ASSIGNMENT

I would like you to write at least two paragraphs telling me how you felt about the book 30 Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary. What did you like? What did you dislike? What did you learn? Was this book helpful?

SUBMITTING YOUR ANSWERS

You must email your answers to akhawaja11@gmail.com. DO NOT email your answers to my McKeel email address. I will only accept answers sent to my Gmail address. If you email your answers to my McKeel email address, I will not accept your assignment. You may continue to email me with any questions at my McKeel email address. My Gmail account is only used for submitting assignments, so please do not email me with any questions at that account.

EMAIL FORMAT

When you email me your answers, you will need to put “AP 30 DAYS” in the subject line. You will need to put your first and last name in the body of the message (where you would normally type your message). You will then need to attach your answers. You must send the answers as an attachment!

Do not forget, you must submit your answers by 11:59 p.m. on July 20th. Do not wait until the last minute because I will not accept any late assignments.

ASSIGNMENT

In Brave New World, Aldous Huxley predicts a futuristic society that discourages individuality, monogamy and religion while promoting job specialization and coping with life by taking medication. Prove how our society emulates or contrasts with Huxley’s futuristic society. Support your thesis with examples and details from Huxley’s society and our society.

You are responsible for submitting your assignment by 11:59 p.m. on July 12th. I will not accept any late submissions.

When planning and writing your essay, you should use the same length guidelines as you used on your first essay. You need to compose a well-developed essay.

SUBMITTING YOUR ESSAY

You must email your essay to akhawaja11@gmail.com. DO NOT email your essay to my McKeel email address. I will only accept essays sent to my Gmail address. If you email your essay to my McKeel email address, I will not accept your assignment. You may continue to email me with any questions at my McKeel email address. My Gmail account is only used for submitting assignments, so please do not email me with any questions at that account.

EMAIL FORMAT

When you email me your essay, you will need to put “AP ASSIGNMENT 2” in the subject line. You will need to put your first and last name in the body of the message (where you would normally type your message). You will then need to attach your essay. You must send the essay as an attachment!

Do not forget, you must submit your essay by 11:59 p.m. on July 12th. Do not wait until the last minute because I will not accept any late assignments.

ASSIGNMENT

From reading chapters 1-8, do you believe that The World State (the society as described in Brave New World) depicts a dystopian or utopian society? In a well-developed essay, you must make a claim and support your claim with evidence from the text. Be sure to only select one side and clearly support your argument.

You are responsible for submitting your assignment by 11:59 p.m. on June 30th. I will not accept any late submissions.

SUBMITTING YOUR ESSAY

You must email your essay to akhawaja11@gmail.com. DO NOT email your essay to my McKeel email address. I will only accept essays sent to my Gmail address. If you email your essay to my McKeel email address, I will not accept your assignment. You may continue to email me with any questions at my McKeel email address. My Gmail account is only used for submitting assignments, so please do not email me with any questions at that account.

EMAIL FORMAT

When you email me your essay, you will need to put “AP ASSIGNMENT 1” in the subject line. You will need to put your first and last name in the body of the message (where you would normally type your message). You will then need to attach your essay. You must send the essay as an attachment!

Do not forget, you must submit your essay by 11:59 p.m. on June 30th. Do not wait until the last minute because I will not accept any late assignments.

I am sure many of you are thinking to yourself “how long does this essay need to be?” My answer is: It needs to be a well-developed essay. This is something you will need to get used to in AP Language and Composition. I will rarely, if ever, give you a length requirement. If you plan on cutting corners and taking the easy way out, this class is not for you. Your assignment is to effectively support your claim, not write a five-paragraph essay. For those of you having a hard time grasping this concept, I will tell you that you will have a difficult time producing a well-written essay that is under 500 words. Remember, a large factor of your acceptance into this class is your quality of work. Good luck!

Right now, the only books you need to purchase and read are:

1. 30 Days To a More Powerful Vocabulary- Revised Edition by Dr. Wilfred Funk and Norman Lewis

2. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

I placed an order at Books-A-Million for 15 copies of Brave New Word and 120 copies of 30 Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary. These books should be in this weekend. If they are not there this weekend, they will be there by next weekend.

You will need to complete the first 8 chapters of Brave New World by June 23rd. On June 23rd, I will post a blog topic, instructions and length requirements on this page. You will be responsible for completing this assignment by 11:59 p.m. on June 30th. I will not accept late assignments. Your second assignment for book 2 will not be due until July 12th.

I will also post the assignment on my McKeel webpage, and send out an email notifying you when the assignment is posted.

I previously said you will need to complete 30 Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary by July 16, but this deadline has changed. I will collect the actual book from you when you return to school in August. I have received a few questions about this assignment. All you need to do is read the book and complete the assignments in the book. Each day has an assignment that takes about 15 minutes to complete. DO NOT COMPLETE MULTIPLE ASSIGNMENTS IN ONE DAY. You will not benefit from this book if you try to complete it all on the last day. I want you to complete one assignment a day. It will take you 30 days to complete this book, so make sure you plan accordingly. You will have a blog topic due on July 16th pertaining to the book 30 Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary.

Due Dates:

Book 2: Chapters 1-8 read by June 23th

Assignment on book 2 (Part 1): Completed by June 30th

Book 2: Chapters 9-18 read by July 7th

Assignment on book 2 (Part 2): Completed by July 12th

Blog topic on Book 1: Completed by July 16th

After you have completed the listed assignments, you will receive an email notifying you of your acceptance into AP Language and Composition for the 2010-2011 school year, or your dismissal from the course. If you are accepted into the course, you will need to complete books 3 and 4 before August 19th. Completion of summer work is mandatory for acceptance into the course.