Practice Grammar (below is a link for over 100 quizzes):
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/GRAMMAR/quiz_list.htm
Grammar is important to academic writing. If you have a chance, start going through these lessons. At the very least, you can take some of these quizzes, and start to identify your strengths and weaknesses.
If you have any issue or topic concerning the summer assignment that you would like to bring up to the entire class, use this as your forum.
AP Literature and Composition
To the student:
Welcome to AP English. You will find this class both rewarding and challenging. The requirements of the class include reading and writing about British and American literature from the 1500s to the present. You are required to complete a practice AP exam, which may require you to read one work, and will choose another work (Lord of the Flies or A Separate Peace) from which to complete a written assignment. I am providing background information and essay direction sheets for the two possible works. It is your responsibility to complete the assignments and deliver them to my mailbox by Wednesday, August 19th. Your willingness to complete this summer work confirms your commitment to the course and allows you to enhance your literary background with two works that are included on the AP recommended reading list.
Format:
-Insert your work on your practice exam, plus your additional essay, in a pocket folder and deliver it to my school mailbox.
-Your essay should include a title page with title of novel centered on page, and name, class, and date in the lower right hand corner.
-Essays should be typed using Times New Roman size 12 font and double spaced.
-The novel essay should include specific page references for support that you noted as you read.
If you have questions about the assignment, contact my school email (pmuldowney@gananda.org) and I will respond to you. (I do not expect questions the night before the essays are due. Manage your time so that you can thoroughly read each work and allow time to revise the essay before you turn it in.) I will also set up a summer blog at muldowney.edublogs.org, in case you want to post any questions or discussion topics based on the assignment.