THEODORE HIGH SCHOOL’S SUMMER READING LIST FOR THE

2012-2013 SCHOOL TERM

The following novels are RECOMMENDED for summer readingfor students in Regular English classes:

Regular Freshmen are to read Everlost ($7.65) by Neal Shustermanor Tears of a Tiger ($7.65) by Sharon Draper or The City of Ember ($7.65) by Jean Duprauor Make Lemonade ($78.75) by Virginia Euwer Wolff

Regular Sophomores are to read Copper Sun ($9.84) by Sharon Draperor The Twisted Window ($7.65) by Lois Duncanor My Brother Sam Is Dead ($7.65) by Collier and Collier

Regular Juniors are to read Somewhere in the Darkness ($7.65) by Walter Dean Myersor Sean Griswold’s Head ($18.60) by Lindsey Leavittor Looking for Alaska ($9.84) by John Greenor Deadline ($9.84) by Chris Crutcher

Regular Seniors are to read Thirteen Reasons Why ($12.03) by Jay Asheror Private Peaceful ($8.75) by Michael Morpugoor Milkweed ($8.75) by Jerry Spinellior Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging ($9.84) by Louise Rennison

 

HONORS ENGLISH 9SUMMER READING ASSIGNMENTS

THEODORE HIGH SCHOOL: 2012-2013 SCHOOL TERM

For Honors English 9 class, you must read two books from the summer reading lists below:

LIST ONE: You must choose and read one of the following novels:

Diary of a Young Girl ($6.56) by Anne Frankor When the Legends Die ($8.75) by Hal Borland

LIST TWO: You must choose and read one of the following novels:

Everlost ($7.65) by Neal Shustermanor Tears of a Tiger ($7.65) by Sharon Draper or The City of Ember ($7.65) by Jean Duprauor Make Lemonade ($8.75) by Virginia Euwer Wolff

Ninth Grade Honors Reading Assignments

Complete the Following Assignment for either Diary of a Young Girl or When the Legends Die:

It is an important skill to learn to take notes as you are reading. Your assignment is to keep a response journal for Diary of a Young Girl or When the Legends Die. You may keep your journal on loose-leaf paper or in a composition notebook. Divide each page with a line going down the center and keep notes based on what you are reading. On the left side of the page, write the passage to which you are responding (with page numbers) and on the right side of the page, write your response. Your responses may be your interpretation of events that occur in the novel, or they may be your personal reactionsto what is occurring in the text. Do not write just one word responses or simply summarize what you read. These responses should show an interaction with the text and should be your observations about what is happening in the text, so be sure to complete this assignment while you are reading. Overall, your journal should include 30-40 entries. Your work will be collected during the first week of class.

In addition, during the first week of class, you will be given tests on your summer reading novels. The tests will consist of various questions on the plot (the story line). Because of the nature of this assignment, you will be allowed to make up the test only because of an excused absence, and it must be made up within one week of missing the test in class. Therefore, read your summer reading novel and be prepared!

Theodore High SchoolHonors 10th Grade Summer Reading

for School Year 2012-2013

 Directions: Incoming sophomores in Honors English 10 must read the required book(s) from the list(s) below before the start of their sophomore year. Students should be prepared for tests and activities on their chosen book(s). These grades will be the first grades of the semester; therefore, failure to read the required book(s) may result in a failing grade. The elements of novels are listed below, and students should familiarize themselves with these and be prepared to discuss them in class, either in writing or orally.

All Honors English 10 students must read two books from the lists below:

One from the first list: A Break with Charity ($7.61) by Ann Rinaldior The Five People You Meet in Heaven ($13.14) by Mitch Albom

One from the second list: Copper Sun ($9.84) by Sharon Draper                                                                 or The Twisted Window ($7.65) by Lois Duncan                                                          or My Brother Sam Is Dead ($7.65) by Collier and Collier

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Elements of the Novel

(1) Every novel has a setting—when and where the story takes place. The setting helps to create the mood or atmosphere of the story.

(2) Every novel contains various conflicts or problems that involve the characters.  These conflicts may be internal or external. Each character may face one or more conflicts, and these conflicts are what keep the story interesting. The conflicts usually lead to a climax when the conflicts are resolved. Many times these problems may not be settled the way we, the readers, want them to be settled.

