2017 ONHS Pre-AP English II Summer Reading Assignment

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1 2017 ONHS Pre-AP English II Summer Reading Assignment Welcome to Sophomore Pre-AP English! You are about to continue a journey of academic excellence that will equip you with the strategies and tools to develop the skills, habits of mind, and concepts you need to succeed in college. Summer Contact Information: The sophomore Pre-AP teachers will be handling all questions related to the summer assignment. If you are struggling, feel free to contact either of us at the following addresses: Mrs. Jacobs: gjacobson@olatheschools.org Ms. Gray: sgrayon@olatheschools.org Important Dates to Know: Part 1 of the Summer Reading Assignment is due any day before or by midnight on Sunday, July 16th, 2017, uploaded to Turnitin.com. We will only take it through Turnitin.com. Please do not wait until the last minute to hand in your assignment. L ate summer assignments will never earn more than a 70%. If you will be out of town on the due date, please contact one of us prior to the due date so we can problem solve how to submit your assignment. Join Class #ID: Password: Summer2017 *If you know your teacher, submit to her assignment; however, if you do not know your teacher, submit to the UNKNOWN assignment. See Turnitin.com Parts 2 & 3 are due in class on Friday, August 18, 2017, when you will upload them to Turnitin.com. The summer Pre-AP English II help session is Thursday, August 10th, from 4 to 5 pm. The session will allow you to ask any questions about the summer assignment. The sessions will be held at Olathe North in room 911 (the downstairs computer lab). The session is optional, but your attendance is highly encouraged, especially if you are new to AP. If you plan to attend, you MUST have read the entire novel by the help session. BRING YOUR NOVEL AND COME PREPARED TO WORK! A digital version of this assignment can be found at

2 Summer Work 1. Obtain the book: This summer, you may choose to read either Kindred by Octavia E. Butler or Life of Pi by Yann Martel. You are encouraged to purchase your own copy of the novel you choose ( is one website we recommend), or you may check out a copy of Life of Pi and, in very limited cases, of Kindred from Olathe North (we have many of the first and only a few of the second). One of the Pre-AP English II teachers will provide you a copy upon request. Life of Pi The son of a zookeeper, Pi Patel has an encyclopedic knowledge of animal behavior and a fervent love of stories. When Pi is 16, his family immigrates from India to North America aboard a Japanese cargo ship, along with their zoo animals, bound for new homes. The ship sinks, and Pi finds himself alone in a lifeboat, his only companions a hyena, an orangutan, a wounded zebra, and Richard Parker, a 450-pound Bengal tiger. Soon the tiger has dispatched all but Pi, whose fear, knowledge, and cunning allow him to coexist with Richard Parker for 227 days while lost at sea. -- Amazon Kindred Dana, a modern black woman, is celebrating her twenty-sixth birthday with her new husband when she is snatched abruptly from her home in California and transported to the antebellum South. Rufus, the white son of a plantation owner, is drowning, and Dana has been summoned to save him. Dana is drawn back repeatedly through time to the slave quarters, and each time the stay grows longer, more arduous, and more dangerous until it is uncertain whether or not Dana's life will end, long before it has a chance to begin. -- Goodreads 2. Closely read the book: Read the first time for pleasure and plot; then read a second time for analysis. Trying to do both at once is often more time consuming than attempting each task separately. 3. Part 1 - Allusion Notebook Assignment MUST be uploaded to Turnitin.com anytime BEFORE midnight Sunday, July 16. Refer to the separate Allusion Notebook Guidelines in this packet. 4. Part 2 - Dialectical Journal Assignment due in a digital format Friday, August 18. You will write four detailed dialectical journal entries. Closely read and follow the directions in the separate Dialectical Journal Guidelines. 5. Part 3 - Literary Analysis Paragraph due in a digital format Friday, August 18. You will choose one of your dialectical journal entries and write one solid paragraph of literary analysis responding to the provided prompt. Closely read and follow the directions in the separate Literary Analysis Paragraph Guidelines. School Work 6. Exam: You should be prepared to take an exam over the novel upon returning to school. 7. Socratic Seminar: Within the first few weeks of school, we will prepare for and conduct a Socratic Seminar over the novels and other readings.

