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Successful Completion of This Summer Assignment Is Required for the Accepted. Be Attached. No Loose Pages Will Be Accepted. If Pre-AP English 9 Summer Assignment Pre-AP English 9, Mr. Paulette Pre-AP English 9 Summer 2013 Assignment Springboard is the College Board’s program for all students interested in Pre-Advanced Placement and Advanced Placement work. The program is designed to offer students advanced studies in the various course offerings, while also preparing students for Advanced Placement, college-level material. Successful completion of this summer assignment is required for the course; it will be the first test grade of your nine weeks’ grade. Late work is not accepted. Format Use a spiral bound notebook or a small three-clasp folder for all your work. No 3-ring binders, please. Paper should be standard size (8 ½” x 11”) and be attached. No loose pages will be accepted. If you choose to hand-write your assignments, your penmanship must be neat, and you must use standard blue or black ink. Write on every line, but be sure to leave margins of about one-inch on either side. If you prefer to compose your work at the computer, use font-size 12, one-inch margins, and double-spacing. Punch holes in these pages and secure them in the folder. Be certain your name is neatly on the front of the notebook/folder. Deadline The entire summer work portfolio is due on the first day of school (date is Monday, August 12, 2013) for all students, regardless of term. Simply put: if you don’t have class until the Spring 2014 semester, you still need to meet this deadline. This work is a pre-requisite for the course, so it needs to be delivered prior to the first day of school in order to grant entrance into the program. Absence does not excuse you from submitting work – have someone deliver the work by proxy, or you may submit early. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or concerns about this deadline. - 1 - Part I – Edith Hamilton’s Mythology Our first unit in class will be an examination of Greek mythology. Because it can be a bit confusing and possibly overwhelming, this first assignment will give you a foundation for what we study next year. Please read the actual text provided, and do not attempt to substitute Cliffs Notes, Spark Notes, etc. for the actual reading of the text. Any forms of plagiarism will earn a zero. 1) Read the following excerpted packet from Edith Hamilton’s Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes. Please consult The Theoi Project (http://www.theoi.com/) for reference on the names of any gods and goddess who are unfamiliar. a. Introduction to Classical Mythology (“The Mythology of the Greeks” and “The Greek and Roman Writers of Mythology”). b. Chapter 3 – “How the World and Mankind Were Created” Since this packet is photocopied from the text, please highlight, annotate, and otherwise provide yourself with useful marginalia/notes on the text itself or in your notebook during your reading. NOTE: These sets of notes and annotations do not need to be included in your notebook, but it certainly could be. 2) Include the following tasks in your notebook. a. Make a list of ten (10) unknown or interesting words you encounter. o First, copy the sentence in which the word appears and cite the page number. o Next, define each word and provide the part of speech. o Finally, pick five (5) words from your list of ten and, using either a dictionary or a web resource, provide details on the word’s etymology (the word origin/derivation of the word’s meaning). You may use these resources for assistance: Etymology Online: http://www.etymonline.com Dictioanry.com: http://www.dictionary.com Merriam-Webster Online: http://www.merriam-webster.com b. Write a list of ten (10) questions that could serve as a study guide for the reading, and then provide a quotation and cite the page number from which the answers can be surmised. - 2 - o Make sure the questions are a) substantially engaged with the reading, and b) avoid statements of fact. The questions should be of the how and why variety. They should not be of the who, what, and where variety. 3) Choose one (1) of the following tasks to complete for your notebook: a. Explore how different cultures/religions view the creation of the world and compare their ideas with how the early Greeks thought the world was created. o Research the creation explanation for one of the following major religions: Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, or Buddhism. You may need to use the Internet for this if you cannot find books in the library. o Take notes on your findings and provide book titles and/or website titles of your research. Please cite page numbers using MLA style citation – e.g.: (Hamilton 65). Use the OWL at Purdue to help with the formatting (http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/) o Convert the notes into a chart or visual aid that compares your discoveries with that of the Greeks’ notion of creation. The chart may include: how the solar system was formed; how mankind came into being; how animals came into being; etc. o Be prepared to present this material in class. OR b. Re-read the story of Prometheus and Epimetheus and their creation of man(Hamilton 71-74). o Write a two-to-three page script wherein you imagine the conversation between Prometheus and Epimetheus as they named creation. Remember to reflect the role and personality of each god in your depiction. o Be prepared to present this material in class. OR c. Re-read the story of Pandora and her infamous box of evils (Hamilton 74). o Pretend you are Pandora and you are on the witness stand, testifying for yourself in front of a jury of the gods with Zeus as the judge. What is your best defense for opening the box of evils, despite being told not to? Why did you do it? What do you have to say for yourself? - 3 - This should be about a page to a page-and-a-half in length. o Be prepared to present this material in class. OR d. Re-read Hamilton’s account of the Races of Man (Hamilton 71- 72). o Using an 8.5”x11” sheet of material – any material at all, but limited to those dimensions – depict the five races of man in a visually memorable way. Keep in mind, this material may contain a three-dimensional representation rather than simply being a drawing. The main requirements are that it a) must all fit on the dimensions listed above; and that b) each race must include their descriptive haiku listed below. Please include your representation with your notebook, or separately as necessary. o Provide an original haiku (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiku) written to describe each race. Please follow the five-seven-five syllables- per-line format for each haiku, and provide these haiku in your notebooks. o Be prepared to present this material in class. - 4 - Part II – Other Reading To encourage summer reading of all types, you are allowed to choose one (1) novel from the list on page seven. You may purchase your book or check it out from a library. These books were chosen because they represent themes, literary genres, and objectives with which we will be challenged in this course. Select your book because you are interested in it. Do not choose based on length (not that you would ever do such a scurrilous thing). You are much more likely to make a meaningful connection and engage in your reading, if you pick wisely. It is your responsibility, along with your parents, to select and procure the book. A few books may have language or situations that could be offensive to some. Thus, it is wise to do some preliminary research. You may go to Amazon.com to see summaries, short excerpts (for some), and reviews of any book, or you can just do a Google search for the title – some might even come up in Google Books. There are plenty of summaries and reviews online. Once you have selected your book, please sign the Book Approval Form (provided below)noting your parent/guardian’s approval of the content of the book and submit it with your assignment. Do not attempt to substitute Cliffs’ Notes, Spark Notes, etc. for the actual reading of the book. Any forms of plagiarism will earn a zero. The Assignment 1. Provide a detailed analysis of the plot (of about one (1) page in length) of your novel, breaking down the events into the following five sections: o Exposition – Which events set up the characters, the conflict, and the overall direction the narrative takes? Who is the primary protagonist, antagonist, et cetera? What is at stake in the novel? o Rising Action – Which events add complication, tension, development, and detail to the novel? (Note: This should be the longest section of your novel.) o Climax – What is the event that the entire novel has been building towards? What is at stake? How does it get resolved? o Falling Action – Which events are a direct result of the events of the Climax? How do the characters react, how do they feel, what do they do after the main action of the novel is completed? o Dénouement – Which events wrap up the narrative? What is the final fate of the characters introduced back in the Exposition? - 5 - How are the protagonist and antagonist changed by the events in the novel? 2. Quote two (2) memorable passages from the book of about half a page or a page in length.
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