Summer Reading Entering 12 th Grade August 2017 These books should be read and work completed by the first day of school, August 2017. Devotional Reading Response Journal: Choose One If: Trading Your If Only Regrets for God s What If Possibilities (Adult or Student edition 2016), Mark Batterson The Language of God (2007) by Francis S. Collins OR Fearfully and Wonderfully Made (October 5, 1987) by Paul Brand and Philip Yancey OR Watch Your Mouth (2016) by Tony Evans Novel: Character Analysis: Choose One Pride & Prejudice, Sense & Sensibility, OR Persuasion, Jane Austen OR Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (Horatio Hornblower series #1), C.S. Forester OR Phantom of the Opera, Gaston Leroux OR Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte OR Out of the Silent Planet OR The Screwtape Letters, C.S. Lewis OR The Count of Monte Cristo, (Abridged version about 600 pages), Alexandre Dumas Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson Biography: Power Point or Prezi: Choose One Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery (November 13, 2007) by Eric Metaxas OR The Cross and the Switchblade, David Wilkerson OR God s Smuggler, Brother Andrew with John and Elizabeth Sherrill FOR YOUR BOOK ANALYSIS. You will write the book analysis during the first week of school. Plagiarism warning: This should be your work and your thoughts. If you read anything about your book and/or use any ideas from an outside source (like a website), you MUST cite your source. Even if you do not quote word for word, if you get ideas from a source, you MUST cite it. Therefore, my recommendation is that you read the book only and you write without consulting anything other than the book and your Pocket Style Manual. Mrs. Andujar candujar@christchapel.org
Devotional Book Choice If: Trading Your If Only Regrets for God s What If Possibilities (Adult or Student edition 2016), Mark Batterson The Language of God (2007) by Francis S. Collins OR Fearfully and Wonderfully Made (October 5, 1987) by Paul Brand and Philip Yancey OR Watch Your Mouth (2016) by Tony Evans Response Journal Composition Notebook As you read the book, stop five times and think about what you have been reading Respond in a personal way. Write your answers in a composition notebook. (If you would like to type your response, print them out and staple them into the composition notebook.) 1. Date 2. Chapter Title 3. Favorite verse from the chapter (if there is one) 4. Favorite (or most meaningful to you) quote from the chapter 5. Journal in paragraph form with at least 10 sentences. Questions you MIGHT answer in your journal: What questions are being asked and answered in the section you are reading? Can you identify with any person in your reading in any way? ( Identify does not mean are you are a pastor or a college student or a doctor! Have you earnestly looked for explanations or ways to pray or live or think differently? Has the Lord sent people into your life to help you understand Him better? Have you ever delved into a single book or verse of the Bible and allowed it to transform you? Have you ever marveled at God s creation and how it connects to your life and who you are?) In what ways do you see the hand of God and the power of God at work in you through the book? What do you think about what you are reading? Connect to the book personally. Allow the Holy Spirit to accomplish something deep and personal within you as you read and write. How are you being changed by what you are reading?
Entering 12 th Grade Pride & Prejudice, Sense & Sensibility, OR Persuasion, Jane Austen OR Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (Horatio Hornblower series #1), C.S. Forester OR Phantom of the Opera, Gaston Leroux OR Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte OR Out of the Silent Planet OR The Screwtape Letters, C.S. Lewis OR The Count of Monte Cristo, (Abridged version about 600 pages), Alexandre Dumas Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson 1. Read the novel. Annotate as you read. 2. Create an MLA Works Cited page for your novel (see example page in this packet). 3. Keep the novel so you can use it to prepare an outline and write an essay during the first week of school. 4. You will write a book analysis as an in-class essay the first week of school. The analysis will focus on characters and choices they make. This report will demonstrate your deep thinking on the book. Recommendation for Annotation: Use post-its to mark pages with passages that address the topics. You can refer back to the post-its and passages when you write the paper. Your analysis will include (but not be limited to) the following elements: Overview or summary of the book and thesis statement. Characters Quotes (with page numbers in MLA format) from the book to prove what you are saying. Analysis of the characters personalities and behavior and the choices each character makes Possible questions you will have to answer: How does the character s behavior reflect biblical values? How does the character impact (help, enhance, hurt, damage) the people around him or her? Conclusion -- final thoughts and recommendation about who should read the book and why.. Keep the novel so you can use it to write an essay during the first week of school. Due Date: First Day of School -- August 2017
Entering 12 th Grade Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce, Eric Metaxas OR The Cross and the Switchblade, David Wilkerson OR God s Smuggler, Brother Andrew with John and Elizabeth Sherrill Life Map PowerPoint or Prezi General Guidelines Title and Author on front (or at beginning) 8-11 significant events Recommendation/Opinion/ Personal Connection (1 paragraph) MLA Work Cited Neatness/Creativity/Visual Impact Content is ALWAYS important. Write your entries with that in mind. PROOFREADING says something about you as a student. Catch and fix any errors. Event Entry Requirements For Each Event: Chronological Order Heading bold or larger font Setting, situation, or context One graphic or illustration 1-2 quotes from the book cited correctly about the event (either when it happened or later in the book as the person looks back on the event) Short (3-5 sentences) paragraph explaining the event (May include some of the following: what happened, emotional impact, why the event was important, how the event foreshadowed later events or outcomes, spiritual impact of the event, how the event prepared the person for later events.) Power Point Specifics First slide must have the following information: your name, Title, and author of book Body slides must have required number of entries and required entry information Personal Connection: Impression this person s life made on you (1 paragraph on a slide) Last slide should be MLA Works Cited slide All slides must have the same background; readable font style and size Email to Mrs. Andujar candujar@christchapel.org by first day of school, August 2017. Prezi Specifics Your name, Book Title and Author at beginning of presentation Required number of entries and required entry information Personal Connection: Impression this person s life made on you (1 paragraph) MLA Works Cited entry (correct format) Email access information to Mrs. Andujar candujar@christchapel.org by first day of school, August 2017. For how to share the Prezi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ombed1s2mti
Robertson 3 Works Cited Beowulf. Trans. Burton Raffel. New York: New American Library, 1999. Print. Dickens, Charles. A Christmas Carol. 1843. Clayton, Delaware: Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Press, 2005. Print. Henley, Patricia. The Hummingbird House. Denver: Random House, 1999. Print. Hugo, Victor. Les Miserables. 1862. Trans. Norman Denny. New York: Penguin Books, 2012. Print. New International Version. [Colorado Springs]: Biblica, 2011. BibleGateway.com. Web. 3 Mar. 2011. Zondervan NIV Study Bible. Fully rev. ed. Kenneth L. Barker, gen. ed. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2002. Print. Notice the different examples you have here: 1. Bible (in print form OR if you read it online or on your phone) 2. Translated book (when you know the author and original publication date AND when you don t) 3. Reprinted or republished book. For example, classics are reprinted/republished books. It s key to have both years.