READING RESPONSE QUESTIONS You are expected to answer all the questions for each play or novel. For the “Personal Reactions” question, you do not have to answer all the sub-questions given; you may share your thoughts and reactions instead. Always include proof for your opinions and arguments by defending your position with quotes form the work; of course, reference with page numbers (78). This does not apply to “Personal Reactions.” Since journal writing is informal, you may use first person, but avoid second person; of course, I do expect your best writing with good paragraph formation and clarity. A Doll’s House by Henrik IBsen: Due June 29 (Saturday) 1. Personal Reactions: Do you think that society today conditions young women to accept a doll-like existence? Consider fashion, media influence, gender expectations . Predict what life will be like for Nora or Torvald in ten years. 2. Notice the pet names that Torvald calls Nora. Give examples and analyze why he calls her these names. 3. Torvald gets a pretty bad rap most of the time because Ibsen created Torvald to represent a typical Victorian male. Given Torvald, what would you consider the top three characteristics of a Victorian male? How does Ibsen use irony (mostly seen through Torvald’s hypocrisy) to portray his criticism of the traditional Victorian male gender role? 4. Nora is under the illusion that her husband is a knight in shining armor willing to perform the “greatest miracle” (93, 112) if need be. When he doesn’t, her world falls apart. What did Nora expect Torvald to do once he learned of her secret? That Torvald failed to be Nora’s hero propels Nora into fully realizing her doll-like existence. In the last scene, she comes to full self-realization. List at least five distinct points (with page references) she reveals to her husband at the end of the play. Do you agree with her final decision? Explain. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald: Due July 27 (Saturday) 1. Personal Reactions: • Have you ever wanted something or someone that seems out of reach? How did this make you feel? How did you manage this longing/desire? • With which character in this novel do you most closely identify? Explain. • Do you like the way Fitzgerald ends this novel? Why or why not? 2. Analyze the relationship between Daisy Buchanan and Jay GatsBy ¨ Describe their personality traits. ¨ What draws them to each other? ¨ How do their differences create tension? ¨ How is this tension resolved? 3. Discuss the roles of at least two minor characters in The Great Gatsby. Describe each character and explain what his/her major purpose is in the story. 4. Compare and contrast two important settings. How do places reflect or influence characters? Give detailed evidence from the novel in support of your claims. 5. How is this a novel about reality and illusion? How is it a novel about the American Dream? What key messages (think of at least two) is Fitzgerald trying to convey in The Great Gatsby? AP English – Choice Novel Assignment – 200 points Due: August 29, 2019 Goal: You will become an expert in a novel that has been frequently cited on the AP Literature Exam and will spend 1/2 day teaching the class about your novel. 1) Select and purchase your novel before June 30th. Take a selfie with your book and text it to me on or before this date. 2) Read and annotate your novel. 3) Turn in three, 1-page (typed, double-spaced) reflective journal entries about your reactions as you read. Worth 15 points each, these entries are due on July 11, July 25, and August 8. Please submit entries by midnight on these dates to your personal folder within the AP English Google folder. 4) Create an “Executive Summary” presentation for your novel. This presentation should: 1) have a creative title page; 2) summarize the plot (don’t spend too much time on this); 3) contain a visually engaging explanation of character relationships (diagram, collage, chart, etc.); 4) suggest key themes; 5) analyze symbols or motifs; 6) list and provide examples of three literary devices used effectively throughout the novel (with examples). 80 points total 5) Develop a connections web for the novel. This web will verbally and visually show ways in which this novel connects to other stories, novels, poems, music, or film. Your web should feature a minimum of five different connections with descriptive details. 