Hayfield Secondary

Summer AP Psychology Assignment

Mary Shoukat

Hello Class,

I look forward to teaching all of you in September! My name is Mrs. Shoukat. This is my second year at Hayfield Secondary, but I have been teaching for many years. I have been teaching Psychology in various colleges since 1992. I hope to get all of you as interested in Psychology as I am, so plan on having an enlightening and enjoyable year!

Your summer assignment: Read The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sachs. There are 24 essays in this book. You are to write a 2 paragraph summary of each. The topics covered in this book will be covered in different units throughout the year.

Additional Requirements

1. You cannot use quotes except when you are directly quoting a person’s speech.

In other words, I want you to think what an author is saying and put it in your

own words.

2. The assignment will be due the first day of school and will be graded using the

AP Psychology rubric (please see below).

3 If you have any questions over the summer, please e-mail mary.shoukat@fcps.edu

It may take several days for me to respond, but I will get back to you as

quickly as possible..

ESSAY SCORING

8-9 The thesis is extremely well developed and is supported with concrete evidence;

all aspects of the question have been addressed thoroughly; discussions are

balanced.

6-7 The thesis is defined and supported; the evidence is very organized; the essay

may be slightly imbalanced with one strong argument and one weak argument

and/or discuss one topic more thoroughly than the next; sporadic factual errors

may appear.

5 A basic argument or thesis is provided; evidence given supports the argument or

thesis, but does not clearly connect with the argument of thesis; only the formal

facets of the question are dealt with, and informal facets are not adequately

covered; not all aspects of the questions are discussed

4 The thesis is not organized and is not referred to in the essay; the essay is little

more than a recounting of facts and events; the essay may be overloaded with

data; only one facet of the questions may be discussed; numerous factual errors

may appear

3 Weak or implausible thesis. Breath of coverage and depth of information may be

adequate, but information does not fit the thesis. (off topic) Contains factual

errors.

2 Weak thesis is not sustained in discussion. Offers few, if any, factual examples to

support the thesis. Included irrelevant information or inaccurate information.

1 An attempt is made to answer the question, but the support given is insignificant

and the coverage topics is incomplete

0 The question is not answered with any significance