BRICK TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOLS - SUMMER READING 2015

The summer reading assignment requires all students entering College Prep and Honors English classes to read 2 books. All students must read the required book AND a second book of their choice from the grade level list which they will be entering.

Assignments:

1. Students will take a test on their required book on Tuesday 9/15. (Fr.- Illustrated Man, So.- Animal Farm, Jr.- Old Man and the Sea, Sr. – Brave New World)

(Sophomore, Junior, and Senior students taking English in the second semester will take their test on Monday 2/1/16 )

2. Students will complete an in-class essay on their choice book on Wednesday 9/16. In preparation for the in-class essay, over the summer students must complete the group A or B questions on the back of this form. This will serve as their notes which they will use to complete the essay.

(Sophomore, Junior, and Senior students taking English in the second semester will complete their essay on Tuesday 2/2/16)

These 2 assignments will then be averaged into 1 summer reading grade which will count as an “essay/project” grade in the first marking period of English.

Freshmen The Illustrated Man – R. Bradbury

(required –Read all stories from “The Prologue” through “The Last Night of the World”)

Acceleration – G. McNamee Black and White- P. Volponi Wintergirls – L.H. Anderson Peace Like a River – L. Enger House Rules – J. Picoult Witch and Wizard – J. Patterson Matched – A. Condie

Sophomores Animal Farm – G. Orwell (required) Double Helix – N. Werlin Legend – M. Lu Lockdown – W.D. Myers At First Sight – N. Sparks Bleachers – J. Grisham Awaken – K. Kacvinsky

Juniors The Old Man and the Sea – E.

Hemingway (required) Along for the Ride – S. Dessen Jack & Jill – J. Patterson Pirate Latitudes – M. Crichton The Statistical Probability of Love at First

Sight – J. Smith Cinder – M. Meyer Calico Joe – J. Grisham

Seniors Brave New World – A. Huxley (required) The Alchemist – P. Coelho On the Street Where You Live – M.H. Clark Inferno - D. Brown The Man from St. Petersburg – K. Follett Enrique’s Journey – S. Nazario The Future of Us – J. Asher & C. Mackler Here, There Be Dragons –J. Owen

English Summer Reading Assignment for choice book

Directions: Choose 1 group of questions and answer each of the questions in that group. Bring

these responses with you to your first week of English class.

Your responses should be a minimum of 4-6 sentences per question. Please include at least one

quote per response for each question. You must also include the chapter and page number of the

quote.

YOUR RESPONSES MUST BE HANDWRITTEN.

PLEASE PUT YOUR NAME AT THE TOP. STUDENTS FOUND GUILTY OF SHARING ANSWERS OR SUBMITTING WORK THAT IS NOT THEIR OWN,

WILL RECEIVE A ZERO FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT.

Group A (plot)

1. What were your feelings after reading the opening chapter of the book? After reading half of

the book? After finishing the book?

2. Do you like the end of the book? Why or why not? Do you think there is more to tell? What

do you think might happen next?

3. What is the author saying about life and living in this book?

4. Identify the turning point in the story and explain why it is the turning point.

5.  What important events lead to the turning point?  What important events lead to the story's 

resolution?

Group B (characters)

1. If you could give any of the characters advice, what would it be? Explain.

2. What conflict exists between the central character and someone or something else in the

book? How does the character try to solve the conflict?

3. How does the central character or any character change from the beginning to the end of

the story? What causes that change?

4. Choose three character traits to describe the central character. Choose one from the

beginning of the novel, one from the middle, one from the end. Provide an explanation for

each.

5. What decisions does the central character make that advance the plot?