HMTCA High Schl Summer Study There are TWO parts t this year s summer English assignment. The first invlves bks and mvies; the secnd, literary terms. Yu are respnsible fr cmpleting bth parts befre the first day f class. Yu will cmplete an in-class assignment during the first week f the semester n ne f the bks that yu read. Part One Bks and the Mvies that made them Famus This summer, HMTCA high schl students will chse tw titles frm the list attached, read the bks, and watch the mvie adaptatins. Yu have dne this in yur English classes with texts like Rme and Juliet, Of Mice and Men, Lrd f the Flies, and Macbeth, and yu are ready nw t d it n yur wn, with a friend, r a grup f friends. Read and share discussin f a bk and then get tgether t watch and discuss the mvie. I. Jurnal As yu read, chse passages that stand ut t yu. (See belw) Recrd thse in the left-hand clumn f a T-chart (include page numbers). In the right clumn, write yur respnse t the text. Yur bservatins shuld be specific and detailed. Yu can write as much as yu want fr each entry. Cnsider the fllwing: Questin ask abut smething in the passage that is unclear Cnnect make a cnnectin t the wrld, anther text, r yur life Predict anticipate what will ccur based n what s in the passage Clarify answer earlier questins r cnfirm/disaffirm a predictin Reflect think deeply abut what the passage means in a brad sense nt just t the characters in the stry. What cnclusins can yu draw abut the wrld, abut human nature, r just the way things wrk? Evaluate - make a judgment abut the character(s), their actins, r what the authr is trying t say Required number f jurnal entries: Incming freshmen at least six per bk Incming sphmres at least eight per bk Incming junirs at least ten per bk Incming senirs at least twelve per bk 1
Sample Jurnal Entry (frm The Things They Carried) Passage -they carried like freight trains; they carried it n their backs and shulders-and fr all the ambiguities f Vietnam, all the mysteries and unknwns, there was at least the single abiding certainty that they wuld never be at a lss fr things t carry. (2) Respnse O Brien ends the first sectin with this sentence. He prvides excellent visual details f what each slider in Vietnam wuld carry fr day-t-day fighting (imagery). He makes yu feel the physical weight f what sldiers have t carry fr simple survival. When yu cmbine this weight with the emtinal weight f lved nes at hme, the fear f death and the respnsibility fr the ther men, the reader starts t understand what sldiers in Vietnam dealt with every day. This qute sums up the cnfusin that the men felt abut the reasns they were fighting the war, and hw they clung t the nly certainty - things they had t carry - in a cnfusing wrld where nrmal rules were suspended. Hw t chse qutes: lk fr qutes that seem significant, pwerful, thught prvking r puzzling. Fr example, yu might recrd: Effective/creative use f stylistic r literary devices Passages that remind yu f yur wn life r smething yu ve seen befre Structural shifts r turns in the plt A passage that makes yu realize smething yu hadn t seen befre Examples f patterns: recurring images, ideas, clrs, symbls r mtifs Passages with cnfusing language r unfamiliar vcabulary Events yu find surprising r cnfusing Passages that illustrate a particular character r setting Please use the rubric that fllws fr guidance AND t scre yur jurnal nce yu ve cmpleted it. 2
JOURNAL RUBRIC Cntent Qute Relevance Literary Elements Cnnectins Insight Questins Excellent (4) Cntains required number f passages r mre Passages taken frm varius sectins f the text Passages are well chsen and are significant Cntains in-depth analysis f a variety f literary elements Reflects an understanding f authr s craft Cntains articulate and significant cnnectins, insights, and questins that are well develped and supprted by analysis Gd (3) Cntains mst f required number f passages Passages taken frm varius sectins f the text Passages are significant t analysis f text Valid analysis f variety f literary elements Lacks depth f knwledge f literary techniques and/r authr s craft Cntains clear and significant cnnectins, insights, and/r questins Evidence f link t literary analysis is absent Emerging (2) Cntains half f required number f required passages Passages may/may nt be taken frm varius sectins f the text Significance f qutes is nt apparent Analysis hints f knwledge f literary techniques Lacks a real statement r analysis f text Cntains either an insight r cnnectin that is either nt significant r nt well supprted Unacceptable (1) Cntains far fewer than half f required number f passages Passages are nt taken frm varius sectins f the text Passages seem randm Literary analysis is superficial r elementary Little r n higher level thinking is evident Student Scre Teacher Scre Mechanics MLA Frmat Ties cnnectins, insights, and questins t analysis f literary elements Free f mst errrs in grammar, usage, and mechanics Parenthetical citatins and Wrks Cited page are crrectly punctuated and frmatted Sme errrs in grammar, usage, and mechanics Sme errrs in punctuatin and frmatting f parenthetical citatins and Wrks Cited page An accumulatin f errrs in grammar, usage, and mechanics. Many errrs in punctuatin and frmatting f parenthetical citatins and Wrks Cited page Pervasive errrs in grammar, usage, and mechanics that interfere with meaning Haphazard r n dcumentatin f passage Wrks Cited is prly frmatted r missing TOTAL COMMENTS: 3
