You Are Required to Read Two Books for Summer Reading: the Illustrated Man and a Book Of

You are required to read two books for summer reading: The Illustrated Man and a book of your choice.

Below, please find the steps needed to complete the required summer reading assignments for students entering ninth grade in the North Penn School District. You may type or handwrite your work.

Please note: Your summer reading work is an individual assignment. While you are encouraged to discuss the reading, your responses should be completed independently.

For your book of choice:

1. Obtain a book of your choosing. This book’s length and difficulty should be appropriate for a future 9th grade student to read. Make sure that you do not select a book that is on the “do not read” list which is posted on the district website. 2. Preview the assignment prior to reading your book. 3. Complete the assignment for your book. You will use your notes for an in-class assignment during the first academic cycle of the school year. For The Illustrated Man:

1) Obtain a copy of The Illustrated Man. We recommend the edition published by Simon and Schuster (ISBN 978-1451678185) 2) Read the following selections from The Illustrated Man and select 5 additional stories to read from the text.  “The Prologue”  “The Veldt”  “Kaleidoscope”  “The Other Foot”  “Marionettes, Inc.”  “Zero Hour”  “Epilogue”

3) Bring a hard copy of the completed assignments to school on the first day class meets. 4) Each student will write a constructed response about The Illustrated Man in the first academic cycle of the year. Your work will help you write your constructed response. Grade 9 Choice Read Assignment

Name: Date:

Title: Author: Genre: Fiction Non-Fiction Other: Overall Rating: 1 2 3 4 5 (1low 5 high)

1. Authors use specific words and phrases to add meaning to their work. Find one specific line/phrase from the text and explain how that line/phrase adds depth to the work.

Line/Phrase (include quotations, page number(s), and chapter)

How the line/phrase adds depth to the work (Hint: consider how this line helps to develop a theme, a character, or some component of the plot)

2. Plot is certainly an important part of any story, but sometimes the reason we keep coming back to a story is because of the characters. Draw or sketch the most memorable character from the text and provide a brief explanation of what makes this character so important.

Brief Explanation choices/phrases and explain how these devices, words/phrases, add depth to the work.

Literary Devices, Word Choices, and/or Phrases How They Add Depth To The Work

4. Comparison: How is your choice book similar to The Illustrated Man in terms of auth or’s craft ? Use evidence from both texts to support your response.

The Illustrated Man Choice Book: Ninth Grade 6.0 Required Assignment for The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury Stories in The Illustrated Man reflect Ray Bradbury’s futuristic visions of society. Consider as you read the positive and negative aspects of these visions. For each of the stories listed below, use the graphic organizers to collect textual evidence that demonstrates his visions. Be sure to cite the page numbers of your evidence.

Story: “The Veldt” Evidence of Positive/Optimistic Vision Evidence of Negative/Pessimistic Vision

Story: “The Other Foot” Evidence of Positive/Optimistic Vision Evidence of Negative/Pessimistic Vision

Story: “Kaleidoscope” Evidence of Positive/Optimistic Vision Evidence of Negative/Pessimistic Vision

Story: “Marionettes, Inc.” Evidence of Positive/Optimistic Vision Evidence of Negative/Pessimistic Vision

Story: “Zero Hour” Evidence of Positive/Optimistic Vision Evidence of Negative/Pessimistic Vision Choice Story Title: Evidence of Positive/Optimistic Vision Evidence of Negative/Pessimistic Vision

Choice Story Title: Evidence of Positive/Optimistic Vision Evidence of Negative/Pessimistic Vision

Choice Story Title: Evidence of Positive/Optimistic Vision Evidence of Negative/Pessimistic Vision Choice Story Title: Evidence of Positive/Optimistic Vision Evidence of Negative/Pessimistic Vision

Choice Story Title: Evidence of Positive/Optimistic Vision Evidence of Negative/Pessimistic Vision