Summer Reading Project: 2017 Incoming Sophomores

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1 Summer Reading Project: 2017 Incoming Sophomores Dear Incoming Sophomores, In this packet you will find the instructions for your Summer 2017 Reading Project. As a team, your English teachers believe that summer reading is a valuable way for you to carry on learning independently and to prepare you for the content and expectations you will have during the new school year. As sophomores, you are continuing to develop and understand both yourselves and the world in which you live. With this in mind, we will be focusing all year on answering the question: How do you fit into the world? In order to best answer this, we will spend the upcoming year understanding the world in which we currently live, and looking at how characters fit into their worlds and societies. This all begins this summer for you! YOU WILL READ 2 BOOKS. First, we have chosen a nonfiction book, Discovering Wes Moore or The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore, in which he tells his own story and the story of another young man with the same name who lived nearby, but led a very different life. As you read his story, think about how he and the other Wes Moore both fit into their societies, or not. For the first book, please make sure that you: Carefully read the directions for the Wes Moore Book Project on page 2. Complete the reading journal found on pages 4-7. Come prepared to take a quiz and discuss this novel on the first day of school in August. You may use your double entry reading journal while taking the quiz. Your English teachers will be ready for you! In addition, you will select a second book based on the following criteria: The book must be 150 pages or more. It must be written at an appropriate reading level for high school students. Other than that, what you choose to read for the second book is up to you! Ask your current English teacher or your classmates for recommendations. Speaking of recommendations, we surveyed students for their favorite summertime good reads. They came up with a list of over 100 titles. Check pages to see what your classmates suggested. When you have finished the second book, complete either Project A or Project B listed on pages Have questions? Need help? summerreading@whittiertech.org for more information! Happy reading! Your Grade 10 English teacher team 1

2 WES MOORE BOOK PROJECT The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates Discovering Wes Moore DIRECTIONS: Please read the following directions to complete the Wes Moore Book Project. 1) Purchase one of the two following books: The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates or Discovering Wes Moore. Both books are written by Wes Moore. NOTE: Some resources for purchasing your book include: your local library (free!), local bookstores, Amazon.com, thriftbooks.com and Goodwill/Salvation Army stores. 2) Read the book! 3) Complete the required assignment: a double entry reading journal. You may use the journal that is provided in this packet or you can make your own using lined paper. 4) As you read, pay attention to passages that focus on these four areas: Character development: What do we learn about the characters? How do they change throughout the story? Plot: What major events happen in the story? Theme: What passages help the reader understand what the author is trying to teach the reader about life, society, or growing up? Vocabulary words: Find new words that you don t know, but seem important to the story. 5) When you find a passage that seems to fit one of these areas, do the following: Step Action 1. On the left side of the reading journal, copy the passage down along with the page number. NOTE: Each quoted passage should be between words in length. 2. On the right side of the reading journal, explain what the passage means and why it is important. 3. Continue to jot down passages until you have written 20 total passages. Need a visual? Check out the sample on page 3! Have questions? Need help? summerreading@whittiertech.org for more information! 2

3 WES MOORE BOOK PROJECT SAMPLE PASSAGE/QUOTATION (PAGE NUMBER) I struggled to explain the purpose of my letter and posed a series of naive questions that had been running through my mind: Who are you? (xii) EXPLANATION Vocabulary Naive: adjective, showing a lack of experience or wisdom Wes (author) is explaining how he felt that his questions for the other Wes were silly because he didn t know how to connect to someone whose life is so different from his own. Listen, he went on. Your father wasn t there because he couldn t be, my father wasn t there because he chose not to be. We re going to mourn their absence in different ways. (3). The idea of becoming a father depressed Wes, but he wasn t sure why. He didn t have to worry about feeling alone or like a pariah. Wes and Alicia s situation was anything but exceptional. (100) Character Development Both Wes Moores have grown up in a single parent home, but for different reasons. Wes Moore, the author, lost his father because he died, but Wes Moore, the prisoner, had no father because his father abandoned him. These different circumstances change how each man deals with the childhood they had and how they understand how to be a father and adult man themselves. Plot Wes (prisoner) has just found out that his girlfriend, Alicia, is pregnant. They are both just teenagers at this point, and this is a huge change for him, but he isn t really sure why because he hasn t ever seen what fatherhood really entails. As I started to think seriously about how I could become the person I wanted to be, I looked around at some of the people who'd had the biggest impact on my life. Aside from family and friends, the men I most trusted all had something in common: they all wore the uniform of the United States of America. (132) Theme In this section, Wes is identifying one of the major themes that discipline allows people to rise above their circumstances. Instead of being drawn to violence and money, Wes (author) is looking up to men who have discipline and structure. 3

