2015 Incoming 9Th Grade Students

Northwest High School 2015 Incoming 9th Grade Students Summer Reading Assignment (Instructions & Reading Response Chart are posted on the NWHS website for downloading)

ON-LEVEL: Incoming 9th grade students: Choose 2 current event articles. These could be from the newspaper or on-line. Each article must be at least 500 words and should be about a topic of your choice (no sports, fashion, or entertainment). For each article, complete the Interrogating an Article capture sheet. Additionally, there is a list of suggested reading in the packet and on the website. Please select one of the novels to read at your leisure. The entire summer reading assignment is due by the second day of school and will be submitted to your English teacher. The summer reading assignment will not be accepted after the 2nd day of class (Tuesday, September 1, 2015).

HONORS: Incoming 9th grade students: Choose 2 current event articles. These could be from the newspaper or on-line. Each article must be at least 500 words and should be about a topic of your choice (no sports, fashion, or entertainment). For each article, complete the Interrogating an Article capture sheet. Additionally, you must select one of the novels from the list of suggested reading available in the packet and on the website. For that novel, you must complete the Summer Reading Response Chart. The entire summer reading assignment is due by the second day of school and will be submitted to your English teacher. The summer reading assignment will not be accepted after the 2nd day of class (Tuesday, September 1, 2015).

Northwest High School Suggested 9th Grade Summer Reading List April Morning by Howard Fast Betsey Brown by Ntozake Shange Graphic Novels: Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns Cut by Patricia McCormick Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton The Red Badge of Courage by Stephan Crane Friends with Boys by Faith Erin Hicks A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway Watership Down by Richard Adams Great Expectations by Charles Dickens Black and White by Paul Volponi Hiroshima by John Hershey Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons 47 Ronin by Sean Michael Wilson The Princess Bride by William Goldman Silas Marner by George Eliot Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Les Misérables by Victor Hugo When the Legends Die by Hal Borland Children : The Graphic Novel by Ransom A Separate Peace by John Knowles Buried Onions by Gary Soto Riggs My Antonía by Willa Cather Emma by Jane Austen The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor by Gabriel The Sound of Waves by Yukio Mishima Garcia Marquez Wish You Well by David Baldacci The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman by Children of the River by Linda Crew Eye of the World: Graphic Novel Volume Ernest J. Gaines Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card One by Robert Jordan The Honorable Prison by Lyll Becerra de Jenkins Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Working by Studs Terkel Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson The Chosen by Chaim Potok Waiting for the Rain by Sheila Gordon Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier Good Neighbors. Book One by Holly Black The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson Yoruba Girl Dancing by Simi Bedford McCullers Sunrise over Fallujah by Walter Dean Myers Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead

NAME:______9th Grade Summer Reading Interrogating an Article Capture Sheet

Complete two charts, one for each article. (Honors and On-Level)

Author’s Perspective Your Perspective What is the What do you know about subject? subject?

What is What is your opinion about the subject? the author’s opinion (claim) about the subject?

Who is the Why are you reading this? intended audience? Why is this How is this important to you? important to the author? What are three Quote Paraphrase pieces of 1. evidence that support the 2. author’s opinion (claim)? 3. Source Information for Article Capture Sheet

Gather necessary information for bibliographical fields:

Author: Last name:______First Name:______

Article title:______

Title of Source (magazine, newspaper, journal, etc…):______

Title of Database/Website:______

Publisher of Website/Database: ______

Date published:______page #: ______issue or section?______

Most recent date of access:______Website address:______

Now, put the above information into MLA format:

Last name, First. “Title of article.” Title of Newspaper or Website or Journal (original source). Original date published: section or issue. page number. Title of Database. Publisher. Web/Print. Date of access. (example: 20 Sept. 2011= format).

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Parenthetical Citation: ______

Example: ( Last Name Page #)

Adapted by Catherine Elliott, Instructional Technology Specialist, OCTO, MCPS

Adapted from Brazilian Rain Forest. Permission granted from The Critical Thinking Consortium for use by Alberta teachers.(REVISED On Level Team 3.25.2014) 2015 Summer Reading Response Chart / 9 Honors

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 One Word Description: One Word Description: that reveals his/her characterization. Choose a word that describes their character/personality, such as What do you like? What do you dislike? ambitious, fearless, depressed, etc. (Do not use physical descriptions.)

Explain what you like/dislike about each character. Quotes Quote #1 Provide two of your favorite lines from the book.

Explain why they are your favorites. Explanation:

Quote #2

Explanation:

If you could change the title of this book, what would it be? Why? What is the author’s message to the reader? (Think about theme when answering this question) Do you appreciate the way the story ends? Yes/No? Explain. Would you recommend this book to others to read? Yes/No? Why/why not?