Wichita High School East International Baccalaureate Diploma Program 2301 E. Douglas Wichita, KS 67211 (316) 973-7289 phone (316) 973-7209 fax 2018 PIB English 2 Summer Reading Assignment In an abundant society where people have laptops, cell phones, ipods, and minds like empty rooms, I still plod along with books. Instant information is not for me. I prefer to search library stacks because when I work to learn something, I remember it. ~ Harper Lee "Reading is the gateway skill that makes all other learning possible, from complex word problems and the meaning of our history to scientific discovery and technological proficiency." ~President Barack Obama In the spirit of IB and in celebration of reading and writing, all Wichita High School East IB students are required to complete summer reading assignments. Students are encouraged to purchase their own copies of the required reading so that they can mark in them as they read. Arrangements have been made for a special discount on these titles at Watermark Books, 4701 E. Douglas, so I recommend you purchase them from Watermark. Please tell them you are purchasing them for the East High summer reading program in order to receive the discount. If you anticipate a problem with this purchase, please notify the IB office immediately. These summer reading assignments are required assignments for your English class. We will dive into them on the first day of school, so you must be prepared to participate in the class discussion and analysis of all works. If you read the book and stories early in the summer, please be prepared to re-read or study them just before school starts. This will jump-start your academic critical-thinking skills and encourage you to consider literary works as carefully constructed pieces of art. Remember, this is academic reading. I hope you also have time this summer for pleasure reading. ~ Ms. Talbott All IB Sophomores are required to purchase the following books, each of which is available at Watermark Books. (Students who were at East in PIB English 1 last year already own the short story anthology. It will be used in PIB English 2 and IB English 3.) How to Read Literature Like a Professor Thomas C. Foster, ISBN: 978-0062301673 The Art of the Short Story-Dana Gioia and R. S. Gwynn, ISBN: 978-0-321-36363-3 Additionally, please purchase a standard composition notebook; this will be used with all of your summer reading assignments and all in-class assignments. I would suggest you purchase more than one as we will use them for the majority of our writing assignments. Please do not use spiral bound notebooks or loose leaf notebook paper. Please write your name and hour on the bottom of all summer reading books, as well as the books we use during the school year.
Assignment Number One: How to Read Literature like a Professor Read and annotate How to Read Lit. It is especially important that you read How to Read Lit first since it should serve as a lens through which to read and understand literature. It will also be used as a reference work during this school year and in your first year of IB. Annotate How to Read Literature Like a Professor in the following ways (using black or blue pen, only): 1. Highlight or color mark (include a key on the inside cover) definitions, key phrases, key words, ideas, or points made in each chapter. 2. Write questions, comments, personal connections, and/or reactions to the passages in the margins of the text, inside the covers, and on the title page. 3. On the last page of each chapter, write three sentences that reflect main ideas in that chapter. These are to be summaries of what Foster says, not simply topics (i.e. what Foster talks about in this chapter). Assignment Number Two: The Art of the Short Story 1. Read the following five short stories, along with the author bios: Why I Live at the P.O. by Eudora Welty, Shiloh by Bobbie Ann Mason, Cathedral by Raymond Carver, Birthmark by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Roman Fever by Edith Wharton. 1. Review The Art of the Short Story on pgs. 3-6. 2. Review the elements of fiction (plot, characterization, point of view, setting, theme, style), beginning on p. 849. Be prepared to apply each of the elements to each short story. 3. Make sure to review the literary terms that you studied and used extensively in PIB English 1 (attached). It is highly recommended that you annotate each story, using the literary terms. 4. For each short story, in your comp book, complete an outline following the structure in The Basic Elements of Short Fiction (attached). This outline structure was used in PIB 1. Assignments/grades related to summer reading may include any/all of the following: 1. A test over literary terms and/or elements of fiction. 2. An objective test over all works. 3. A group oral presentation to be assigned the first week of school. 4. A written commentary over any/all of the summer reading works. All assignments associated with your summer reading, including your books, must be brought to class on the first day of school. Should you have questions, you can email me at: mtalbott@usd259.net Please note that I will answer summer emails as my schedule allows.
