st
six weeks of school.
Students will turn in a handwritten journal OR
typed pages in a folder with the following:
*Reaction Journal for all the GODS readings. One
entry per God.
*Literary Element Journal for the Nature Myths:
Prometheus: Conflict (Internal/External) Man vs.
Nature; Man vs. Man; Man vs. Himself; Man vs.
Society; Man vs. Supernatural; Man vs. Machine
Pandora: Irony (Verbal, Dramatic, Situational)
Narcissus and Echo: Characterization
Eros and Psyche: Plot (Exposition, Rising Action,
Climax, Falling Action and Resolution).
Draw a line down the middle of the paper, making two columns. The left col-
umn is used for direct quotes.
For example, you might record a quote that: (direct sentence from the story :
*Passages that remind you of your own life or something youve seen before
*A passage that makes you realize something you hadnt seen before
*A passage with examples of paterns: recurring images, ideas, colors, symbols or
motfs.
*Passages with confusing language or unfamiliar vocabulary
*Passages that you fnd surprising or confusing
*The right column is used for commenting on the left column notes (ideas/
insights, questions, reflections, and comments on each passage).
If you choose, you can label your responses using the following
codes:
(Q) Question ask about something in the passage that is
unclear
(C) Connect make a connection to your life, the world,
or another text
(P) Predict anticipate what will occur based on whats in
the passage
(CL) Clarify answer earlier questions or confirm/
disaffirm a prediction
Quote Analysis
Pg. 4When Miss Emily
died, the men went
through a sort of
respectful affection
for a fallen monu-
ment the women
mostly out of
curiosity to see the
inside of her
house (p 24)
(R) You can tell a lot about how the town felt
about Emily by this one sentencethe men
affection for a fallen monument. You dont feel
anything personal for a monument, maybe
respect, pride, etc., but no personal feelings.
Maybe this means the men never got close. They
never new her, so they pay their respects as if for
an objects faraway. The womenanother story.
Did they even like her? To see her house? Are
they a bunch of snobby stuck-up women?
Pg. 10And now Miss
Emily had gone
among the ranked
and anonymous
graves of Union
and Confederate
soldiers who fell at
the battle of Jeffer-
son (p 24)
(CL) So thats when the story takes place.
WHOA!
Pg. 2Miss Emily had
been a tradition, a
duty, a care, a sort
of hereditary
obligation upon the
town (25)
(Q) traditionWas she respected? a duty
Why? a careMeaning people loved her?
obligationWhy?
Maybe the town didnt quite love her after all.
Pg. 3a small, fat wom-
an in blackshe
looked bloated
that pallid hue. Her
eyes looked like
small pieces of
dough (p 25)
(E) Ugh! Not at all like the women I imagined. I
thought her to be beautiful, graceful feminine
not a deadly ghost. She must have died inside a
long time ago.