Summer Reading Requirement
JUNIORS
All English
Courses:
Read Lord Of The Flies by William Golding. Take the
twenty-five question, multiple choice test on Lord
Of The Flies in September and be prepared to discuss the text in
class. Teachers expect that you will
have read the book and, therefore, will not need extra time to read it during
the semester.
IMPORTANT: YOUR FALL SUMMER READING MULTIPLE-CHOICE TEST SCORE
WILL BE 10% OF YOUR GRADE FOR MARKING PERIOD #1 SO TAKE THIS TEST SERIOUSLY.
Honors English 11
In addition to the above, read
To Be Turned In:
Your notes must be handwritten
and self-generated. Also, make sure that your notes span the entire text.
Do not take all of your notes on one section of the
book.
Students are often intimidated by the thought of taking so many
notes. Here are some tips for how to take notes and what you should take notes
on. Believe it or not, these skills will help you a great deal in college. BEST
PRACTICE: Annotate! Make notes in your book: underline, star, and write in the
margins of your books instead of stopping to write notes down on paper. When
you’ve finished the novel, go back through your annotations, and write them
down on paper in two-column format.
WHAT TO ANNOTATE:
1.
REPETITION: Images, words, phrases, and events that get repeated
2. IRONY:
Verbal irony is when what is meant is the opposite of what is expected.
Situational irony is when what happens is the opposite of what we expect to
happen. Dramatic irony is when we, the readers, know something a character
doesn’t.
3. THINGS
THAT DON’T MAKE SENSE: When something confuses or doesn’t add up, it often
means that you should pay attention.
4. FIGURATIVE
LANGUAGE: Metaphor, simile, personification, etc. These literary devices are
often worth noting and explaining.
5. ATTRACTIVE
PASSAGES: Some passages, sentences, even some words, just grab your attention.
These are often worth noting.
6. THOUGHT
PROVOKING QUESTIONS: If you have questions about the text that need answering,
it is worth noting them. Do not, however, write questions about vocabulary that
you can look up in the dictionary or questions like “If Jane Bennett were a
tree, what kind of tree would she be?”
ESSAY FORMAT: Times New Roman, 12 pt.
type, 1” Margins, double-spaced.
ESSAY QUALITY: Be sure your writing
reflects your best thinking and most intelligent reading. You should have an
introduction with an attention catcher and thesis; a body of at least 4-5
paragraphs, each containing concrete detail from the novels; and a conclusion.
Remember your essay is not a summary of events; it is a response to the prompt.
Do your best to write about the themes of the novel. We will work with
this paper at the beginning of the year.
Essay: Many
plays and novels use contrasting places (for example, two countries, two cities
or towns, two houses, or the land and the sea) to represent opposing forces or
ideas that are central to the work. Choose two such places from Great
Expectations. Write an essay explaining how the places differ, what each place
represents, and how their contrast contributes to the meaning of the work.
Places you might consider:
Essay: Writers
often highlight the values of a culture or a society by using characters who
are alienated from that culture or society because of gender, race, class, or
creed. Choose a character from
IMPORTANT
1. YOUR FALL SUMMER
READING MULTIPLE-CHOICE TEST SCORE ALONE WILL BE 10% OF YOUR GRADE FOR MARKING
PERIOD #1. YOU WILL RECEIVE SEVERAL OTHER GRADES BASED ON THE ADDITIONAL
SUMMER
2.
ANY EVIDENCE OF USING OUTSIDE SOURCES (OTHER THAN A
DICTIONARY), EITHER IN YOUR NOTES OR IN YOUR ESSAY, WILL RESULT IN A ZERO ON
THE ASSIGNMENT IN QUESTION.
3.
ALL SUMMER