Lincoln Park Academy 9 th Grade Regular Summer Reading Assignment

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1 Lincoln Park Academy 9 th Grade Regular Summer Reading Assignment For the school year at LPA, all incoming 9 th grade students will read three novels over the summer and complete an assignment for each novel. The required 9 th grade novel is Unwind (the Unwind Dystology), by Neil Schusterman. The other two novels will be the student s choice. Also, students will need to complete the Literary Terms Worksheet. Overview: Required Novel In a society where unwanted teens are salvaged for their body parts, three runaways fight the system that would unwind them. Connor s parents want to be rid of him because he s a troublemaker. Risa has no parents and is being unwound to cut orphanage costs. Lev s unwinding has been planned since his birth, as part of his family s strict religion. Brought together by chance, and kept together by desperation, these three unlikely companions make a harrowing cross-country journey, knowing their lives hang in the balance. If they can survive until their eighteenth birthday, they can t be harmed but when every piece of them, from their hands to their hearts, are wanted by a world gone mad, eighteen seems far, far away. Choice Novels In addition, students will also choose two novels from the Florida Teen Read List. The Florida Teen Read list can be found at Assignment One Literary Terms Worksheet The first assignment is to complete the attached Literary Terms Worksheet. Look up and copy the definitions for the literary terms. This will be a helpful resource for the entire school year. Please refer to these websites for definitions: and This will be a formative grade and is due the first day of school. Assignment Two for Unwind by Neil Shusterman The second assignment is to read Unwind by Neil Shusterman and complete the following discussion questions assignment. This is also a formative grade and is due the first day of school. There will be a test/summative grade following discussion of the book. It would be beneficial to purchase your own copy of the book so you can refer to it in class. It is also acceptable to purchase an e-reader version of the book. Please choose five of the following ten discussion questions to answer. These questions must be typed in completed sentences and in MLA format. The following website can help with questions regarding MLA format:

2 Discussion Questions: 1. What do you think about the government s right to unwind wards of the state who aren t talented enough? In what ways might this help society? How might this hurt society? Wouldn t it help to make every person have a skill to benefit society? (Refer to page 19) 2. Nurse Greta says, You can t change laws without first changing human nature. But Nurse Yvonne says, You can t change human nature without first changing the law. Which nurse is more right? Why? Are there ways she is also wrong? On a deeper level, do laws actually change human nature or do they just change human actions? How are human nature and human actions different? (Refer to page 51) 3. Should Sonia be helping Unwinds, even through it is against the law? Why or why not? What is she risking when she helps them? Considering what could happen to a citizen, is it worth it to help Unwinds? Would you help? Why or why not? (Refer to page 92). 4. How would you feel to receive a body part from an Unwind? Does it matter which body parts? Why? Does it matter what gender? Why? (Refer to page 169). 5. Is something true because it is the law? Is it good if it is the law? Or are laws just educated guesses at right and wrong? Should citizens obey laws that they know are wrong? (Refer to page 172) 6. If you were an Unwind and the Admiral offered for you to go to work for free until you turned eighteen, safely without chance of being caught, would you go? Why? Is the Admiral doing a good deed or bad deed by the way he s saving these kids after all he is saving their lives? (Refer to page 206) 7. The Admiral says, You see, a conflict always begins with an issue a difference in opinion, an argument. But by the time it turns into war, the issue doesn t matter anymore, because now it s about one thing and one thing only: how much each side hates each other. How is this true and at the same time, not true? Give an example of a time when you have seen this, heard this, or experienced this. How did it go from argument to hatred? (Refer to page 223) 8. If the Admiral had never signed the order to unwind his own son, he never would have suffered great guilt and finally decided to use the rest of his life saving thousands of lives from unwinding. Is it a good thing the Admiral unwound his son? If he could undo his choice, should he? (Refer to page 225) 9. When Risa asks the Juvey-cop why he locks up unwinds to be unwound, he says, You both had more than fifteen years to prove yourselves, and you didn t. Don t blame the world for your own lousy choices. Is fifteen years enough time? Is the Juvey-cop right? Should teens be allowed to blame the world for their own lousy choices? Are some choices different than others? Why? (Refer to page 257) 10. Connor finds out that Risa is paralyzed from the waist down. Connor had his limbs replaced while he was in a coma, but Risa refused to accept any parts from Unwinds. She says Connor would have refused too if he d been awake. What would you have done? Would you have accepted body parts from an Unwind? Why or why not? (Refer to page 321)

3 Assignment Three: Choice Novels In addition, students will also choose two novels from the Florida Teen Read List. The Florida Teen Read list can be found at Assignment for two Choice Novels: Complete the attached plot curve and literary trait/term chart assignment for each novel. The assignments are due on the first day of school. All assignments are due the first day of school. No exceptions! Any assignment not turned in on time, will become a 50%. The deadline date for late assignments is August 20, After this date, assignments will not be accepted.

4 Literary Terms Worksheet Name Look up the following literary terms on one of the two websites listed below and define them: Literary Term Allegory Definition Alliteration Allusion Analogy Archetype Aside Characterization Conflict Connotation Denotation Dialogue Diction Dramatic Irony Dynamic Character Foreshadowing Hubris Hyperbole

5 Idiom Imagery Inference Irony Metaphor Mood Motif Onomatopoeia Personification Point of View Pun Rhetoric Simile Situational Irony Static Character Symbol Syntax Theme Tone Verbal Irony

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7 Term: Definition: Visual Reminder: Theme Exposition Conflict Rising Action Climax Falling Action Resolution Central ideas in the novel; the author s meaning for the story The beginning of the story, including the characters and setting. The problem that makes the story interesting The events that build suspense and increase interest in a story The point of greatest suspense and intensity; usually near the end of the story The events that wrap up the story How the story ends and the problem is solved Conflict

8 Plot Curve Novel: Author: Climax: The turning point in the story the point of greatest conflict and intensity Rising Action: What events, problems, and conflicts build suspense or increase complications in the story? Climax Falling Action: What events help wrap up the story? Conflict Protagonist vs. Antagonist (Main Character) (Character who has conflict with the main character) Resolution: How does the story end? How is the conflict resolved? Exposition: vs. Setting: Situation: Theme: The central ideas through the novel; the author s reason for writing or the meaning of the story Characters:

9 Tone: Mood: Literary Archetypes: Irony (Verbal, Dramatic, Situational): Symbolism: Foreshadowing: Character Descriptions (Flat, Round, Static, Dynamic): Character Descriptions Continued Character Descriptions Continued

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