(3) Every novel reveals a theme—a point, idea, truth, message, or insight that the author desires the reader to learn while reading the story.  The subject or topic of the story is different than the theme. The subject may deal with the topic of growing up in a dysfunctional family. The theme, however, may be that while the family is not ideal, everyone has to work out his/her own way of dealing with problems and try to make a better life for himself/herself.

(4) Every novel has a plot, which is the story line. Explaining the plot is just summarizing the story from the beginning to the end. It includes the main points, such as the beginning (setting), the middle (conflicts), and the ending (climax).

READING LIST AND ASSIGNMENTS FOR HONORS JUNIOR ENGLISH2011-2012 SCHOOL TERM AT THEODORE HIGH SCHOOL

LIST ONE: All incoming Honors Junior English students must read:

O Pioneers! ($5.42) by Willa Cather LIST TWO: All incoming Honors Junior English students must read two of the eight

novels from the following list:                    The Learning Tree ($7.65) by Gordon Parks The Cray Horse Electric Game ($9.84) by Chris Crutcher

Looking for Alaska ($9.84) by John Green Deadline ($9.84) by Chris Crutcher Sean Griswold’s Head ($18.60) by Lindsey Leavitt They Cage the Animals at Night ($7.65) by Jennings M. BurchThe Sun Also Rises ($16.43) by Ernest Hemingway The Lilies of the Field ($6.56) by William E. Barrett

You are to read three novels before beginning your Honors Junior English class. You are to complete the assignments explained below for O Pioneers! When you report to your English class, you will be required to turn in your assignments on the second day of class and take tests on your three novels during the first week of class. The writing assignments that accompany O Pioneers! are worth 100 points. Your tests on the three novels you read will be worth 300 points. Additional work (once the school term begins) will be assigned on O Pioneers! Therefore, read your novels and complete the assignments. Your grade will be significantly affected by your efforts or by the lack of your efforts.

Read the directions for each assignment: Neatly and thoroughly, answer the questions below for O Pioneers! Do not use Spark Notes or copy someone else’s answers. You may write or type your answers. Every answer should be in paragraph form, should use correct sentence structure and grammar, and should be about 100-150 words long. Be specific and follow directions. Use the directions to help you write your paragraphs.

(1) Every novel has a setting—when and where the story of the novel takes place. After you finish O Pioneers!, describe, in a well-developed paragraph, one setting. Begin with a topic sentence that identifies one setting and its importance in the story. Provide specific details that describe the physical setting and that explain why it is an important setting in the novel. End with a well-written conclusion sentence.

(2) Every novel contains various conflicts or problems that involve the characters. Write a paragraph about one of the conflicts in O Pioneers! Begin with a topic sentence that identifies one conflict and that states whether it is internal or external. Provide specific details that describe the conflict, identify the characters involved, and explain its importance to the story. Explain whether or not the conflict is resolved. End with a well-written conclusion sentence.

(3) Every novel reveals a theme—a point, idea, truth, message, or insight that the author desires the reader to learn while reading the story. In a well-developed paragraph, describe one of the themes in O Pioneers! Begin with a topic sentence that identifies and states the theme you wish to discuss. Provide details and explanations that describe the theme and that explain how the theme is revealed in the story. Add needed examples that validate your explanations. End with a well-written conclusion sentence.

(4) Write a thorough analysis paragraph on one of the main characters in O Pioneers! Begin with a topic sentence that identifies the character and briefly describes his/her personality using three or four specific adjectives. Provide details, explanations, and examples that validate the adjectives you choose. In other words, provide information that proves your adjectives are accurate. Be specific and thorough. End with a well-written conclusion sentence.

(5) Write another analysis paragraph on one more character. Follow the directions provided in number four.

Note: You are writing five paragraphs for O Pioneers!You do not have to complete the written assignments for the two novels you choose from List Two; however, you will be tested on your reading of the two novels you choose to read.

