Teaneck Public Schools OFFICE OF CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION 100 Elizabeth Avenue Teaneck, New Jersey 07601 Phone: (201) 833-5093 Fax: (201) 833-5495 AP English Language & Composition 11 Summer Reading Essay Packet 2020 The following essays are reproduced below. 1. “Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self” (Alice Walker) ps. 2-6 2. “I Just Wanna Be Average” (Mike Rose) ps. 7-13 3. “Breaking My Own Silence” (Min Jin Lee) ps. 14-16 4. “Just Walk on By: Black Men in Public Spaces” (Brent Staples) ps. 17-19 5. “The Myth of the Latin Woman” (Judith Ortiz Cofer) ps. 20-23 6. “Notes of a Native Son” (James Baldwin) ps. 24-31 Assignment - Summer 2020 I. Read and annotate 4 of the 6 essays included in this packet. You may print out the essay and annotate by hand or use the highlight comment function in Google docs. II. Complete a Double Entry Journal for each of the 4 essays you have chosen. the Double Entry template and instructions for annotation can be found the Summer Reading Journal doc. IF you have any questions please email me-
[email protected] All the best, Mr. Lynskey 1 Beauty: When the Other Dancer is the Self By Alice Walker Alice Walker was born on February 9, 1944, in Eatonton, Georgia, the eighth and last child of Willie Lee and Minnie Lou Grant Walker, who were sharecroppers. When Alice Walker was eight years old, she lost sight of one eye when one of her older brothers shot her with a BB gun by accident.