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The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Banks
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Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
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My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
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Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
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Captain Courageous by Rudyard Kipling
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Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
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The Deerslayer by James Fenimore Cooper
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Oedipus Rex by Sophocles

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Complete the AP reading packets for each of the assigned novels: Oedipus Rex Packet and The Great Gatsby Packet. You must print them out. These must be completed by the first day of class!
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Set # 1: Read Ken Robinson’s “Changing Paradigms” and then View: Sir Ken Robinson’s “Changing Paradigms” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDGpL4U) Set # 2: Read Spencer Johnson’s “Who Moved My Cheese” and then View: “Who Moved My Cheese” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEH6fvU8i7o) Assignment: Create a 400-500 word response for each set of texts and videos. The responses should record your thoughts and reactions to the works and discuss how the works might apply to your academic goals for the 2012-2013 MMA school year. |