READING LIST AND ASSIGNMENTS FOR AP ENGLISH 11

2012-2013 SCHOOL TERM THEODORE HIGH SCHOOL

AP English 11 must read In Cold Blood ($16.43) by Truman Capote

And two from the list: Fahrenheit 451 ($7.65) by Ray BradburyThe Sun Also Rises ($16.43) by Ernest HemingwayThe Great Gatsby ($16.43) by F. Scott FitzgeraldBrave New World ($16.41) by Aldous HuxleyThe Awakening ($5.42) by Kate ChopinTheir Eyes Were Watching God ($16.41) by Zora Neale Hurston

Complete the Following Assignment for In Cold Blood only:

It is an important skill to learn to take notes as you are reading. Your assignment is to keep a response journal for In Cold Blood You may keep your journal on loose-leaf paper or in a composition notebook. Divide each page with a line going down the center and keep notes based on what you are reading. On the left side of the page, write the passage to which you are responding (with page number) and on the right side of the page, write your response. Your responses may be your interpretation of events that occur in the novel, or they may be your personal reactions to what is occurring in the text. Do not write just one word responses or simply summarize what you read. These responses should show an interaction with the text and should be your observations about what is happening in the text, so be sure to complete this assignment while you are reading. Overall, your journal should include 30-40 entries. Your work will be collected during the first week of class.

 

READING LIST AND ASSIGNMENTS FOR HONORS SENIOR ENGLISH

2012-2013 SCHOOL TERM AT

THEODORE HIGH SCHOOL

LIST ONE: All incoming Honors Senior English students must read the following novels:

The Hobbit ($8.75) by J.R.R. Tolkien and Private Peaceful ($8.75) by Michael Morpurgo

LIST TWO: All incoming Honors Senior English students must read one of the four

novels from the following list:

Rebecca ($8.75) by Daphne du MaurierPride and Prejudice ($5.42) by Jane Austen

                   Frankenstein ($4.33) by Mary Shelley                   Thirteen Reasons Why ($12.03) by Jay Asher

You are to read three novels before beginning your Honors Senior English class.

Complete the Following Assignment for either The Hobbit or Private Peaceful:

It is an important skill to learn to take notes as you are reading. Your assignment is to keep a response journal for either The Hobbit or Private Peaceful. You have to complete only one journal. You may keep your journal on loose-leaf paper or in a composition notebook. Divide each page with a line going down the center and keep notes based on what you are reading. On the left side of the page, write the passage to which you are responding (with page number) and on the right side of the page, write your response. Your responses may be your interpretation of events that occur in the novel, or they may be your personal reactions to what is occurring in the text. Do not write just one word responses or simply summarize what you read. These responses should show an interaction with the text and should be your observations about what is happening in the text, so be sure to complete this assignment while you are reading. Overall, your journal should include 30-40 entries. Your work will be collected during

the first week of class.

READING LIST AND ASSIGNMENTS FOR AP ENGLISH 12

2012-2013 SCHOOL TERM THEODORE HIGH SCHOOL

Below, you will find three separate lists of books. Most of these books are available at public and school libraries, or you may choose to buy your own copies so that you may write in the books as you read. Choose ONE book from each list to read this summer, preferably ones you have not read before. The lists and assignment may seem daunting, but this is a class that emphasizes reading and analyzing literature, and such work is necessary.

List One: Choose one of the following ten Classics:

The Aeneid ($6.52) by Virgil (29-19 B.C., Roman epic poem) Antigone($13.09) by Sophocles (441 B.C., Greek play) The Divine Comedy ($6.52) by Dante Alighieri (1308-1321, Italian epic poem) Don Quixote ($9.80) by Miguel de Cervantes (1605, Spanish Novel) The Iliad ($6.52) by Homer (700-600 B.C., Greek epic poem) The Odyssey ($6.52) by Homer (700-600 B.., Greek epic poem) Oedipus Rex ($10.90) by Sophocles (428 B.C., Greek play)

List Two: Choose one of the following Pre-20th Century texts:

The American ($8.71) by Henry James (1877, American) Anna Karenina ($7.61) by Leo Tolstoy (1877, Russian) Candide ($5.42) by Voltaire (1759, French) Crime and Punishment ($7.65) by Fyodor Dostoevsky (1866, Russian) Emma ($5.42) by Jane Austen (1816, British) Faust ($13.09) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1828-9, German play) Frankenstein ($4.33) by Mary Shelley (1818, British) Heart of Darkness ($5.42) by Joseph Conrad (1899, Polish/British) The Last of the Mohicans ($5.52) by James Fenimore Cooper (1826, American) Moby Dick($5.42) by Herman Melville (1851, American) Portrait of a Lady ($6.52) by Henry James (1881, American) Pride and Prejudice(6.52) by Jane Austen (1813, British) Uncle Tom’s Cabin ($6.52) by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1851, American)