3 Part 1: Allusion Notebook Assignment : You must do all 20 allusions listed and only those listed. Upload to Turnitin.com before midnight July 16. An allusion is a direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art. Allusions can be historical (like referring to Franklin D. Roosevelt), literary (like referring to Robert Burns s poem To a Mouse as it relates to the novel Of Mice and Men ), religious (like referring to Noah and the flood), or mythological (like referring to Perseus). There are, of course, many more possibilities, and a work may simultaneously use multiple layers of allusion. Suggested sources: You may want to use a modern translation of the Bible, the Hindu Puranas, Edith Hamilton s Mythology or Joseph Campbell s Power of Myth, the library, and also the Internet. When referencing the Bible, please include name of the Bible, book, chapter, and verse(s). Ex: King James Bible, Genesis 3:1-14 Feel free to be eco-friendly and put more than one allusion on a page and print front to back. NOTE: Do not use Wikipedia, Sparknotes, Cliff s Notes, Shmoop, etc., as they are not credible sources. Doing so will result in a grade penalty. REQUIREMENTS FOR ALLUSION NOTEBOOK 1. Provide for each religious and mythological allusion (see example on next page): a. Name of story b. Source of your information c. Paraphrased summary of story (about words) d. If the religious or mythological allusion on the list includes specific additional information, please be sure to address it in your entry. 2. Provide for each literary/historical/pop culture allusion (see example on next page): a. Name of author/figure/event/pop culture source b. Source of your information c. Time period d. If literary allusion refers to an author, his or her major literary works e. If literary allusion refers to an author, describe his or her contributions and beliefs; do not just provide a written biography (about words). f. If allusion refers to a story/event/pop culture source, provide a paraphrased summary (about words). g. If a literary/historical/pop culture allusion on the list includes specific additional information, please be sure to address it. SAMPLE ALLUSION NOTEBOOK ENTRIES: Classical Mythology Example (use this same format for religious allusions) Name: Zeus Source: Skidmore, Joel. "Zeus." Mythweb. Mythweb, Web. 12 May Paraphrased summary: Zeus resided on Mount Olympus and was considered to be the god of gods. His parents were Cronus and Rhea. Cronus was told a son would take his power, so he swallowed his children to avoid the event. Rhea was displeased and decided to give birth to Zeus in a cave. She hid Zeus from his father and tricked him by wrapping rocks in cloth, which Cronus swallowed, thinking the package was the infant. When Zeus was older, he did take power from his father and forced Cronus to regurgitate his siblings Poseidon, Hades, Hestia, Demeter, and Hera. Each child had control of the world, and Zeus was the supreme authority. As a god, Zeus was known to be very severe in his punishment and very kind in his rewards. He had many children, some with other gods and some with mortals.

4 Literary Allusion Example (use this same format for historical and pop culture allusions) Name: Cheshire Cat, as it relates to his smile, from Alice s Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll Source: Martin, Gary. "'Grinning like a Cheshire Cat' - The Meaning and Origin of this Phrase." Phrasefinder. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 May Time period/date published : 1865 Paraphrased summary: Carroll s character Alice, speaking with the Duchess in her kitchen, asks why her cat grins like that. Later, she sees the cat appearing and disappearing in the branches of a tree, finally leaving only its disembodied grin. The implication is that Cheshire cats grin broadly and mischievously, and that characteristic is unique to the breed of cat. It seems that Carroll did not actually invent the idea of the Cheshire Cat himself; other authors who refer to it include the poet John Wolcot and the novelist William Makepeace Thackeray, who sarcastically questioned t he naturalist who first discovered that peculiarity of the cats in Cheshire to grin. KEY R=Religious M=Mythological L=Literary H=Historical PC=Pop Culture ALLUSIONS LIST 1. Mr. Magoo --PC 2. Ganesha--R 3. Lakshmi--R 4. Swift, Gulliver s Travels --L 5. Missouri Compromise--H 6. America s Bicentennial--H 7. Benjamin Franklin, as he relates to libraries and fire departments--h 8. Tower of Babel--R 9. Book of Job--R 10. Babylonian finger on the wall --R 11. Juggernaut--R 12. Damon and Pythias--M 13. Mrs. Southcott and the Cocklane ghost, 18th-century England--H 14. The Furies and the Fates--M 15. Drawn to the Loadstone Rock from The Arabian Nights --L 16. The dragon s teeth, regarding the founding of Thebes--M 17. The name of the strong man of Old Scripture, regarding the guillotine operator during the Reign of Terror--R & H 18. Hãfez--L 19. Ferdowsi, Shahnamah --L 20. The Magnificent Seven --PC Part 2 - Dialectical Journal Assignment, due in a digital format Friday, August 18th: You will write four detailed dialectical journal entries. Closely read and follow the directions. Rhetorical and literary analyses require close reading in order to understand how the author communicates big ideas with creative use of the elements of style. To this end, you will write a partial dialectical journal to examine Martel s and Butler s novels.

