Summer Reading Assignment
Juniors
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| Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde |
Incoming
students must read the following novels before the first day of school:
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ALL
STUDENTS: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
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Assessment: Post-it Note Project of Dialectical Journal. Also, a written assignment will be given within the first few weeks of school.
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ALL
STUDENTS: CHOICE: Independent reading
book of your choosing must be a minimum of 200 pages. Books can be either fiction or
non-fiction. Avoid books which were made
into movies. Try to pick a book you have
always wanted to read, but never had the opportunity to do so. Do NOT choose a book you have already read
for class or on your own.
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Assessment:
Post-it Note Project or Dialectical Journal (See Below)–
DUE DATE: Friday, September 18! (Sections, B, C, E, G)
NO LATE WORK WILL BE ACCEPTED
Independent Reading Book Assessment:
While
reading, use post-it notes to record your responses to the literature. Examples of appropriate responses are written
below. Your English teacher will be
collecting your books with post-its inside.
The only rules for these responses are:
·
Write
a minimum of 30 notes
·
Notes
should be found throughout the entire book, not just in one section!
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Any
of the following categories would be considered an appropriate response:
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Tapping
into prior knowledge
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Asking
questions
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Predicting
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Visualizing
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Making
connections
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Deriving
meaning
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Analyzing
author’s craft
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Relating
and reflecting
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Evaluating
(Making a critical stance)
Things to
consider as you are taking notes:
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Stop
at a passage you find vivid or suspenseful and discuss the effect it has on the
novel.
·
When
you find something in the reading very funny or sad, add a note describing how
you think the author created this moment.
·
When
you read a word you do not know, write it down.
THEN, define the word.
·
Does
a character remind you of a family member or a close friend? Write down who they remind you of, and why.
·
Does
a conversation sound like one you have had with a friend or relative? Describe the situation in which you had this
same conversation.
*Imagine
yourself as the “annoying person at the movies,” as the person who talks
throughout the film. What questions
would they ask? What comments would they
make as they watch a movie? When
comments or questions pop into your head as you read, write the notes down on a
post-it note.*
Examples:
“Who tied Gulliver up? I’ll bet there are natives on the island.”
“I had trouble visualizing the
measurements Gulliver made. It’s hard to
imagine the Brobdingnagian’s size.”
“The law seems so weird. It reminds me of something I learned – It is
illegal to have ice cream on a cherry pie in Kansas City.”
“These yahoos remind me of the satyrs
in Greek mythology.”
“I’m getting really interested in the
story now that the monkey has taken the box with Gulliver inside up to the
roof. I wonder if he’ll drop him. Will Gulliver be okay?”
“I love the way Swift says that the
Houyhnhnms ‘have no word in their language to express lying or falsehood.’”
“Here, Swift tells us the Lilliputians
have to do very strange things to become part of the court. I think he is
talking about how politicians would do anything to get into office.”
***If you are reading from an ebook,
you must write the same type of notes as you would on the Post-it note project
in the dialectical journal form below.
Use the directions above and submit the following on paper:
Page
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Comment/Question
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62
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“I’m getting really interested in the
story now that the monkey has taken the box with Gulliver inside up to the
roof. I wonder if he’ll drop him. Will Gulliver be okay?”
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