Summer Reading for Students Enrolled in any Honors English Class 2013-2014
2013 Summer Reading
Turn It In Instructions and Deadlines
Writing a Review
All Honors English students are required to purchase (do not share), read, and annotate* the books assigned for their course/grade level (25 points). All honors students will turn in annotated books, copies of wiki journals or peer mark verifications and take a 25- point objective test over summer reading on the first full day of class in August. After a brief class discussion, freshman, sophomore and junior honors students will also complete an essay exam over the reading (50 points). Summer reading=100 points.
Students who are enrolled in a regular English course first semester and an honors course second semester or those students who have both English courses second semester are responsible for completing the summer reading and meeting with Mrs. Waters during the first seminar period in August to schedule a time to complete the assessment.
*Annotation /discussion assignments vary by grade level. See specific instructions for your grade level detailed after the chart below.
| Course |
Title |
Edition |
| Honors English I |
The Count of Monte Cristo
By Alexandre Dumas |
Bantam Classic abridged
Translated by Lowell Bair
Annotation instructions posted below chart
40 used copies of The Count of Monte Cristo are in the attendance office. Stop by if you need one. (free!)
|
Honors World Lit, Honors Comp I and Honors Journalistic Comp
|
The Tragedy Paper
By Elizabeth Laban
|
Students will post several original observations about the work and respond to other students’ comments on the discussion wiki. No posting should come from other authors or websites.
Log on to our wiki discussion at
http://tragedypaper.pbworks.com/w/page/66269208/FrontPage
Request access to the page.
|
Honors American Lit,
Honors Comp 2
|
Outliers: The Story of Success
By Malcolm Gladwell |
Students will post several original observations about the work and respond to other students’ comments on the discussion wiki. No posting should come from other authors or websites.
Wiki address:
http://juniorsummerreading.pbworks.com/w/page/26631777/FrontPage
Request access to the page.
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Honors English IV/ College Composition
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Read/Watch:
As You Like It
By William Shakespeare
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Read and then watch As You Like It at Southmorland Park June 18-July 7. Check the information at
kcshakes.org for details.
If you cannot attend the live performance, read and watch or read and listen to the play. Check YouTube for audio and video clips
THEN:
Enroll in Mrs. Waters’ summer reading class on turnitin.com Click this link for instructions about the specific assignment and how to enroll in the classes.
Write a review of the play, submit it to turnitin.com and complete 3 peer mark assignments. Click here for how to write a review. Reviews due to turnitinl.com by July 18. Peer reviews due July 25.
When you return to school in the fall, you will complete an objective test the first day of school but will not write an essay test.
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Annotating a Text (Assignment for students enrolled in Honors English I)
Annotating will enable you to discuss the novel with more support, evidence, and proof.
Ideas of key importance should be underlined/highlighted, which will stand out from the page and allow you to scan quickly for information. Don't mark everything – if you do, nothing will stand out!
Every time you highlight/underline, make a note in the margin to remind yourself why you think that passage is important.
Types of Passages to Mark/Underline:
ANNOTATE character traits of the following: Edmund Dantes/Monte Cristo, Gaspard Caderousse, Monsieur/Baron Danglars, Fernand Mondego/Count deMorCerf, Monsieur de Villifort
Highlight passages that describe new characters.
When you come across a passage that gives the reader character traits (explain the character’s personality), highlight the passage and make a brief note. In addition to in-book annotations, each reader should make a characters "chart" (on paper) of the main characters. Hint: some of the characters have multiple personalities (names)
Questions
If you have a question about something in the book, write it on the page when the question occurs to you.
Sophomore wiki instructions
1. Enroll in the class wiki. Sophomore address is:
http://tragedypaper.pbworks.com/w/page/66269208/FrontPage
2. Request access to the wiki. See specific instructions on the front page of the wiki. Note: Frequently, stasaints.net email addresses are rejected by the wiki. If you have a Gmail account, try using that address.
Junior wiki instructions
1. Enroll in the class wiki. Junior address is:
http://juniorsummerreading.pbworks.com/w/page/26631777/FrontPage
2. Request access to the wiki. See specific instructions on the front page of the wiki.
3. Note: Frequently, stasaints.net email addresses are rejected by the wiki. If you have a Gmail account, try using that address.
Senior information
You will write one essay and complete peer marks for other students’ essays. Both assignments are due to turnitin.com before school begins.
Read attached file for instructions on review writing. Review due to
turnitin.com July 18. Peer Marks due July 25.
See attached file for
turnitin.com instructions—including course information and password.