Compulsory Reading

Freedom High School Patton High School

Humanities & AP English/Language Arts Information for your Consideration Fall 2008

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Not in favor of:

Book Banning Censorship Segregating Students

Full Disclosure of controversial content; parental consent Ability to choose an alternative before the book is assigned Academic Excellence by assigning challenging material for college readiness

Favor:

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Freedom and Patton

Lets review our Reading Lists, Reading Levels and Suggested Lists for College Readiness and the AP Exam.

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Apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/pulblic/repository/ap08_eng_lit_fr g.pdf

...choose a work from the list below or another appropriate novel or play of similar literary quality.

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Columns on the List

Determine if the work is referenced on the AP Literature Exam

1.Is it among the 32 Most Frequently Cited works from 1970-2007? - Has the selection endured the test of time? 2. The year the work was last cited - Has it been cited even once in the past 5 yrs? 3. Has it been cited twice out of last 3 yrs? - Is it a popular, recent selection?

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Homepage.mac.com/mseffie/AP /APtitles.html

Titles from Free Response Questions Adapted from an original list by Norma J. Wilkerson. Works referred to on the AP Literature exams since 1971 (specific years in parentheses). A Absalom, Absalom by William Faulkner (76, 00) Adam Bede by George Eliot (06) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (85, 91, 92, 94, 95, 96, 99, 05, 06, 07, 08) The Aeneid by Virgil (06) Agnes of God by John Pielmeier (00) The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton (97, 02, 03, 08) Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood (00, 04, 08) All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren (00, 02, 04, 07, 08) All My Sons by Arthur Miller (85, 90) All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy (95, 96, 06, 07, 08) America is in the Heart by Carlos Bulosan (95) An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser (81, 82, 95, 03) The American by Henry James (05, 07) Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (80, 91, 99, 03, 04, 06, 08) Another Country by James Baldwin (95) Antigone by Sophocles (79, 80, 90, 94, 99, 03, 05) Anthony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare (80, 91) Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz by Mordecai Richler (94)

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Other Sources for Popular or Suggested Works

4. DPIs Popularity Survey:

- Listed in the Top 25?

5. The Writing Tutor:

- On AP English Reading List?

6. The Writing Tutor:

- On Classic/Contemporary List?

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Survey conducted by DPI in 2002 Works Commonly Taught in NC High Schools

www.dpi.state.nc.us/curriculum/languagearts/secondary/rightdirection/ appendixenglishiv

Top 25 English I English IV Books Frequently used in NC High Schools

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www.thewritingtutor.biz/suggested_reading/APLiteraturebytitle.php

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The Writing Tutor AP English Reading List

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The Writing Tutor Classic & Contemporary Literature

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The Writing Tutors All Time Favorites: -Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte -Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte -A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce -Hamlet by William Shakespeare Newer Favorites: -The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown Need-to-Read List: -The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman -Whatever Dan Brown writes next
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7. College Bound Reading List
- On Arrowhead Librarys List?

8. ATOS & Lexile Reading Levels

- Indicates the readability or difficulty of the text - Is the work, assigned to High School Humanities and AP students, given at least an 8th grade difficulty level?

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The Lexile measure of a book refers to its text difficulty only. A Lexile measure does not take the subject matter or content of the book into consideration. Lexile measures are based on two well-established predictors of how difficult a text is to comprehend: word frequency and sentence length.

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Freedom High School

The Good News Best of the Best selections that are being assigned for college-bound Humanities and AP students.

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Patton High School

The Good News Best of the Best selections that are being assigned for college-bound Humanities and AP students.

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Freedom High School

- Low Reading Levels - Not as widely suggested as other novels - Not used at EBHS or Draughn Why are these works selected for Honors and Humanities students?

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Patton High School

- Low Reading Levels - Not as widely suggested as other novels - Not used at EBHS or Draughn
Parent Reading List letter: as they frequent the open-ended question ? are frequently suggested texts ?

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The Color Purple

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Selection by Alice Walker

15 Copies Ordered 4/10/08 DRP Level=45

$210.75

Selection by Toni Morrison

Beloved

Parents must purchase DRP Level=54

Selection by Tim OBrien

The Things They Carried

Parents must purchase DRP Level=55

Selection by Khaled Hosseini

The Kite Runner

35 Copies Ordered 7/9/07 $500.85 DRP Level=51

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Going After Cacciato

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Selection by Tim OBrien

30 Copies Ordered 12/4/07 DRP Level=52

$441.60

Selection by Toni Morrison

The Bluest Eye

Parents must purchase DRP Level=54

Selection by J.D. Salinger

The Catcher in the Rye

Parents must purchase DRP Level=49

(Comparison How to Eat Fried Worms has a DRP Level=51)

Selection by Richard Wright

Native Son

15 Copies Ordered 4/10/08 $199.80 DRP Level=54

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AP English Literature The course should include intensive study of representative work The works chosen should invite and gratify rereading.

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Perhaps these novels are required or suggested by College English Departments What do the College English Department Chairs say about this?

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FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL These novels are not being assigned. Please allow Freedom students the option to read widely-acclaimed novels with a higher degree of difficulty to prepare for the AP exam.

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PATTON HIGH SCHOOL These novels are not being assigned. Please allow Patton students the option to read widely-acclaimed novels with a higher degree of difficulty to prepare for the AP exam.

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How?

How do you teach two novels at the same time? One BCPS Language Arts Chairpersons approach: As for teaching a class with two novels we will cross that bridge when we get to it. Or, heres another response

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T a h rso e tes a g u sw inth s m c s ro ma e c e p ra mll ro p ith e a e la s o s p rt o b s p c e . W L ra reC le , o eg u my a f e t ra tic s ith ite tu irc s n ro p a b h v gad c s io a o t th irp rtic la b o , o eg u e a in is u s n b u e a u r o k n ro p myb re d gs n o c n u tin T in /P ir/S a a e a in ile tly r o d c g h k a h re a tiv s a do eg u --o in iv u l --wu b e g g d c itie , n n ro p r d id a o ld e n a e w th te c e (T isisju t o es c rey um h s ew in ith e a h r. h s n tru tu o ig t e ith ap t-ric c s ro m T ro g tie da s n e ts a rin h la s o .) h u h re s ig mn , ll s d n c u h v a p p teta k a da re a w inth tu e ts o ld a e p ro ria s s n ll min ith e c s ro m la s o .

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Why?

And finally, Why meet the needs of all students?

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Burke County Public Schools Teaching Tomorrows Leaders Today
21st century learning environment in which every mind is challenged ensure that our graduates continue as lifelong learners positive relationships, high expectations, and team cooperation accept the challenge of academic excellence continue to seek excellence in every endeavor and strive to make Freedom the best comprehensive high school in North Carolina

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