Summer Assignment, 2019-20
Texts: Freakonomics, Five TED Talks, and Five Current Editorials
Dear students,
AP Language and Composition requires you to be familiar with nonfiction texts, structures, genres, conventions, and devices. In order to provide you with rich reading experiences and multiple opportunities to practice your reading and writing, your instructors are asking that you complete the following assignments over the summer.
Please be ready to discuss the arguments, conventions, and information from these texts when you come back to school. The assignments should help you understand, analyze, and evaluate nonfiction texts. Please complete each assignment on a different page or section. Your work should be typed and follow MLA 8 format.
This assignment is due submitted toGoogle Classroom on the first day of school--Friday, August 30th, by 11:59pm. We will begin the first full week of school with a close analysis. Happy Reading!
Readings: Freakonomics and watch the following TED talks:
● http://www.ted.com/talks/lies_damned_lies_and_statistics_about_tedtalks
● http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_ariely_bew