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Background: The purpose of this packet serves several purposes; therefore, it is in your best interest to complete the packet thoroughly, with detail and mindfulness. It is designed to prepare you for your diploma exam as a reader, and thinker, and a writer.

Read or re-read for in-class study:

← Night

• “On a Rainy River” by Tim O’Brien

← Hamlet

• “Paul’s Case” by Willa Cather

← The Stone Angel

• “Miss Brill” by Katherine Mansfield (pg 57)

o On Miss Brill Analysis (page 64)

← The Shawshank Redemption

• “Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption” by Stephen King

← A Streetcar Named Desire

• “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (pg 331)

o Why I Wrote the Yellow Wallpaper (pg 350)

Independent S.S.R. and Home Reading: Choose 1 of these combinations

← 1 30-1 SSR Novel (from text list) & 1 Short Story

← 1 30-1 Modern Play & 2 Short Stories

← 6 Short Stories

|30-1 Modern Plays: |

|Death of a Salesman – Arthur Miller |

|The Crucible by Arthur Miller |

|The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams |

|Hedda Gabler – Henrik Ibsen |

|A Doll’s House – Henrk Ibsen |

|Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead – Stoppard |

|30-1 SHORT STORIES (some with companion text = must read) |

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|Theme: Individuals vs. Society |

|“The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson (pg 43) |

|“The Spaces Between the Stars” by Geeta Kothari (handout in-class) |

|“Black Walls” Liu Xin-Wu (pg 33) |

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|Theme: Outsiders and Isolation |

|“Foxes” by Timothy Findley (pg 88) |

|An Interview with Timothy Findley (pg 125) |

|“The Wall” by Jean-Paul Sartre (copy in class) |

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|Theme: Traditions vs. Change |

|“The Jade Peony” by Wayson Choy (pg 109) |

|“Totem” by Thomas King (pg 119) |

|Personal Response to Totem (pg 125) |

|“Behind the Headlines” by Vidyut Akulujkar (pg 137) |

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|Theme: The Family |

|“The Setting Sun and the Rolling World” by Charles Mungoshi (pg 162) |

|“Voices from Near and Far” by Abdul Ilah Abdul Razzak (pg 169) |

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|Theme: Relationships |

|“Reflections of Spring” by Duong Thu Huong (pg 215) |

|“The Painted Door” by Sinclair Ross (pg 225) |

|An Analysis of “The Painted Door” (pg 246) |

|“The Glass Roses” by Alden Nowlan (in class copies) |

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|Theme: Reality vs Illusion |

|“Half a Day” by Naguib Mahfouz (pg 252) |

|“Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment” by Nathaniel Hawthorne (pg 258) |

|“Horses of the Night” by Margaret Laurence (pg 282) |

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|Theme: Ideals, Dreams, and Obsessions |

|“Metonymy, or the Husband’s Revenge” by Rachel de Queiroz (pg 323) |

|Theme: Goals, Journeys, and Quests |

|“If I Forget Thee, Oh Earth” by Arthur C. Clarke (pg 401) |

TO DO:

1) READ the Introductions of the Short Story(ies) you are reading – this will also help you decide on which stories you WANT to read.

2) Read “RESPONDING TO STORY” from Pages 467 – 487)

3) NOTE-TAKING for Short Stories, Novel, or Film:

a. Pre-Reading Questions (texts in Inside Stories) *

b. Read – be sure to record unfamiliar vocabulary and define words

1. For novel – keep chapter summary

c. Responding Personally Questions *

d. Responding Critically / Analytically questions *

4) TEXT ANALYSIS CHARTS – complete – thoroughly and legibly

5) CRITICAL ESSAY – you are to choose ONE text from your independent work, and one “PROMPT” from previous exams, to write a Polished Critical Essay. Due date by Friday, May 31st.

• PACKETS will be checked for PROGRESS after Spring Break, and every two weeks.

• FINAL DUE DATE FOR PACKAGES = MONDAY, JUNE 3rd (they will be returned by the end of the week for Review before Diploma Exam).

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