Directions: Read the text and complete the assignment during the summer. 当你秋季返校时，你的老师会指导你提交作业.
Students Entering Grade 9Read: Almost American Girl by Robin Ha
Assignment: 这本漫画小说是韩裔美国作家兼插画家罗宾·哈的真实故事. As the title indicates, 这个故事讲述了她年轻时从首尔搬到美国的经历. 当你阅读时，考虑一下男性和女性角色在社会中是如何被塑造的. Then write an essay (1-2 typewritten, 两倍行距)分析性别如何影响角色的选择和他们所做的决定. 然后，解释一个男性主角的故事会有什么不同. Do not merely summarize the plot.
Students Entering Grade 10 (College Prep, Accelerated)Read: Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
Assignment: In many works of science fiction, artificial intelligence is represented as a malevolent force, capable of destroying or physically harming humanity. However, Ishiguro chooses to present artificial intelligence, and specifically the Artificial Friends—benevolent, subservient constructs capable of caring for humanity. 当你阅读小说时，请注意人类对待“人造朋友”的各种方式. Then, write an essay (1-2 typewritten, 两倍行距的书页)分析了石黑一雄对人造朋友的处理揭示了他对文明未来的恐惧. 用小说中的细节来支持你的观点，但不要仅仅概括情节.
Students Entering Grade 10 (Honors English and AP Seminar)Complete the assignment for English 10 CP and Accelerated (see above)，并完成以下任务:石黑一雄的小说作品指出了技术正在改变社会的方式. 《十大彩票网赌平台》触及了许多目前正在新闻文章中讨论的技术元素.
- As you read the novel, 把石黑一雄在他的科幻小说中包含的各种技术列一个清单. (Start with artificial intelligence.)
- 选择一种技术，并从两个不同的知名新闻来源中找到两篇文章，讨论如何使用该技术. The publication date of these articles should be from 2022-present. Ideally, these articles should offer different viewpoints, perspectives, or opinions about your chosen technology.
Read each article and compose 1-2 paragraphs about each article, 总结作者的主要观点，并解释这些观点与克拉拉和太阳的关系.
进入11年级的学生(大学预科，加速和荣誉英语)Read: The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien
Assignment: The Things They Carried is about the Vietnam War, but it is also about the purpose of writing and storytelling. Write an essay (2-3 typewritten, 双倍行距的页面)解释了作者关于讲故事对个人和社会的作用的信息. Do not merely summarize the plot.
Students Entering Grade 11 (AP English Language and Composition)Read: The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien
Assignment: 批评家罗兰·巴特说过:“文学是一个问题减去了答案。." Write an essay (2-3 typewritten, 两倍行距的页面)，分析《十大彩票网赌平台》中提出的一个中心问题，以及文本提供答案的程度. 解释作者对这个问题的处理如何影响你对整部作品的理解. Do not merely summarize the plot.
Students Entering Grade 12 (Accelerated and Honors English)Read: Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
Assignment: 母题是在文学文本中不断出现的常见形象、符号或短语. Write an essay (2-3 typewritten, double-spaced pages) reflecting on Yoshimoto’s use of food as a motif. 一定要特别强调这个主题是如何传递她作品的信息的. Do not merely summarize the plot.
Students Entering Grade 12 (AP English Literature and Composition)Read: Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro or Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
Assignment: 许多文学作品的特点是人物被赋予了字面或比喻的礼物. The gift may be an object, or it may be a quality such as uncommon beauty, significant social position, great mental or imaginative faculties, or extraordinary physical powers. Yet this gift is often also a burden or hindrance. 从小说中选择一个人物，他被赋予了一种既是优点又是问题的天赋. Then write a well-developed essay (2-3 typewritten, 两倍行距的页面)分析礼物的复杂性质，以及礼物如何有助于整个作品的意义. Do not merely summarize the plot.