4 WES MOORE BOOK PROJECT JOURNAL PASSAGE/QUOTATION (PAGE NUMBER) 1. EXPLANATION

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8 BOOK #2 PROJECT A Title and Author Page Count DIRECTIONS: In the left column, write down five interesting, exciting, or thought-provoking passages. Make sure you choose passages that are spread evenly throughout the beginning, middle and end of your book. Include page numbers for each passage. (Five passages of no less than 20 words two points each) /10 In the right column, provide your own explanation about how the passages in the left-hand column captured your interest. In what way are these passages interesting, exciting, or thought-provoking? Be specific. (Five explanations of no less than 20 words two points each) /10 GREAT QUOTES FROM YOUR SUMMER READING BOOK. PROVIDE 5 PASSAGES OF AT LEAST 20 WORDS EACH. WHY DID YOU CHOOSE THIS PASSAGE? WHAT DID YOU NOTICE? WHAT DID YOU LIKE ABOUT IT? 8

9 GREAT QUOTES FROM YOUR SUMMER READING BOOK. PROVIDE 5 PASSAGES OF AT LEAST 20 WORDS EACH. WHY DID YOU CHOOSE THIS PASSAGE? WHAT DID YOU NOTICE? WHAT DID YOU LIKE ABOUT IT? 9

10 BOOK #2 PROJECT A: SAMPLE Title and Author Page Count DIRECTIONS: In the left column, write down five interesting, exciting, or thought-provoking passages. Make sure you choose passages that are spread evenly throughout the beginning, middle and end of your book. Include page numbers for each passage. (Five passages of no less than 20 words two points each) /10 In the right column, provide your own explanation about how the passages in the left-hand column captured your interest. In what way are these passages interesting, exciting, or thought-provoking? Be specific. (Five explanations of no less than 20 words two points each) /1 10

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12 BOOK #2 PROJECT B Title and Author Page Count DIRECTIONS: For each box: Choose a quotation (sentence from the story) Explain, in two or more sentences, how your quote represents this part of the story. Draw a picture to represent your explanation and label the parts of your picture. 12

13 BOOK #2 PROJECT B Title and Author Page Count Exposition (Introduction & Setting) Complication (Problem) Quote & Page #: Quote & Page #: Explanation: Explanation: Climax (Turning Point) Resolution (Solution) Quote & Page #: Quote & Page #: Explanation: Explanation: 13

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15 In 2017, we surveyed students for recommendations. A Child Called It by David Pelzer Almost Home by Joan Bauer Alone by Scott Sigler An Abundance of Katherines by John Green Animal Farm by George Orwell Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver Behind Enemy Lines by Marte Cohn Between Shades of Grey by Ruta Sepetys Brian's Winter by Gary Paulsen Cain's Blood by Geoffrey Girard Children of Eden by Joey Graceffa Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac Divergent by Veronica Roth Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell Every Day by David Levithan Fault in our Stars by John Green Here s what you picked as good summer reads. Heaven is for Real by Todd Burpo and Lynn Vincent Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams How to Hang a Witch by Adriana Mather I Was Here by Gayle Forman I Will Always Write Back by Martin Ganda and Caitlin Alifirenka Necronomicon by H.P. Lovecraft Nerve by Jeanne Ryan No One Else Can Have You by Kathleen Hale On the Fence by Kasie West Orr: My Story by Bobby Orr Paper Towns by John Green The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson The Book Thief by Mark Zusak The Burn Journals by Brent Runyon The Cabin by Natasha Preston The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier The Choice by Nicholas Sparks If I Stay by Gayle Forman Peak by Roland Smith The Collector by Victoria Scott Iggie's House by Judy Blume Island of Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton Just Friends by Billy Taylor Kick by Walter Dean Myers and Ross Workman Kingdom Keepers by Ridley Pearson Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky Rainbow Six by Tom Clancy Ready Player One by Ernest Cline Roses are Red by James Paterson Rot and Ruin by Jonathan Maberry The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon The Fifth Wave by Rick Yancey The Finest Hours by Michael J. Tougias and Casey Sherman The Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer The Giver by Lois Lowry Rules by Cynthia Lord The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Sara, Book 1 by Esther Hicks and Jerry Hicks Life of Pi by Yann Martel Say it Ain't So by Josh Berk Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell and Patrick Robinson Looking for Alaska by John Green Lord of the Rings by Tolkein Silence by Natasha Preston Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson Soul Surfer by Bethany Hamilton and Rick Bundschuh The Honest Truth by Dan Gemeinhart The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins The Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks Cinder by Marissa Meyer The Martian by Andy Weir 15

16 Flawed by Cecilia Ahern Forget Me by K.A. Harrington Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard Goodbye Rebel Blue by Shelly Coriel Handbook for Boys: A Novel by Walter Dean Myers Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling The Ever After (May Bird) by Jodi Lynn Anderson Message In a Bottle by Nicholas Sparks Midnight For Charlie Bone by Jenny Nimmo Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs Monster by Walter Dean Myers Time Between Us by Tamara Ireland Stone Hatchet by Gary Paulsen To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Watchmen by Alan Townie by Andre Dubus Moore Welcome to Night Vale by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor Travel Team by Mike Lupica Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson Struck by Lightning by Chris Colfer Suicide Notes from Pretty Girls by Lynn Weingarten Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis by Robert F. Kennedy and Arthur Meier Schlesinger The Maze Runner by James Dasner The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth The Mortal Instruments Series by Cassandra Clare The Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller Wonder by R.J. Palacio The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han Zeroboxer by Fonda Lee The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult Twilight by Stephanie Meyer The Time Keeper by Mitch Albom 16