Summer Reading

I. Write one important quote from each chapter with the page number and explain its significance to the plot of the novel. Think about why that quote was particularly significant within the plot and to the main characters.

Choose a significant passage (between one sentence and one paragraph) that reveals the book’s theme, or central message. Record the passage and page number, and explain how it relates to the theme.

The purpose of this assignment is to give you an opportunity to apply some of the critical reading strategies you have evaluated.

Over the summer I read the book the crossover and the book I am Number Four. I think students should be required to read over the summer for the following reasons. First, most kids do not get engaged in educational activities over the summer, which leads to learning loss, and reading over the summer can help that. Next, kids can learn a lot from reading and can learn many new words, and gain knowledge. It also helps improve focus and concentration. Reading is important all the time, but especially over the summer when you’re not focused on educational activities.

She was with me when I drove north to attend that ill-fated seminar at Berkeley.

Did you know that many children rely on government paid lunches at school as their daily meal? School’s out for Summer is an article that shows how important school lunches are to underprivileged children. Anna Quindlen conveyed this message by using quotes, factual evidence and anecdotal evidence throughout her writing.

1. READING OUTCOME: COMPREHENSION PROCESS WORK: Demonstrate your understanding of the novel by answering the following questions in your journal. Where possible support your ideas with references from the text. Include page numbers for future use.

In the novel Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand a passionate young man named Louie Zamperini has his life turned around by putting his efforts into track where he becomes an Olympic level athlete, but as WW2 breaks out he then enlists in the military later leaving, but only to be drafted again. After crash landing he ends up being captured by the japanese where he is tortured, and picked on by the prison commander but stays “Unbroken”. Louie is affected greatly from different cultures and ethnicities, as in this time period WW2 broke out, people who were rich were relatively untouched by the draft. WW2 in itself was the biggest clash of ethnicities, cultures, and started over anger towards other cultures.

Complete a close reading of the assigned public document. Then, write a cohesive essay that:

The book that I decided to read over the summer was A Long Walk to Water. To be honest, I chose this book because it had the least amount of pages compared to the other books listed. It’s nearly August and I haven’t finished all of my summer homework, so I thought that I might as well pick the shortest book, making the work quicker and easier for me to do. As I read the book though, I felt myself getting more drawn and interested to the story. The book starts with an eleven year old boy named Salva who had to leave South Sudan due to rebels from the North attacking his village. He flees to Ethiopia and Kenya by foot with others to live in refugee camps. During these years, he encountered many hardships: having to travel without his family,

Despite what several students think, analyzing literature is not summarizing the text nor the plot of a story. Yet, not many educators, so far, have discussed literary analysis thorough enough for students to understand. Thus, this results in an unpleasant score on their homeworks and class assignments, and leading to ignorance. Similar to critical thinking, analyzing literature means to closely focus on parts of the story, like the: plot, characters, settings, and events, to view how the author combines them to create a meaning or theme. Certain techniques are used to discover the author’s meaning and purpose of his or her writing.

Taylor Edwards has a habit of running away. When things stop going her way, she checks out. It seems as if running has always been second nature to her, something she could depend on to keep her from dealing with bad things. But when her dad finds out that he

2. Based on the readings from weeks one and two, choose one passage written by one of the authors we’ve read. Identify the author and the title of the work. Then analyze the passage you chose in terms of its significance and historical impact. You should explain why it was chosen, look at the details provided in the passage, and explain in detail what the passage suggests about the work as a whole including its value to American history as well as to American literature.

1. How would you describe Okonkwo’s life and background as portrayed in the beginning of the novel? What role did his father play in this?

Throughout my two years during high school, I have learned a fairly good amount about analyzing literature. Although I am not fully confident about it, I do know the basics of analyzing literature and it is not just straightforward. Analyzing literature is not just about summarizing the text, it’s more than that. Out of the many ways of analyzing I learned to take each element of the story and looking at it “beneath the story.”