30 points total 6) Read two articles of literary criticism (Harold Bloom edits many volumes of literary criticism). Create a compare and contrast chart that thoroughly describes the points expressed by these critics. Note: these articles of literary criticism are most easily found by ASKING a reference librarian for help. 45 points total AP English 2019-2020 – Dates to Remember! • June 7 Return personal details form to Mrs. C’s office • June 29 Post reading response journal entry for A Doll’s House by midnight to your personalized Google folder. • June 30 Text me a selfie of you with your purchased Choice Novel (313.478.9709) by midnight. • July 11 Submit your 1st Choice Novel journal entry to your Google folder by midnight. • July 25 Submit your 2nd Choice Novel journal entry to your Google folder by midnight. • July 27 Post reading response journal entry for The Great Gatsby by midnight to your personalized Google folder. • August 8 Submit your 3rd Choice Novel journal entry to your Google folder by midnight. • August 29 Choice Novel Project due by the beginning of 3rd hour in your Google folder. • Sept. 13 Field Trip to the Stratford Festival in Canada (Play choice TBD – Likely Arthur Miller’s The Crucible) Titles from Open Response Questions* Updated from an original list by Norma J. Wilkerson. Works referred to on the AP Literature exams since 1971 (specific years in parentheses) Please note that only authors were recommended in early years, not specific titles.. A Absalom, Absalom by William Faulkner (76, 00, 10, 12) Adam Bede by George Eliot (06) The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellow (13) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (80, 82, 85, 91, 92, 94, 95, 96, 99, 05, 06, 07, 08, 11, 13) The Aeneid by Virgil (06) Agnes of God by John Pielmeier (00) The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton (97, 02, 03, 08, 12, 14) Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood (00, 04, 08) All the King’s Men by Robert Penn Warren (00, 02, 04, 07, 08, 09, 11) All My Sons by Arthur Miller (85, 90) All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy (95, 96, 06, 07, 08, 10, 11, 13) America is in the Heart by Carlos Bulosan (95) An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser (81, 82, 95, 03) American Pastoral by Philip Roth (09) The American by Henry James (05, 07, 10) Angels in America by Tony Kushner (09) Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner (10) Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (80, 91, 99, 03, 04, 06, 08, 09, 16) Another Country by James Baldwin (95, 10, 12) Antigone by Sophocles (79, 80, 90, 94, 99, 03, 05, 09, 11, 14) Anthony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare (80, 91) Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz by Mordecai Richler (94) Armies of the Night by Norman Mailer (76) As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner (78, 89, 90, 94, 01, 04, 06, 07, 09) As You Like It by William Shakespeare (92 05, 06, 10, 16) Atonement by Ian McEwan (07, 11, 13, 16) Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man by James Weldon Johnson (02, 05) The Awakening by Kate Chopin (87, 88, 91, 92, 95, 97, 99, 02, 04, 07, 09, 11, 14) B “The Bear” by William Faulkner (94, 06) Beloved by Toni Morrison (90, 99, 01, 03, 05, 07, 09, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17) A Bend in the River by V. S. Naipaul (03, 15) Benito Cereno by Herman Melville (89) Billy Budd by Herman Melville (79, 81, 82, 83, 85, 99, 02, 04, 05, 07, 08, 15) The Birthday Party by Harold Pinter (89, 97) Black Boy by Richard Wright (06, 08, 13, 15) Bleak House by Charles Dickens (94, 00, 04, 09, 10) Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya (94, 96, 97, 99, 04, 05, 06, 08) The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood (07, 11, 16) The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison (95, 08, 09) Bone: A Novel by Fae M. Ng (03) The Bonesetter’s Daughter by Amy Tan (06, 07, 1, 161) Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (89, 05, 09, 10, 17) Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat (13) Brideshead Revisted by Evelyn Waugh (12) Brighton Rock by Graham Greene (79) Broken for You by Stephanie Kallos (09) The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevski (90, 08) Brown Girl, Brownstones by Paule Marshall (13) The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout (16) C Candida by George Bernard Shaw (80) Candide by Voltaire (80, 86, 87, 91, 95, 96, 04, 06, 10) The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (06) The Caretaker by Harold Pinter (85) Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (82, 85, 87, 89, 94, 01, 03, 04, 05, 07, 08, 11, 15, 16) The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger (01, 08, 11, 13) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams (00) Cat’s Eye by Margaret Atwood (94, 08, 09, 13, 15) The Centaur by John Updike (81) Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko (94, 96, 97, 99, 01, 03, 05, 06, 07, 09, 12) The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov (71, 77, 06, 07, 09, 10) The Cider House Rules by John Irving (13) The Chosen by Chaim Potok (08, 13) “Civil Disobedience” by Henry David Thoreau (76) Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier (06, 08) The Color Purple by Alice Walker (92, 94, 95, 96, 97, 05, 08, 09, 12, 13, 16) Coming Through Slaughter by Michael Ondaatje (01) Copenhagen by Michael Frayn (09) The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett (10) Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton (85, 87, 91, 95, 96, 07, 09) Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevski (76, 79, 80, 82, 88, 96, 99, 00, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 09, 10, 11, 16) “The Crisis” by Thomas Paine