Honors English 9 Summer Reading Assignment.pdf

<strong>Honors</strong> <strong>English</strong> 9<br />

2012-2013 <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>Reading</strong><br />

Congratulations on enrolling in <strong>Honors</strong> <strong>English</strong> 9 at Pickerington High School North for<br />

the 2012-2013 academic year! Because this is an <strong>Honors</strong> level course, it will be more<br />

challenging and rigorous than regular college preparatory <strong>English</strong> courses. The first step<br />

in this demanding course is a summer reading novel and assignment. Below are the<br />

details of this summer reading assignment:<br />

1) Please obtain a copy of the novel, The Secret Life of Bees, by Sue Monk Kidd. You<br />

can purchase this book at Barnes and Noble or any other bookstore (you can obtain<br />

cheaper, used copies online at websites like Amazon).<br />

2) Please practice annotating the novel. Annotation is a skill that will be used in the rest<br />

of the <strong>Honors</strong> <strong>English</strong> courses in high school, as well as in other subject areas in high<br />

school and college. Annotation is the skill of noticing and marking what is significant.<br />

We plan to look at the annotations you have made in your books and give you an<br />

annotation grade during the first days of school. Here is what we expect you to do:<br />

-Read with a pencil or pen in your hand.<br />

-Underline the key words, phrases, and sentences.<br />

Key words explain or have emotional appeal.<br />

Key words are central to your understanding of the book.<br />

-Write yourself notes in the margins identifying figures of speech that you notice.

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-Draw the following symbols in the margins<br />

! means -I agree! Yes! Wow! I didn’t see that coming!<br />

* (a star) means -This is important.<br />

X means -I disagree. That is really weird. Really? Really??<br />

? means -I hope there is stuff later in the book that explains this.<br />

-I have to think about this.<br />

-I have to look up this word because I can’t figure it out<br />

from the context.<br />

-Pay special attention to beginnings: beginnings of sections, chapters, and<br />

paragraphs.<br />

-Your annotations are the physical evidence of your CLOSE READING of the<br />

book. Good readers re-read (even though poor readers don’t think they do), so if you<br />

need to re-read to do a close reading, and then do it.<br />

3) In addition to annotating the novel, you will need to complete the following reading<br />

guide that goes along with the novel. This reading guide and your annotations will be<br />

due on the second day of school, Tuesday, August 28, 2012.<br />

4) You will have a test on all aspects of the novel on Friday, August 31, 2012.

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Name _____________________________<br />

The Secret Life of Bees<br />

<strong>Reading</strong> Guide<br />

Section One/Literary Devices-<br />

Directions-Define the following literary devices and also identify an example of the<br />

literary device from The Secret Life of Bees.<br />

1) Protagonist-<br />

________________________________________________________________________<br />

Example from The Secret Life of Bees-<br />

________________________________________________________________________<br />

2) Antagonist-<br />

________________________________________________________________________<br />

Example from The Secret Life of Bees-<br />

________________________________________________________________________<br />

3) Setting-<br />

________________________________________________________________________<br />

Example from The Secret Life of Bees-<br />

________________________________________________________________________<br />

4) Point of view-<br />

________________________________________________________________________<br />

Example from The Secret Life of Bees-<br />

________________________________________________________________________<br />

5) Allusion-<br />

________________________________________________________________________<br />

Example from The Secret Life of Bees-<br />

________________________________________________________________________<br />

6) Imagery/Image-<br />

________________________________________________________________________<br />

Example from The Secret Life of Bees-<br />

________________________________________________________________________

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7) Symbol/Symbolism-<br />

________________________________________________________________________<br />

Example from The Secret Life of Bees-<br />

________________________________________________________________________<br />

8) Flashback-<br />

________________________________________________________________________<br />

Example from The Secret Life of Bees-<br />

________________________________________________________________________<br />

9) Foreshadowing-<br />

________________________________________________________________________<br />

Example from The Secret Life of Bees-<br />

________________________________________________________________________<br />

10) Theme-<br />

________________________________________________________________________<br />

Example from The Secret Life of Bees-<br />

________________________________________________________________________<br />

Section Two- Short Answer Questions<br />

Directions- In complete sentences, answer all aspects of each of the following short<br />

answer questions. Use examples from the novel to support your ideas, thoughts, and<br />

opinions, and use additional paper if necessary.<br />

11) Look for race, gender, or class inequalities and injustices. Who has the power in the<br />

story and how is it used? Does it make you think or feel differently about those of another<br />

race or gender other than your own? Explain.

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12) To what extent is The Secret Life of Bees a morality tale? Explain and give examples<br />

from the novel.