II. Film Study Read the questins befre yu watch the film s yu will knw what t lk fr while yu watch. At breaks during the shw, r at the film s end, yu shuld make ntes in the space prvided. If yu make ntes while the film is playing, make sure that yur nte taking des nt interfere with careful watching f the film. After the film is ver, yu must respnd fully t the questins (attached). Answer each questin in paragraph frm. Respnses must be cmplete, demnstrating that yu paid attentin t the film and thught abut what was shwn n the screen. Please use the attached rubric as a guide t writing fully develped paragraphs. YOUR DIALECTICAL JOURNALS AND NOTES ABOUT THE FILMS WILL BE COLLECTED ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE SEMESTER, AND YOU WILL COMPLETE AN IN-CLASS ASSIGNMENT ON ONE OF THE BOOKS THAT YOU READ. 4
Questins/Ntes (Film 1) 1. Identify the bk yu read: a. Nvel title, genre, authr, year published b. Title f film, directr, year released 2. Describe any significant differences between the setting and time perid in the nvel and the film. Des the mvie change the stry in an imprtant way? 3. Hw well d the characters in the film reflect the characters in the bk? Think abut persnality, appearance, actin, and dialgue. Which did yu like better, the character in the bk r the character in the mvie? Why? a. Prtagnist (the majr character; the persn arund whm the cnflict is fcused) b. Antagnist (the persn r frce that ppses the prtagnist) c. Any minr character(s) that yu fund interesting 5
4. What is the majr lessn/theme that yu tk frm the nvel? Des that change in the film? If s, describe the change. 5. Hw is the cnflict in the film presented in cmparisn t the nvel? Describe significant differences and similarities. What did yu think abut these changes? 6. Describe any subplts that have been added t the film r remved frm the stry that was tld in the bk. What did yu think abut these changes? 7. Cmpare and cntrast the reslutins t the cnflicts presented in the nvel and in the film. 6
8. Which is better in terms f its ability t hld the interest f the reader/viewer? Justify yur claim with specific references t bth the bk and the film. 9. Describe fur elements r devices f fictin, such as mtif, symbl, freshadwing, flashback, irny, r language chice (dictin) that were used in the bk and carried ver t the mvie. 10. What might yu add t the film that wuld allw viewers t appreciate better the stry that the nvel tells? 7
Questins/Ntes (Film 2) 1. Identify the bk yu read: a. Nvel title, genre, authr, year published b. Title f film, directr, year released 2. Describe any significant differences between the setting and time perid in the nvel and the film. Des the mvie change the stry in an imprtant way? 3. Hw well d the characters in the film reflect the characters in the bk? Think abut persnality, appearance, actin, and dialgue. Which did yu like better, the character in the bk r the character in the mvie? Why? a. Prtagnist (the majr character; the persn arund whm the cnflict is fcused) b. Antagnist (the persn r frce that ppses the prtagnist) c. Any minr character(s) that yu fund interesting 8
4. What is the majr lessn/theme that yu tk frm the nvel? Des that change in the film? If s, describe the change. 5. Hw is the cnflict in the film presented in cmparisn t the nvel? Describe significant differences and similarities. What did yu think abut these changes? 6. Describe any subplts that have been added t the film r remved frm the stry that was tld in the bk. What did yu think abut these changes? 7. Cmpare and cntrast the reslutins t the cnflicts presented in the nvel and in the film. 9
8. Which is better in terms f its ability t hld the interest f the reader/viewer? Justify yur claim with specific references t bth the bk and the film. 9. Describe fur elements r devices f fictin, such as mtif, symbl, freshadwing, flashback, irny, r language chice (dictin) that were used in the bk and carried ver t the mvie. 10. What might yu add t the film that wuld allw viewers t appreciate better the stry that the nvel tells? 10
Titles Unbrken (PG 13) The Help (PG 13) Winter s Tale (PG 13) Sea Biscuit (PG13) A Walk in the Wds (nt rated) Pride and Prejudice (PG) Pride and Prejudice and Zmbies The Hbbit (PG 13) Water fr Elephants (PG 13) The Hst (PG 13) Princess Bride (PG) The Ntebk (PG 13) The Lin the Witch and the Wardrbe (PG) The Fault in Our Stars (PG 13) The Clr Purple (PG 13) Wuthering Heights (PG) Jurassic Park (PG) The Lrd f the Rings (PG 13) The Maltese Falcn (G) Dr. Zhivag (PG13) All Quiet n the Western Frnt (PG 13) Great Expectatins (G) Empire f the Sun (PG) I Am Legend (PG 13) Cheaper by the Dzen (G) Tuck Everlasting (PG) Dracula (PG 13) A Raisin in the Sun (PG) The Life f Pi (PG) Fried Green Tmates (PG 13) Labr Day (PG 13) 11
The Burne Identity (PG 13) The Secret Life f Bees (PG 13) Black Beauty (G) Craline (PG) A Tree Grws in Brklyn (PG) Enders Game (PG 13) Flwers in the Attic (PG 13) The Outsiders (PG) Alice in Wnderland (PG 13) What s Eating Gilbert Grape (PG 13) The Wizard f Oz (PG) Casin Ryale (PG 13) Eat, Pray, Lve (PG 13) The Pelican Brief (PG 13) Beautiful Creatures (PG 13) Streetcar Named Desire (PG) The Sisterhd f the Travelling Pants (PG) A Midsummer Night s Dream (PG 13) Little Wmen (PG) Mary Pppins (G) My Sister s Keeper (PG 13) War Hrse (PG 13) 12
Part Tw: Literary Terms Yu are respnsible fr all f the literary terms that fllw: 1. Knw the definitins. 2. Be able t identify them in cntext. 3. Prvide examples with explanatins. Fr the first day f class: 1. Chse any 10 (ten) f the terms. 2. Define each in yur wn wrds. 3. Prvide an example and explanatin f each. 13
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