5 What does it look like? On your computer, set up a Word document and insert a table with two columns and five rows. Set up the first row to head each column: on the left Quoted Text and on the right Analysis. Choose passages from the beginning, middle and end of the novel. Select only rich passages that demonstrate elements of style. Be sure to LABEL the element of style each quote illustrates (for example, imagery, simile or metaphor, vivid diction, allusion, including the type of allusion). The richer the evidence, the more in-depth your analysis will be. At the end of the passage, cite the page number in parentheses. Include the entire passage; do not use ellipses. EXAMPLE DIALECTICAL JOURNAL ENTRY Out, Out By Robert Frost Quoted Text The buzz saw snarled and rattled in the yard And made dust and dropped stove-length sticks of wood, Sweet-scented stuff when the breeze drew across it. And from there those that lifted eyes could count Five mountain ranges one behind the other Under the sunset far into Vermont. And the saw snarled and rattled, snarled and rattled, As it ran light, or had to bear a load. And nothing happened: day was all but done. Call it a day, I wish they might have said To please the boy by giving him the half hour That a boy counts so much when saved from work. His sister stood beside him in her apron To tell them Supper. At the word, the saw, As if to prove saws knew what supper meant, Leaped out at the boy s hand, or seemed to leap He must have given the hand. However it was, Neither refused the meeting. But the hand! The boy s first outcry was a rueful laugh, As he swung toward them holding up the hand Half in appeal, but half as if to keep The life from spilling. Then the boy saw all Since he was old enough to know, big boy Doing a man s work, though a child at heart He saw all spoiled. Don t let him cut my hand off The doctor, when he comes. Don t let him, sister! So. But the hand was gone already. The doctor put him in the dark of ether. He lay and puffed his lips out with his breath. And then the watcher at his pulse took fright. No one believed. They listened at his heart. Little less nothing! and that ended it. No more to build on there. And they, since they Were not the one dead, turned to their affairs. Analysis Robert Frost alludes to Shakespeare s Macbeth in his title in order to make the reader focus on the end of the poem. Lady Macbeth says, Out, out, damned spot! referring to her guilt in the plot of a murder and the blood on her hands. Later, the title character Macbeth calls life a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more. Thus, Frost s poem says that once the boy dies, everyone else turn[s] to their affairs. Frost, like Shakespeare, has taken a callous view of life in proclaiming it so brief that no man s life has meaning beyond the drawing of his last breath. Is he suggesting that in the big picture of time, one man s life is only a brief act that ends with the final curtain? Frost s allusion to Macbeth sparks the reader to contemplate both the idea of guilt surrounding death, as well as that of moving on after someone dies.

6 What exactly do I analyze? 1. ONE Religious Allusion 2. ONE Mythological/Historical/Literary Allusion 3. TWO of your choosing: You may select TWO literary elements of style. Consider some of the following: Figurative Language: Metaphors, similes, personifications Vivid Imagery: Graphic description that appeals to your five senses Syntax: Repetition, parallel structure Please consider that the purpose of keeping a dialectical journal is to develop critical reading skills, not to document your personal responses or merely paraphrase what the quote/evidence already reveals. Critical reading is an essential part of developing and articulating a legitimate analysis of a literary text. Part 3 - Literary Analysis Paragraph, due in a digital format Friday, August 18: Potential the mes: The innocence of childhood, the will to live, the way we cope with tragedy, the importance of storytelling, the corrupting influence of power, family bonds, the horrors of slavery, interracial relationships, the power of education Write one effective paragraph that explains how the novel presents a truth about life and/or humanity (a theme). You need to include a well-written assertion (topic sentence); two chunks of analysis, each one including context from the novel, a quote that contains a literary element of style, and your commentary or interpretation of the element of style; and a concluding sentence. If written correctly, your paragraph will be about 8-10 sentences long. * Keep in mind that an author carefully crafts his or her themes using literary tools, or the elements of style. By employing these tools (such as figurative language or vivid imagery), the author magnifies and illustrates the theme, bringing it to life for the reader. When selecting your evidence, consider HOW these tools help to reveal theme. Do not merely summarize what the author is saying; interpret and connect the elements of style to the theme.