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1 ST. JOHN NEUMANN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL Summer Reading 2018 FRESHMEN CLASS College Preparatory Heroes Gods and Monsters of the Greek Myths by Bernard Evslin *Activity pack due the first day of school Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne Honors Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes by Edith Hamilton *Activity pack due the first day of school My Antonia by Willa Cather Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne SOPHOMORE CLASS College Preparatory Interpreter of Maladies (short story collection) by Jhumpa Lahiri and accompanying worksheet Honors Interpreter of Maladies (short story collection) by Jhumpa Lahiri and accompanying worksheet The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri

2 JUNIOR CLASS Poe Poe College Preparatory The Masque of the Red Death, The Tell Tale Heart and The Raven by Edgar Allan Kindred by Octavia Butler *With accompanying worksheet Honors The Masque of the Red Death, The Tell Tale Heart and The Raven by Edgar Allan Kindred by Octavia Butler Antigone by Sophocles *With accompanying worksheet AP Language 1984 by George Orwell The Jungle by Upton Sinclair The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Research paper required SENIOR CLASS College Preparatory Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Never Let Me Go by Kasuo Ishiguro *With accompanying worksheet Honors Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Never Let Me Go by Kasuo Ishiguro Great Expectations by Charles Dickens *With accompanying worksheet AP Literature One Hundred Years of Solitude by Marques One Flew Over the Cuckoo s Nest by Ken Kesey The Awakening by Kate Chopin Beloved by Toni Morrison Research paper required

3 FRESHMEN (COLLEGE PREP)

4 Name English 9 CP Summer Reading packet for Bernard Evslin s Heroes, Gods and Monsters of the Greek Myths Directions: You may type your responses or hand write them. THE GODS THE NATURE MYTHS AND FABLES:

5 Prometheus: 1. Briefly summarize the story of Prometheus: Pandora: 1. Name and describe one modern- day company named Pandora. Why do you think this name is appropriate for this particular company? Phaethon: 1. What natural phenomenon might the story of Phaeton try to explain? Why do you think that? Orpheus: 1. Why does Orpheus have to go to the underworld and who is his unlikely ally? Why is it strange that this person helps him? Narcissus and Echo 1. Define the words narcissist and echo. Eros and Psyche 1. Who is Eros? What is his other name? By which name is he most well- known? 2. What does Psyche do as a result of the doubts placed in her head by her sisters? DEMIGODS Perseus: 1. What does Perseus mean? 2. Do you think that Perseus lives up to the meaning of his name? Why or why not? Daedalus: 1. Who is Daedalus? 2. Who is Icarus? What happens to Icarus and why? Theseus: 1. What is Theseus secret? 2. What is still named after Theseus even to this day? Atalanta: 1. Describe the childhood of Atalanta and Meleager. Who raised Atalanta? What kinds of advantages or disadvantages do you think she received from her upbringing? 2. How does Hippomenes win the race? Midas: 1. Briefly summarize this fable. 2. What moral lesson does it teach? Pygmalion 1. Briefly summarize this fable. 2. How does Pygmalion outsmart Aphrodite? FABLES

6 FRESHMEN (HONORS)

7 Honors English 9 Summer Packet for Edith Hamilton s Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes Directions: The Quest for the Golden Fleece leads Jason and the Argonauts to various lands. Retrace their journey on this map by drawing a line of the route taken. Begin in Athens.

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12 NAME: Interpreter of Maladies Complete the chart with the information for each of the nine short stories. Title of Story Significance of Title Values/Ideas/Themes embodied in the text: (social, historical, cultural) One quotation that displays the identified theme (include page number) A Temporary Matter When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine Interpreter of Maladies A Real Durwan

13 Sexy Mrs. Sen s This Blessed House The Treatment of Bibi Haldar The Third and Final Continent

14 About the Author: Jhumpa Lahiri is an Indian American author. Lahiri's debut short story collection, Interpreter of Maladies (1999), won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and her first novel, The Namesake (2003), was adapted into the popular film of the same name. Lahiri's writing is characterized by her "plain" language and her characters, often Indian immigrants to America who must navigate between the cultural values of their birthplace and their adopted home. Lahiri's fiction is autobiographical and frequently draws upon her own experiences as well as those of her parents, friends, acquaintances, and others in the Bengali communities with which she is familiar. Lahiri examines her characters' struggles, anxieties, and biases to chronicle the nuances and details of immigrant psychology and behavior. She focuses mostly on first- generation Indian American immigrants and their struggle to raise a family in a country very different from theirs. Her stories describe their efforts to keep their children acquainted with Indian culture and traditions and to keep them close even after they have grown up in order to hang on to the Indian tradition of a joint family, in which the parents, their children and the children's families live under the same roof. Lahiri's early short stories faced rejection from publishers "for years". Her debut short story collection, Interpreter of Maladies was finally released in The stories address sensitive dilemmas in the lives of Indians or Indian immigrants, with themes such as marital difficulties, miscarriages, and the disconnection between first and second generation United States immigrants. Lahiri later wrote, "When I first started writing I was not conscious that my subject was the Indian- American experience. What drew me to my craft was the desire to force the two worlds I occupied to mingle on the page as I was not brave enough, or mature enough, to allow in life. The collection was praised by American critics, but received mixed reviews in India, where reviewers were alternately enthusiastic and upset Lahiri had "not paint[ed] Indians in a more positive light." Interpreter of Maladies sold 600,000 copies and received the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (only the seventh time a story collection had won the award).

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16 Summer Reading Books: AP Language (Juniors) Requirements 1984 The Jungle The Great Gatsby *students may also use The Kite Runner Paper Assignment: Discuss the authors theme of man's struggle with society as evidenced in the summer reading novels. (The struggles will vary between novels; for example, one struggle may be to retain individuality in society, another may be a struggle to defy society or a governmental entity, etc.) 5 outside sources on Literary Criticism pertaining to the theme of man's struggle with society in the novels. (Cited and notated) APA format 4 pages in length Due the first day of school. There will also be test on all of the novels.

17 NAME: As you read Kindred & Antigone, gather four relevant quotations that fit into each theme. Include the page number (H: Complete Both Pages/CP: Complete First Page) Kindred by Octavia Butler Power Gender Roles Violence

18 Antigone by Sophocles Power Gender Roles Violence

19 SENIORS

20 Summer Reading Books: AP Literature Requirements- Seniors The Awakening (May also use The Kite Runner) Beloved One Hundred Years of Solitude One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest Paper Assignment: Discuss the author s use of Biblical Allusions to enhance the theme in three of the summer novels. 5 outside sources on Literary Criticism pertaining to the use of Biblical Allusion in the novels. (Cited and notated). APA format. Sources must be scholarly articles. 5 pages in length

21 NAME: As you read Brave New World and Never Let Me Go, gather four relevant quotations that fit into each theme. Include the page number. BRAVE NEW WORLD Dehumanization Science as a Form of Oppression Acceptance of Bad Circumstances

22 NEVER LET ME GO Dehumanization Science as a Form of Oppression Acceptance of Bad Circumstances

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