Reading List - Covington High School

Summer Reading 2015-16 – English II – Honors –N.Huval
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Book selections: Each of you should read two books this summer: one from the choices on the 10 grade St. Tammany
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Parish Summer reading list for 10 grade (posted on the CHS website) and one from the supplemental list below. These
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readings should be completed during the summer preceding the 10 grade year (summer 2015).
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Written Assignments: The written assignment is explained below. You will complete one written assignment per book that
you chose, which means you’ll complete the assignment below two times – once for each book. In total, you will have 10
passages for each book. Please note that ALL WORK TO BE SUBMITTED FOR A GRADE MUST BE TYPED OR NEATLY
WRITTEN IN BLUE OR BLACK INK ON LOOSE-LEAF PAPER. You will be required to turn this work in during the first 4
weeks of the first quarter of the 2015-16 school year. I recommended that you complete your assignments during the summer.
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Supplemental List (Choose one, read, and complete assignment below): The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein,
The Samurai’s Garden by Gail Tsukiyama, Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card, or The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
**Note: in addition to choosing one of the books on this supplemental list, you must also choose one from the St.
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Tammany Parish Summer reading list for 10 grade. Those selections include Coming Back Stronger by Drew
Brees, A Separate Peace by John Knowles, Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins, The Pearl by John Steinbeck, Wesley
the Owl by Stacey O’Brien. Please see district list for full information
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Written Assignment for Summer Reading (must complete for each of the two books you read):
DIRECTIONS: A dialectical note taking sheet is another name for a double-entry journal or a reader-response journal. On this sheet,
record a dialogue, or conversation, between the ideas in the text (the words that you are reading) and your own ideas.
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10 passages: 2-5 sentences in length. Include page numbers.
While you are reading, choose at least 10 passages that stand out to you as those that represent one of the themes of the
novel you choose and record them in the left-hand column. Short passages are unacceptable because they do not give
enough context to determine if they actually support the theme you have chosen.
Remember, a theme is a fundamental, often universal truth or idea expressed in a novel, not a message or moral. Make sure
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the passages you select come from throughout the book (not the 1 50 pages only) AND that they come from each of the
major plot lines. Make sure the passages you select reflect several themes and roughly deal with them evenly (5 themes 2
passages each/ 3 themes 3-4 passages each). Balance is the key word in passage selection.
In the right-hand column, write your in-depth response to the text (3-5 sentences). Be sure to relate the passage to the theme
and to what is happening in the book as well. This is extremely important. Think of your response as a triangle:
passage
theme
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plot
Include any thoughts, questions, insights, and ideas that you think are powerful, significant, thought provoking, or puzzling.
Feel free to continue your thoughts / questions on the back of the page if necessary. You may attach additional sheets of
paper if needed, or you can print extra copies of the charts attached.
Note the example below from The Hunger Games. The theme is fear and mistrust of one another. The explanation in the right-hand
column demonstrates why the passage chosen is a good example for this particular theme.
Quotation sample
"Most refuse dealing with the racketeers but carefully,
carefully. These same people tend to be informers, and who
hasn't broken the law? I could be shot on a daily basis for hunting,
but the appetites of those in charge protect me. Not everyone can
claim the same" (Collins 20).
Explanation
Fear and mistrust of one another— Offering incentives
for people to inform on others breeds mistrust
among a population. It also serves to inform those in
power of individuals that might be plotting to overthrow
or simply disobey the rules. This happens when Gale and Katniss
sell their kills from their illegal hunts at the marketplace. They
even sell to the mayor, one who should be upholding every law.
PLAGIARISM NOTE:
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Copying the work of others will result in a grade of zero for both/all parties. With so many quotes and themes to choose from, no two
assignments should resemble one another.
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Copying from a website such as Sparknotes, Shmoop, etc. will also result in a grade of zero. Copying quotes and/or analysis is plagiarism.
You will not be given a second chance.
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