I. Books for
summer reading:
-9th grade regular – Buddha
Boy by Kathe Koja
→9th grade
enriched – Buddha Boy by Kathe
Koja and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
-10th
grade regular – Maus I and Maus II by Art Spiegleman
→10th
grade enriched – Maus I and II by Art Spiegleman and 1984
by George Orwell
-11th
grade regular – The Secret Life of Bees,
by Sue Monk Kidd
→11th grade honors – The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
and Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
---11th
grade A.P.Language- See instructor for additional books and assignments.
-12th grade regular – The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien
→12th grade honors
– The Things They Carried by Tim
O’Brien and Their Eyes Were Watching
God by Zora Neale Hurston
12th grade→A.P.
Literature – See instructor for full list of books and assignments.
NOTE: 9th graders scheduled for enriched English will be notified by mail after taking the Placement Exam in June; 10th, 11th, 12th Honors students were placed into enriched sections by the English teacher signature on the Student Forecast Sheet filled out in April; A.P. Language and Literature students were assigned by teacher recommendation.
II. Assessments - Applies to all students in regular, enriched, and honors English:
A closed book MULTIPLE CHOICE test
will be given to all English students on the assigned summer reading book the
first Friday after school begins.
*An in-class
ESSAY on the summer reading book will be completed in class in the first two
weeks of school. 9th grade students will be required to type their
final draft and turn it in to turnitin.com.
III. Enriched English: Students assigned to enriched English 9th, 10th, and 11th, and 12th grade honors will do a Dialectical Journal on the book assigned for Regular English and an ESSAY on the additional book.
For example: Students in 9th grade enriched English will do a Dialectical Journal on Buddha Boy and an Essay on A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.
IV. Directions
for Dialectical Journals:
a. Divide your paper (each piece) into two columns. At the top of one column, write “Quote,” and at the top of the other, write “Reaction.”
b. Choose one significant quotation/passage from each chapter or every 30 pages, whichever is less, in the assigned book; copy the quotation and page number on your paper in the “quote” column. Indicate who said the quote and to whom.
c. Write a response to the quotation, 60-100 words long, in the “reaction” column. Each 60-100 word response include all of the following:
i. What does the quotation mean in terms of the book?
ii. How does the quotation fit into the story?
iii. What does the quotation mean in terms of your life?
d. Typed papers are preferred.
e. Proofread your work. Use complete, well constructed sentences, precise, appropriate word choice, correct spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.