College English 101 Summer Reading Project
OCCC/Pine Bush High School
J. Napolitano
One of the primary objectives in College English 101 is to develop your skills in the critical reading of non-fiction.
To this end, please read the following text in its entirety BEFORE completing the writing assignment:
- Noah, Trevor. Born a Crime. New York: One world, 2016. Print
DUE on the first day of class in September. There will be an assessment.
College English 102 Summer Reading Project
OCCC/Pine Bush High School
J. Napolitano
You are to make your own poetry anthology, consisting of 8 poems. Your completed anthology is due the first day of third quarter.
Requirements:
- The poems must be chosen from the attached list of poets whose selected poems are available at http://www.famouspoetsandpoems.com or https://www.poetryfoundation.org/.
You must include at least one poem by each of the following poets:
- William Shakespeare
- Emily Dickinson
- Robert Frost
- Langston Hughes
- Gwendolyn Brooks
- Billy Collins
- Mary Oliver
- Naomi Shihab Nye
There should be variety to the lengths of poems. Use your good judgment in meeting the expectations of the assignment.
Format:
- Order the poems in your anthology one of the two following ways:
- chronologically from earliest to latest. If unsure of publication year of the poem, use the poet’s birth year as a guide.
- thematically, clearly identifying the thematic subject(s).
2. When you find a poem on either website, cut and paste the title, the poet’s full name and the poem itself into a Google document.