Northwest High School 2019 Incoming 10th Grade English ...

Northwest High School 2019 Incoming 10th Grade English Students Summer Reading Assignment

(Instructions and Reading Response Chart are posted on the NWHS website for downloading)

ON-LEVEL English: Choose 1 book from the reading list below.* Read the book and complete the Reading Response Chart. The chart must be filled in completely and thoughtfully in order to earn full credit. The chart will be turned into your English teacher on the 2nd day of class (Wednesday, September 4, 2019). The assignment will not be accepted after that date.

HONORS English: Choose 2 books--one fiction and one non-fiction--from the reading list below.* Read BOTH books and complete TWO Reading Response Charts (one for each text). You can download additional charts from the Northwest High School website. Both charts must be filled in completely and thoughtfully in order to earn full credit. The charts will be turned into your English teacher on the 2nd day of class (Wednesday, September 4, 2019). The assignment will not be accepted after that date.

Hints for choosing the right book for you: On the internet- type in 1) Select BOOKS on the drop down menu. 2) Type in the full title of the book. 3) Click search. 4) Scroll down to find a review and/or summary of the book.

*These are suggested titles, often award-winning. Please choose texts from the list below or

texts of similar artistic merit, but you may not choose texts that have been adapted into films.

Fiction The Diviners by Libba Bray Seraphina by Rachel Hartman Enchanted by Alethea Kontis Every Day by David Levithan Never Fall Down by Patricia McCormick Boy 21 by Matthew Quick Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Saenz The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Carson Rae Leverage by Joshua C. Cohen Everybody Sees the Ants by A.S. King Under the Mesquite by Guadalupe Garcia McCall Shine by Lauren Myracle Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr Less than Zero by Bret Ellis

Non-Fiction Bomb: The Race to Build ? and Steal- the World's Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different by Karen Blumenthal Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95 by Phillip Hoose Titanic: Voices from the Disaster by Deborah Hopkinson We've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children's March by Cynthia Levinso The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism, & Treachery by Steve Sheinkin Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom and Science by Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos Bootleg: Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibition written by Karen Blumenthal Wheels of Change: How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom (With a Few Flat Tires Along the Way) by Sue Macy Music Was IT: Young Leonard Bernstein written by Susan Goldman Rubin.

Graphic Novels (Fiction and Non-fiction) Annie Sullivan and the Trials of Helen Keller by Joseph Lambert Trinity: A Graphic History of the First Atomic Bomb by Jonathan FetterVorm The Silence of Our Friends by Mark Long, Nate Powell and others Daredevil V by Mark Waid, Paolo Rivera and Marcos Martin

*Please check out the Northwest High School Media Center page for more information and options. Copy and paste the links below to access SAT/vocabulary activities to practice this summer!

Vocabulary: SAT: Writing Activities: owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/

Northwest High School 2019 Summer Reading Response Chart

Name____________________________________________ Grade___________ Date Completed ______________ Title of Chosen Book__________________________________________ Author__________________________________

Directions: After reading the book, fill in each box with the appropriate responses.

Selection of text Discuss why you selected this particular text.

Favorite and Least Favorite Characters Favorite Character:

Least Favorite Character:

Identify your favorite and least favorite character. Include a one-word description of each that reveals his/her characterization. Choose a word that describes his/her personality, such as ambitious, fearless, depressed, etc. (Do not use physical descriptions.)

One Word Description: What do you like?

One Word Description: What do you dislike?

Explain what you like/dislike about each character.

Favorite Quotations

Quotation #1

Provide two of your favorite lines from

the book.

Explanation:

Explain why they are your favorites.

Quotation #2

Explanation:

Why do you think the author gave the book this particular title?

What is the author's message to the reader (the theme)?

Do you appreciate the way the story ends? Why or why not?

Would you recommend this book to others to read? Why or why not?

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