Grades 9-12 English I-IV or CP English I-IV Classes ONLY

WHRHS2016Req’dELASummerAssignment Page1

Grades9-12EnglishI-IVorCPEnglishI-IVClassesONLY

2016RequiredEnglishLanguageArtsSummerReadingAssignmentPart1:

1. Chooseanovel,oraplay/drama,oranon-fictionbook(informationaltextsaswellasbiographiesandautobiographies)toread.Itmustbeschoolappropriateandnotoneyou’vereadinapriorEnglishclassatWarrenHills.Onpage3oftheseinstructionsyouwillfindalistofreaders’websitestohelpguideyourbookselection.Othergoodresourcesforbookrecommendationsareyourteachers,yourschoollibrarianandyourlocallibrarian.

Part2:2. Afteryouhavechosenyourbook,reviewandselectoneoftheattachedmapstocompleteasyou

read.

a. Map#1(page4):PlotElements(Forfiction,play/drama,orbiographies/autobiographies∗)

b. Map#2(page6):ElementsofNon-fiction(Forinformationalbooks,biographiesand/orautobiographies∗)

3. Consultandreadthroughthewritingpromptsonpage9ofthesedirections.Theywillhelpguideyourreading.Organizeyournotesonyourmapinrelationtoyourprogressionthroughoutthebook.(Beginning,middle,andend)

4. Someofyournotesmustsummarizeorparaphrase,andsomeofyournotesmustbedirectquotesfromthetext.Allofyournotesmusthavepagenumberreferencesaftereachentry.Pleaseseetherubriconpage2foradescriptiononhowyourmapwillbeevaluatedbyyourteacher.

5. Purpose:Yourcompletedmapisyourpre-writeforanin-classwritingtaskyouwillbeperforminginyourEnglishinSeptember2016.

6. Note:Studentswillreadtheirbooksandcompletetheirmapsforthesummerassignment.Studentsarenottobegindraftingtheirwritingduringthesummerbreak;thiswillbedoneviacarefulinstructioninEnglishclassduringthefirsttwoweeksofschool.

DueDate:ThecompletedmapisduenolaterthanFriday,September9,2016.Questions?Ifyouhavequestionsduringthesummerorneedtocontactthelibrary,pleaseemailMr.KeithDennison,[email protected].∗Biographiesandautobiographiescanbecomposedandarrangedinmanydifferentways.Studentsreadingabiographyorautobiographyshouldchoosethemapwhichbestfitsthebook’sstyle.


ScoringRubricforSummerReadingPrewritingMapName:_______________________________________ Block:_____________

Advanced Applying Developing Beginning NotApplying

PointValue 23-25points 20-22points 17-19points 14-16points 0-13points

Pre-Write

Thoroughlycompletedwitharichvarietyofdetailusingparaphrased,summarized,anddirectly-quotedinformation,supportedbypage#’s.

Amplycompletedwithanappropriatevarietyofdetail,usingparaphrased,summarized,anddirectly-quotedinformation,supportedbypage#’s.

Sufficientlycompletedwithsomevarietyofdetailfromtext.Mayormaynotincludevarietyofparaphrased,summarized,anddirectly-quotedinformation.Mayormaynotbesupportedbypage#’s.

Partiallycompletedand/orlittledetailfromtext.Mayormaynotincludevarietyinparaphrased,summarized,and/ordirectly-quotedinformation.Mayormaynotbesupportedbypage#’s.

Insufficientlycompleted.Doesnotincludeparaphrased,summarized,anddirectly-quotedinformation.Mayormaynotbesupportedbypage#’s.

Score/Grade:__________ Comments:


Grades9-12EnglishI-IVorCPEnglishI-IV

2016RequiredEnglishLanguageArtsSummerReadingAssignmentReader’sWebsites

Usethefollowingwebsitestoguideyouinyourquesttofindabookyouwillenjoy.Descriptionsare

takenfromtheirrespectivewebsites.

www.ala.org/yalsa:Ourmissionistosupportlibrarystaffinalleviatingthechallengesteensface,andin

puttingallteens‒especiallythosewiththegreatestneeds‒onthepathtosuccessfulandfulfillinglives.

www.goodreads.com:Goodreadsistheworld’slargestsiteforreadersandbookrecommendations.Our

missionistohelppeoplefindandsharebookstheylove.

