1. Independent Novel Study Contract System

2. Contract D Level – Read the novel, pass the test C Level – ‘D’ Level + Complete an essay B Level – ‘ C’ Level + Creative Project A Level – ‘B’ Level + Film Critique A+ Level – Honours on All Assignments

3. Marking Acceptable Unacceptable Honours

4. Letter Grade Translation D = 50-59 C = 60-69 B = 70-79 A = 80-89 A+ =90-100

5. Novels 1984 Fahrenheit 451 The Stone Angel Lord of the Flies Who Has Seen the Wind Catcher in the Rye The Handmaid’s Tale Flowers for Algernon The Great Gatsby The Divine Ryans The Bean Trees Shoeless Joe She’s Come Undone

6. Other Novels Available Fifth Business Lives of Girls and Women Cry the Beloved Country Mountain and the Valley Alias Grace The Edible Woman A Jest of God The Alchemist The Republic of Nothing Pigs in Heaven