AP English Students, here is an opportunity to build a bit of community as you do your summer reading -- and to get some extra credit as well:
Each time you post a comment here about one of the summer reading books, you get extra credit -- or can complete one fewer "booknote." For example, post ten comments here over the summer and you only need a total of 70 booknotes (rather than 80) on the two books.
If you complete 80 or more booknotes plus make comments here = extra credit.
Reading more than two books plus booknotes = extra credit.
4 comments:
Sample comment: I've just started reading Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. It's a short novel but difficult to get into. Some of the sentences are very long. For example: "I listened on the watch for the sentence, for the word, that would give me a clue to the faint uneasiness inspired by this narrative that seemed to shape itself without human lips in the heavy night air of the river." (p. 95). The way it's written reminds me of The Great Gatsby because the narrator is gradually learning more and more about the main character, who is somewhat of a mystery. --Ray W.
I am reading The Color Purple by Alice Walker. It was so good I read it all in one day. I read my book first and then I went back and added the booknotes. I have never read a book like this one and it was a good choice. - Sam Peach
Hi Sam, thanks for being first to place a comment here. The Color Purple is a great choice. A lot of people who have read it have been deeply impacted by this book. (Alice Walker has some other great books you might check out as well). You said that you had "never read a book like this one." What made The Color Purple so unique for you?
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--Ray W.
I think what was unique about The Color Purple was the style of writing. The author's use of language and style let me feel for Celie. The way she wrote things, made me feel sad or happy for Celie, even though she's a fictional character.
Though the style of writing she used for Celie was kind of broken english, it was still easy to understand, and very interesting.
I am about to begin The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, it looks very intriguing.
-Sam Peach
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