www.teenreads.com:Evercravedagoodbookandjustnotbeeninspiredbyanythingyousee?Orfelt

annoyedthatyouboughtabookthatwasmerelyso-so?OrclosedabookandJUSTwantedtotalkabout

it?Orwishedyouhadaplacetodiscovernewbooks?Weknowwhatthisfeelslike.

www.yabookscentral.com:TherearemanywaystostartinteractingwiththeYABCCommunity.Posta

reviewofarecentbookyouread,addabooktoourdatabasethatisn'tthere,join(orstart!)abookclub

ordiscussiongroup,uploadanavatar,sendsomefriendrequests,enterourgiveaways,browsebook

listings,checkoutsomecommunityvideos.WhateveryouchoosetodoonYABC,wehopeyouhavefun

andspreadthewordaboutalltheawesomenewbooksyoudiscoverhere


Map#1–PlotElementsTitle________________________________________________Author________________________________

Directions:Asyoureadyournovel,play/drama,orbiographyorautobiography,mapoutthestorybyidentifyinganddescribingthe5plotelementsbelowaccordingtothedirectionsonPage1.Includethepagenumberswhereyoufindthe

information.

Character:Whoisthemaincharacterinyournovel?Listtwootherimportantcharacters.Providecharacterdescriptionsandpagenumberswhereyoufoundthedescriptions.

Conflict:What’sthemainproblemorconflictinyourstory?Howdoesitbegin?Howisitfinallyresolvedintheend?Providepagenumbers.

Setting:Whereandwhendoesthestorytakeplace?Writeadescriptionandprovidepagenumbers.


Plot:Whataretheimportanteventsthatoccurinthebookasaresultoftheconflict?Includeatleast3majorevents.Describefully.Providepagenumbers.

Theme:Whatarethemainideasormessagesinyourbook?Whatisthelessonthemaincharacterissupposedtolearn?Identifyathemeandexplainhowitisportrayedinthenovel.Providepage

numberswhereyouseeexamplesofthethemebeingshown.


Acceptance

Compassion

Honesty

ComingofAge(growingup&maturing)

Courage&Heroism

Perseverance

Friendship&Loyalty

Love

*Themesareuniversalideasormessages.Examplesofcommonthemesfoundinliterature:


Map#2–ElementsofNon-fiction

BookTitle______________________________________________________________________________________________

BookAuthor___________________________________________________________________________________________

DateandPlaceofPublication________________________________________________________________________

Directions:Asyoureadyourworkofnon-fictionoryourbiography/autobiographymapitoutwiththeelementsofnonfictionaccordingtothepromptsbelow.Thepromptsarereflectiveanddesignedtopromotethinking,andyoumay

findthatsomeofthepromptsineachboxarenotapplicabletoyourbook.Pleaseaddressasmanyaspossible.Include

thepagenumberswhereyoufindtheinformation.

Adaptedfromhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1IOCtkzmHztEpefDiyh6SUeokjmdvhG8pRFcpAlmN9dk/edit

MAKINGCONNECTIONS:Whatdidyoualreadyknowaboutthistopic,andhowdoestheinformationinthetextfitinwithwhatyoualreadyknew?Iftheinformationisnewtoyou,whatarethemostimportantthingsyouhavelearned?

Howdoesthisbookremindyouofothertextsyouhaveread?Whatusefulinformationdoesthistextprovide?

Includedirectquotes,summariesofthetext,and/orparaphraseswithpagenumbers!

CONTENT:Whyisthistopicimportant?Howdoestheauthorfeelaboutthetopic?Whatishis/herperspective?Whatpartsofthetextdidyounotunderstand?Whatpuzzledyou?Whatdidyoulearnaboutthistopic?Whatwouldyou

liketolearnmoreabout?Includedirectquotes,summariesofthetext,and/orparaphraseswithpagenumbers!


AUTHOR’SPURPOSE:Whydidtheauthorwritethistext?Whatneeddoesitfulfill?Doesitentertain?Persuade?Inform?Howdoyouknow?Includedirectquotes,summariesofthetext,and/orparaphraseswithpagenumbers!

PERSON/VOICE&POINTOFVIEW:Isthetextwritteninfirstperson(I,we)?Secondperson(you)?Thirdperson(he,she,it,they)?Whateffectdoesthishaveonthetext?Whatistheauthor’sbias?Doeshe/shelikehis/hersubject?

