Summer Reading

Incoming seniors, you have now "graduated" to the AP Lit page. Please visit it here here for information about summer reading!

I will periodically be checking my work email if you have any questions.

Incoming juniors (new AP Language students), below you will find some information for those of you wanting to complete the "teacher's pet" achievement.

Some of McElliott's favorite literary novels:

North and South (Gaskell)
Mary Barton (Gaskell)
Jane Eyre (C. Bronte)
Persuasion (Austen)
Barchester Towers (Trollope)
Native Son* (Wright)
Go Tell it on the Mountain (Baldwin)
Cat's Cradle* (Vonnegut)
Song of Solomon* (Morrison)
The 42nd Parallel (Dos Passos)


Some of McElliott's favorite "lighter fiction" authors: (Many of these are series, so you can choose which titles or series you want.)

Patrick Rothfuss (fantasy)
Brandon Sanderson (fantasy)
Sue Grafton (mystery)
Estelle Ryan (mystery)
Jim Butcher (fantasy/mystery)
Guy Gavriel Kaye (fantasy)


Some of McElliott's favorite books from the past year (regardless of genre or content):

A Man Called Ove (Backman)
Picture of Dorian Gray (Wilde)
Lions of al-Rassan* (Kaye)
The Bluest Eye (Morrison)
When Books went to War (Manning)
All Roads Lead to Austen (Smith)



*Asterisk indicates some adult language/content

Final Presentation

Final presentation information is available here. (I think this is the correct link!)

Group Book Project

These slides will explain what is required for your group book project which will be due on June 9th.

Oral History Article

The description for your Oral History Article in available here.

Please also make sure that you are making progress on your group novel. We will have a group novel discussion day on either Wednesday or Thursday of next week (5/31-6/1) to discuss your reading so far.

Smithsonian Information

The link to the Smithsonian article is available here as a resource for when you've turned your paper copy in.

The discussion questions and assignment are available here.

Interview Questions

The document with your interview questions is available here.

Please make an effort to get started on this project this weekend.

Also, don't forget your permission form for you novel, and to get started on reading your group book!

Group Book Permission Form

Please print, fill out, and return the permission form for your group novel project.