The Basic Elements of Short Fiction Write the title of story and the author s name at the top of the page. I. Exposition- the introduction or background (use bulleted phrases for parts A and B) A. Setting- use direct quotes and inferred details concerning time, place, season, social conditions, etc. B. Characters and Characterization- 1. Give a brief description of each character. 2. Explain the character s role. 3. Apply three distinct relevant character traits that can be supported using evidence from the beginning, middle, and end of the story (begin with the protagonist, then the antagonist, followed by any other important minor characters). II. Initial Incident- also called point of attack. A. What is the first incident that gets the plot moving and forces the protagonist to encounter the antagonist? B. Explain your response. III. Conflict- Explain both the internal and external conflicts. A. Internal B. External IV. Rising Action- List two meaningful complications (events that intensify the conflict and move toward the climax). Generalize enough to cover as much plot as possible. A. Meaningful Complication #1 B. Meaningful Complication #2 V. Climax- What is the turning point? A. What event occurs that causes the main character to change permanently and clearly leads to a resolution in the conflict? B. Explain your response. VI. Resolution- How are the internal and external conflicts from #3 resolved? Address both. A. Internal B. External VII. Conclusion- How does the story end? Discuss the significance and provide some insight (think critically). A. Literal Ending B. Significance/Insight VIII. Theme Statement- What observation about humanity does the author communicate? This must be a single well-written sentence. Infer- do not quote. Theme statements are original not plagiarized, cliché, a moral, or a command. Do not begin with The author is trying to say that or The theme statement is Example: Humans will often compromise their morals in exchange for self-preservation.
PIB English 1 and 2 Literary Terms Term Alliteration Allusion Anecdote Antagonist Archetype Aside Assonance Autobiography Ballad Biography Characterization Cliché Climax Conflict Connotation Denotation Dialogue Dramatic POV End Rhyme Epic Poetry Definition Repetition of the beginning consonant sound. Ex. Rough and ready, Peter Piper. Reference to something outside of the work, usually mythical, Biblical, or historical Short summary of a funny event. The person or thing that opposes the protagonist. Sometimes called the villain. A recurring and familiar pattern in literature, like a journey or a wise old man. When a character in a play speaks to the audience and not to the other characters. Repetition of an internal vowel sound, as in How now brown cow. A story about a person written by that person. Poem which tells a story of a person from the past and is often set to music. An author's account or story of another person's life The way an author reveals his characters. Can be done directly or indirectly. A word or phrase that is overused, like "busy as a bee" or "I slept like a log." High point in a story, point of most intense interest, and point of no return. The problem or complication in a story, usually between a person and something else either another person, a force of nature, fate, or the person himself. All the emotions or feelings a word arouses, such as negative feelings about 'pig.' The literal, dictionary definition of a word. Conversation carried on by the characters in a work of literature. A play, in which all events are told as dialogue. Rhyming words that appear at the ends of two or more lines of poetry. A long narrative poem about the adventures of an almost superhuman character.
Epithet Exposition Falling Action Fantasy Fiction Figurative Language First Person A word or phrase used in place of a person's name to help characterize the person. The part of a story or play that explains the background or makes conflict clear. The action that takes place in a story after the climax and that resolves the conflict. Highly imaginative writing that contains elements not found in real life. Prose writing that tells about imaginary characters and events. Writing or speech not meant to be interpreted literally. Similes, metaphors, and personification are examples of figurative language. Told from the perspective on one character in the story. Designated by the pronoun 'I'. Point of View Flashback Foreshadowing Free Verse Genre Hero Haiku Historical Fiction Hyperbole Iambic Pentameter Imagery Irony Lyric Poetry Metaphor Meter Monologue When a story's sequence is interrupted and a character goes back to an earlier time. The use of clues that suggest events yet to come. Poetry that is not written with a regular pattern of rhythm and rhyme. A French word meaning form or type. Literary genres are novel, essay, poetry, play. A character whose actions are inspiring or noble, and who overcomes difficulties. A Japanese form of poetry with three lines of 5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables. Stories that center upon or incorporate some significant historical events. Exaggerating or stretching the truth for literary effect. "My shoes are killing me!" A metrical pattern of unstressed and stressed syllables common in poetry and in Shakespearean plays. The line contains ten syllables in the pattern ~/~/~/~/~/. Words that describe sights, sounds, movements and recreate sensory experience. When something is different than it is supposed to be or thought to be. Kinds of irony include verbal, dramatic, and situational. Poetry that expresses the observations and feelings of a single speaker. Comparison of two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as.' The repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry. A speech or performance given entirely by one person or one character.
