Shore Regional High School English Department Prepared by Victoria Koontz and Cecilia Ross

Summer Reading Titles Grade LevelCollege PrepHonors 9thTroy by Adele Geras Living Up the Street by Gary Soto Additional title: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 10thThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemmingway The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath The Old Man and the Sea The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath Pilgrimage at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard 11thDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Honors/IB and AP assignments will be distributed at annual meeting 12thOn the Road by Jack Kerouac Life of Pi by Yann Martel The Color Purple by Alice Walker Honors/IB and AP assignments will be distributed at annual meeting

Overall Requirements Each grade level will have at least two required summer reading titles Students will be required to not only read the novel, but complete an annotative quote log The annotative quote log will be collected and students will be permitted to use it to construct a graded in-class essay during the first week of school

Additional Grade Level Assignments Each grade’s additional assignment will ask students to demonstrate their understanding of the skills practiced throughout the previous school year 9 th grade will construct character and theme log 10 th grade will construct character, theme and motif log 11 th grade will construct character, theme, motif and symbolism log 12 th grade will construct character, theme, motif, symbolism and literary theory log *Honors/IB and AP will complete teacher implemented assignments in lieu of these assignments

Annotative Quote Log Guidelines for Students Analyze the parts of the quote, identifying at least two words or phrases that resonate with your larger purpose; refer directly to this word or phrase. Build links between your ideas and the ideas of the text you’re analyzing. Think of the quote as a “specimen on the table.” You are taking it apart and showing us what you see in it. If the quotation is particularly rich or complex, you will need to spend more time “unpacking” its significance. Interpret the significance of this quote to a particular character or theme. Tell your reader what meaning this quote holds in relationship to the book as a whole. Explain how your analysis of this passage relates to what you take to be author’s central idea and/or pertinent character traits or plot points and how it helps you advance your ideas and feelings about the story as well.

Sample Annotative Theme Quote Log ThemeQuote with page number Analysis (what does this quote prove about this character?) Control over one’s destiny (SAMPLE) “Polyxena wondered if the Gods would forgive her for finding a small measure of happiness in being near Iason. Was any happiness allowed at such a sorrowful time?” (Geras 250). In this quote, Polyxena weighs her own choices with what the gods expect of her. She worries if she will be punished for taking her destiny into her own hands. Search for happiness despite hardship Effects of war

Sample Annotative Character Quote Log Character NameQuote with page number Analysis (what does this quote prove about this character?) Iason (SAMPLE) “As Iason brushed the coats of one horse after another, he wondered about the passage of the days and nights, and about the way that life returned to being ordinary after even the most horrifying of events” (Geras 213). Iason is clearly a sensitive and thoughtful character. This quotes shows that he is introspective and reflective as he ponders the events of the Trojan War and the effects they have had on his own life and the lives of those around him. Xanthe Marpessa

Access Students will receive hard copies of the logs and instructional PowerPoint slides at the conclusion of the English final exam period. All documents will be available for viewing and download on the Shore Regional High School site throughout the summer.