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American Literature2020 - 2021 Summer Reading AssignmentDavidson Fine ArtsInstructor: April Mills millsap@boe.richmond.k12.ga.usWelcome to American Literature! As a student in this course, you will engage in careful reading and analysis of major literary works from the beginning of our country to the present. The first couple of weeks will be devoted to the study, discussion, and assessment (to include quizzes and tests) of your summer reading assignment. You should complete the following chart as you read. You will use the chart to write your first in-class essay during the first week of school. Do not procrastinate and wait until the week before school starts; you will not have enough time to finish. In order to start the year off positive and productive, you must complete the assignments to the best of your ability. Your work should always reflect careful reading and insight.Please note that the summer reading assignment is due on the first day of school and counts as a quiz grade.Required Texts:The Call of the Wild by Jack LondonThis book is about Buck, a dog who is stolen to the Alaskan wilderness to be a working sled dog.The Great Alone by Kristin HannahThis book centers around a broken family looking for a fresh start in Alaska, but specifically focuses on Leni, a teenage girl who is trying to survive through all the drama.(A hard copy is preferred, but an electronic copy is allowed on a tablet or iPad only. No cell phones will be used in class to access the book.)?Instructions:1.????Mark the book (annotate) as you read so that you will be able to use the notes as you fill out the chart for each novel.2.????You must fill out a chart just like the one on the next page for the main character (Buck and Leni) for both novels. You will make a bigger chart just like these for you to write in. Please do not use these little charts; they are just a model of what you do. Write the page numbers of where you find the examples in the book on the chart so that you can find your examples later if you need more information. Be sure to include some direct quotes and some notes in your own words. All the examples in the same column do not have to come from the same scene in the book. Remember, these examples are some of the textual evidence that you will use to support your thesis for your first in-class essay. Keep that purpose in mind when you’re choosing examples.3. The notes in the chart must be handwritten– no typed copies will be accepted. Be sure to label your charts with your name and the novel title.4.?????Your name, novel title, and character’s name:??Example 1Example 2Example 3Example 4Example 5 Explain how this evidence advances the theme? Character’s Actions??????Character’s Appearance??????Character’s Speech/Comments??????What others say about the main character??????How other characters react to the main character??????Setting: How does the setting affect the character’s conflict & choices???????Examples of conflict for the character??????You will be able to use your charts and books when you write the in-class essay. You will need several examples from both novels to serve as support for your analysis and to fully answer the prompt. You will write an essay about the prompt during the first week of school, so keep this question in mind when you are choosing examples for your charts. While your charts may explain multiple themes, your in-class essay may only focus on the same theme for both novels.Prompt: How do the main characters (Buck and Leni) in both novels illustrate one of the following themes? (In other words -- How do these two novels illustrate the same theme? You choose one of the themes below to be the focus of your essay; you’re only writing one in-class essay about one theme using both novels.)Individual vs. Nature or SocietyPerseverancePride ................
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