List Three: Choose one of the following 20th Century texts:

Beloved ($16.43) by Toni Morrison (1987, American) Catch-22 ($17.52) by Joseph Heller (1961, American) The Catcher in the Rye ($7.65) by J. D. Salinger (1951, American) The Color Purple ($9.80) by Alice Walker (1982, American) Cry, The Beloved Country ($16.43) by Alan Paton (1946, South African) Invisible Man ($17.47) by Ralph Ellison (1953, American) A Lesson before Dying ($15.28) by Ernest Gaines (1993, American) Native Son ($16.41) by Richard Wright (1940, American)

One Hundred Years of Solitude ($16.99) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (1967, Columbian) A Separate Peace($13.14) by John Knowles (1959, American) Slaughterhouse Five ($8.75) by Kurt Vonnegut (1969, American) The Stranger ($14.18) by Albert Camus (1942, French) Things Fall Apart ($13.09) by Chinua Achebe (1958, Nigerian)

You are to complete the following assignments on each of the three books. There is not a set order as to which book you must read first. The first book assignment will be due during week one of class, the second book assignment will be due during week two of class, and the third book will be due week three of class.

Note: OTHER WORK WILL BE GOING ON IN CLASS, SO THIS OUTSIDE READING SHOULD BE COMPLETED AHEAD OF TIME.

All items may be typed in 12 point, Times New Roman font. Do not just copy from Internet sites. Plagiarized work will be given a zero. If unsure of what constitutes plagiarism, please look up the meaning and explanation. Start by writing out a Works Cited for the work, using whatever edition you are reading.

Plot Summary/Reading Reactions Divide your book into fourths. Use common sense for stopping at chapter breaks instead of exactly on the one-fourth of the text. After you finish reading each quarter of the text, write a plot summary and write a reader response/reaction to that section. Your reactions to what is happening in the novel and to the characters and their personalities, motivations, etc. are very important to the understanding of the work and being able to discuss the text. Interact with the characters and setting and language and plot; you need to question, to guess and to react to the whole text as you read.

Prose AnalysisChoose four (4) representative passages—long enough to get an idea of the author’s style (solid paragraph to half a page of text): passages may be typed or photocopied. Do not forget to include the page number. Talk about diction, imagery, syntax, choice of detail, figurative language, stylistic prose devices, tone, point of view, expression of ideas, themes, symbols, and any other tools of the writer. Also, discuss what makes each passage representative of the author’s style and what makes each passage memorable to you. Each analysis should be at least one page long.

Characters, Setting(s) of the novel, Symbols, Opening and Closing lines and scenes of the work, Themes/ideas developed within the work, Stylistic Prose Devices, Background information on author and time period of writing (historical and literary):

This section of your assignment should be neatly listed or charted out as it is meant as a study guide of your own making. A two-column format is recommended for study guide formatting.List major characters and write descriptions. Relate how they impact the work and how they react and/or grow or change in relation to the plot or other characters: What is their purpose in and to the work?Setting: Use detailed descriptions of where and when events of the work take place, noting any changes or shifts and noting how the setting is used within the work to effect plot or character development.Symbols: List and describe the major symbols and the impact/importance on the work, plot, theme, and characters.Opening and Closing lines and scenes: What is the impact or importance of each? How effective are these opening and closing scenes and lines to the work, plot, and characters.Themes: What are the major themes of the work and what impact or meaning do they have on the plot, characters, setting, and work as a whole?Stylistic Prose Devices: As you read, notice the stylistic techniques that the author uses in order to communicate more effectively and powerfully. Examples of stylistic techniques are point of view, tone, diction, dialect, syntax, narrative pace, use of humor (pun, sarcasm, etc.), satire, figurative language, imagery, irony, selection of detail, and many more. Prepare a list of at least five (5) different examples of powerful prose techniques. Define the term, copy and cite page numbers for the example from the text, and provide an analysis of how the author uses the technique. Extra terms will be considered for extra credit.

Biographical Background information: Write information detailing the biographical information of the author (years, education, other jobs, other major works, any literary movements associated with the author, influences on the author, and interesting anecdotal information), especially as relative to his/her works of literature.Historical and literary background information should include major events (wars, discoveries, religious happenings/events, major figures of history and literature, etc.).