AP ENGLISH LITERATURE SUMMER WORK

Mrs. Tracie Talerico (ttalerico@pps.net)

Greetings! AP English Literature students are expected to complete the following work PRIOR to the start of school in August 2019. Please be sure to read ALL directions CAREFULLY:

1. Students will need to obtain a copy of Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner. Students are to read this text in its entirety! You may use any version of this text, including the online version found here:

WARNING: Hosseini’s text includes the following: rape, homophobia, sexually explicit content, offensive language, and suicide. If you struggle with reading about any of these issues, please let me know ASAP!

2. After you have read The Kite Runner, select FIVE prompts (out of the 10 prompts ), and write TWO paragraphs for EACH of the prompts you selected (a minimum of 10 paragraphs TOTAL!). Please click here for the prompts!

3. Please write your responses on a Google Doc using your APPS4PPS account, or write your answers on a piece of paper.

The Portland Public Schools Board of Education voted unanimously to extend PPS Superintendent Guadalupe Guerrero's current contract by another two years during its Tuesday, June 25 meeting. Since he will be entering the third year of his original contract, the Board has committed to a total of five years through June 2022 with Guerrero at the helm. The approval came after board members offered a comprehensively positive review of his performance.

A public hearing will be held by the Tax Supervising and Conservation Commission on the budget approved by the Budget Committee for Portland Public School District 1J, Multnomah County, Oregon for the fiscal year July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020. The hearing will be held in the Board Auditorium at the Blanchard Education Service Center (BESC), 501 North Dixon Street, Portland, Oregon, on the 25th day of June at 3 p.m.

Dear Colleagues,