Howcanyoutell?Includedirectquotes,summariesofthetext,and/orparaphraseswithpagenumbers!


ACCURACY:Howup-to-dateisthisinformation?Whatevidenceisprovidedtosupportwhattheauthorsays?Whatimportantinformation,ifany,ismissing?Isthereanyinformationthatcouldbemisleading?Includedirectquotes,summariesofthetext,and/orparaphraseswithpagenumbers!

TEXTFEATURES:Howdoesthetitleconnecttothematerial?Howistheinformationorganized?Howdoestheformatofthetext(organizationofthebook,layout,etc.)helpyoutobetterunderstandthetopic?Whataresome

vocabularywordsthatyoudidnotknowbeforereadingthetext?Includethemandtheirdefinitions.Ifpicturesor

diagramswereincluded,howdotheyrelatetothearticle?Includedirectquotes,summariesofthetext,and/orparaphraseswithpagenumbers!


Grades9-12EnglishI-IVorCPEnglishI-IV

2016RequiredEnglishLanguageArtsSummerReadingAssignmentWritingPromptsforSeptemberIn-ClassWritingTask

Note:ThesearethewritingpromptsthatyourEnglishteacherwillbeusinginclasswithyoursummerassignmentinSeptember2016.Youmustreadtheseoversothatyoucangetasenseof

“howtoreadyourbook”andfillinyourmapsinceyouwillbeaddressingoneofthemonyourin-

classwritingtask.DONOTDRAFTARESPONSEATTHISTIME;YOURONLYASSIGNMENTISTOREADYOURBOOKANDCOMPLETEYOURMAP!YourEnglishteacherwillbeworkingwithyouinSeptemberonthisassignmentinaguidedandstructuredmannerinclass.

1. Oneofthemostrevealingtypesofconflictoccurswhenacharacter’sinnerstrugglesareresolvedatgreat

personalprice.Often,thecharacterlearnsalesson,buttoolatetohelphimselforanothercharacter.Explain

how,intheworkthatyouread,acharacterstrugglesbutfailstolearnalessonintime,andthus,servesasan

exampleforthereader.Inyouressay,focusonthemainconflictwithinthecharacter.(PersonversusSelf).Be

suretoincludethepricepaidaspartoftheresolutionandthelessontobelearned.

2. Ofteninliteraryworks,authorschooseaphysicalobjectwhichtakesonaspecialsignificanceintheworkand

becomesasymbolofsomethingbeyonditself.Showhow,intheworkthatyouread,theauthorusesasymbolto

conveyanimportantmeaning.Inyouressay,focusonthesymbolandwhatitsymbolizes.Besuretodiscuss

howtheauthorusesittoconveyamessagetoreaders.Youmaychoosethreeimportantsymbolsfromthenovel,

oryoumaychoosetoelaborateononesymbolthroughoutyouressay.

3. Authorsoftenusedescriptivedetailstodevelopasettingforseveralpurposes.Inanessay,explainhowthe

settingofyourbookrelatedtoeventsfromtheplot,relatedtocharacters,orbuiltsuspense.Youmaywrite

aboutseveralaspectsofsetting,oryoumaychoosetoelaborateononeparticularaspect(plot,character,

suspense).

4. Analyzetheattitudeofthewriter.Howdoeshis/hertoneextendthemeaningofthebook?Doesthistonechange

orstayconsistent?Besuretocommentontheeffectivenessofthistone.Doestheauthorhaveanoverall

purposeormessage?Ifso,whatisit,andhowdoyouknowthisisthemessage?

5. Whatpriorknowledgedidyoubringtothereadingthathelpedyouunderstandthebook?Whatquestionsdid

youaskyourselfaboutthetextasyouwerereading?Howdidthesequestionshelpyouunderstandthebook?

(non-fictiononly)

6. Doestheauthorhaveanoverallpurpose/messagetothebook?Ifso,whatisitandhowdoyouknowthisisthe

message?(non-fictiononly)

Adaptedfrom:

http://www.hardawayhawks.com/searchResults.aspx?q=summer%20reading

http://www.wsdweb.org/uploaded/schools/WHS/Documents/Academics/Summer_Reading_2015_Assignment.pdf

http://www.wsdweb.org/uploaded/schools/whs/documents/academics/summer_reading_2013_whs_revised.pdf