1. English Language and Composition AP
Summer 2013 Assignment

2. How to… Find information: Contact a teacher:
Visit school website for PDF version of summer assignment
Visit class website for editable version and pdf version of summer assignment (as well as other helpful links):
Visit class website for a copy of this powerpoint
Contact a teacher:
me at or
We will only be checking once a week, so if it takes a while, you will have to be patient
We will NOT check our the weekend before school starts, which means DO NOT PROCRASTINATE!

3. Step 1: read Read Common Sense by Thomas Paine
You can download it for free for the kindle and Nook apps
Or you can view it for free by following this link
Or if you would like to annotate the text (which I HIGHLY suggest you do) you can by a written version on line or at Barnes and Noble.
Yes, it really is that short, don’t freak out that you didn’t get the right version

4. Step 2: Write: Due FIRST day of class
All of the following MUST be typed:
Complete the “Part One: Biographical Information” worksheet
Complete “Part Two: Dialectic Journal” (20 entries)
Complete “Part Three: SOAPStone breakdown”
Complete “Part Four: Annotation Worksheet”

5. Step 3: Syndicated Columnist: due second day of class
Pick TWO authors from the provided list
Read FIVE columns by each author
Write a rhetorical précis for each column (you should end up with TEN préci)
Follow the attached format, or the following link is helpful: précis format
The format is VERY VERY VERY specific, you must follow it EXACTLY if you want full credit

6. Step 4: Rhetorical terminology
Study (and MEMORIZE) the provided list of rhetorical terms and their definitions
Create a flashcard for each term: due on the second day of class
We will take a quiz on the third day of class
The following link is helpful, if you have any questions about a definition or its use: rhetorical terms