Mystery Myth Narrative Poetry Non-Fiction Omniscient Point of view Onomatopoeia Oxymoron Paradox Parallelism Personification Plot Point of View Poetic Justice Prologue Prose Protagonist Pseudonym Pun Refrain Rhyme Science Fiction Second Person A story that involves the reader in guessing who committed the crime or deed. A fictional tale that explains the actions of gods or heroes, or the causes of natural phenomenon, or both. Myths can be Greek, Roman, Norse, or Celtic in origin. Poems that tell a story. Prose that explains ideas or is about real people, places, objects, or events. When the story is told from the perspective of someone outside of the events but who knows and reveals all the character's thoughts and feelings. The use of words that imitate sounds, as in buzz, hiss, or murmur. Two words used together that contradict each other, as in icy fire or sweet sorrow. A statement that seems to be contradictory but that actually presents a truth. Repetition of phrases that have similar grammatical patterns. Giving human characteristics to a non-human thing or substance. The sequence of events in a literary work. The perspective from which a story is told. Types are 1 st person, 3 rd person limited, omniscient, stream of consciousness, and dramatic. When a character 'gets what he deserves.' The opening lines of a drama that give background information. The ordinary form of written language, not poetry, drama, or song. The main character in a literary work who drives the plot forward. The assumed or false name of an author. Samuel Clemens' pseudonym is Mark Twain. A play on words when a word has more than one meaning. The regularly repeated group of lines in a poem or song. Repetition of sounds at the end of words. Fictional stories that center upon scientific elements. Designated by the pronoun 'you.' There is no second person point of view in storytelling.
Setting Simile Soliloquy Sonnet Stream of Consciousness Stanza Style Symbol Theme Third Person Point of View Tone Tragedy Time and place of a literary work. A comparison of two unlike things using the word 'like' or 'as.' Love is like a rose. Speech delivered by a character when he is alone on stage. Fourteen lines of iambic pentameter - a very common form of poetry. A narrative technique, or point of view, that presents thoughts as if they were coming straight from a character's mind, with story events and character feelings combined. A unit or group of lines in poetry that are separated by spaces. An author's unique way of writing that involves word choice and sentence patterns. Something seen that stands for something unseen, as a rose for love, flag for a country Central truth or idea in a story. When the story is told from the perspective of someone outside of the events of the story but who reveals only one character's thoughts. The writer or speaker's attitude towards the subject of the work. A type of story that portrays the fall of a noble person, usually due to a tragic weakness or flaw in his/her character.
PIB English 2 Supplemental Reading List 2018-2019 We will use the following books this year in English. You are encouraged to purchase your own copy of the required reading so that you can annotate the books as you read. Arrangements have been made for a special discount on these titles at Watermark Books, 4701 E. Douglas, so I recommend you purchase them from Watermark. Please tell them you are purchasing them for East High PIB English 2 in order to receive the discount. You are not required to purchase all four before school begins. First Semester: Macbeth (Folger edition by Washington Square Press) ISBN: 9780743477109: $4.83 Of Mice and Men (Penguin) ISBN: 9780140177398: $8.87 Second Semester: The Great Gatsby (Scribner) ISBN: 978-0-7432-7356-5: $12.90 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Penguin Classics) ISBN: 9780143107323, $6.45.