ENG2D: Grade 10 Independent Study Unit

Objective: Students are required to choose a novel from the list below and read the novel on their own and complete an independent study project based on the novel of their choice given the detailed expectations outlined below.

Three parts to the culminating assignment:

1) Three Reader Reflective Journals Due Date: ______2) Creative Oral Presentation Due Date: ______3) Essay Due Date: ______

Step One: Select a novel from the list below as your primary medium of reference for each portion of your culminating assignments. Only one student per novel choice below - A different novel may be selected, but must be approved by the teacher prior to reading. Author Novel Author Novel

Anne Frank Anne Frank Diary of a Ruth Minsky Sender The Cage Young Girl John Wyndham The Chrysalids Caroline Parry Eleanora’s Diary Tennessee Williams The Glass Menagerie John Hersey Hiroshima J.R.R. Tolkien The Hobbit John Ball In the Heat of the Night Antoine Saint-Exupery The Little Prince William Gibson The Miracle Worker Joy Kogawa Obasan Ernest Hemingway The Old Man and the Sea Eric Walters Shattered Bridget Moran Stoney Creek Woman Niel Gaiman Stardust Mark Haddon The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Terry Pritchett Nation Steve Berry The Venetian Betrayal Jennifer Lee Carrell Interred with Their Robert B. Parker Mortal Stakes Bones Morley Callaghan Such is My Beloved Dorothy L. Sayers Clouds of Witness Agatha Christie The Mirror Crack’d Kurt Vonnegut Slaughterhouse-Five Margaret Laurence The Diviners Annie Dillard Pilgrim at Tinker Creek Jurgen Habermas The Future of Human Art Spiegelman Maus Nature Jane Austen Northanger Abbey John Krakauer Into Thin Air Yann Martel Life of Pi Margaret Atwood Lady Oracle John Boyne The Boy in the Judith Kelman The First Stone Stripped Pajamas Christopher Reich Rules of Decpetion Sarah Andrews In Cold Pursuit James Rollins Indiana Jones and the Charles Dickens Great Expectations Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Aruthur Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes Jack London White Fang W.O. Mitchell Who Has Seen the John Steinbeck The Pearl Wind? Rober Louis Stevenson Robinson Crusoe Mark Twain The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Jules Verne Journey to the Centre George Orwell 1984 of the Earth John Steinbeck East of Eden John Steinbeck The Grapes of Wrath James Fenimore Cooper The Last of the J.K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Mohicans Goblet of Fire Step Two: Before you read your novel divide your novel into 3 sections equally. You will be required to write a reader response journal at the end of each section. Your reflection can focus on any of the following topics suggested below and must be typed, 1 page typed, double spaced, and conform to MLA formatting.

Topics to address in your reflection:

- An analysis of a major character - An analysis of an area of conflict - An analysis of a major setting - An analysis of a major conflict - An analysis of a major theme - An analysis of a mood/tone set in the novel - An analysis of literary techniques in the novel - An analysis of a major symbol - An analysis on the title of the book

Your reflection is not to take the form of a summary – if so you will not obtain any marks. Do not be overly descriptive in your writing be more persuasive and analytical.

Step Three: Creative Presentation

You will be required to create a formal oral presentation to the class that will last no longer than 10 min and no shorter than 7 min to the class presenting a major point of interest addressed in your novel. This portion will require you to make inferences about major characters, plot, conflicts, and the author’s stylistic techniques. Visual aids must be used and no reading off of cue cards is acceptable. You can use multi- media as a component in your presentation. Do not summarize your novel.

You will be required to hand in a hard copy typed of your presentation to the teacher along with your rubric prior to your presentation. The class must participate in your presentation; it will help to take the stress off of you speaking for the entire time. The more interactive and creative your presentation the more your audience will choose to participate!

Step Four: Essay

You will be required to write a formal essay on a topic of your choice taken from your novel. This essay will take the form of a five paragraph essay that analytically proves your thesis. Tips in determining a topic – you can focus on major themes, symbols, motifs, historical references, major characters, language, setting, plot structure, literary devices.

Your essay must be no shorter than 4.5 pages and no longer than 5 pages long. You must conform to MLA format, must be typed, double spaced and include a work cited page on the last page of your essay. All rough material must also be submitted with your essay. There needs to be proof of 3 different edits of your written/typed work.

This culminating has a value of ____% Novel Author Student Name

Between the Lines Jodi Picoult

The Age of Miracles Karen Thompson Walker

Speak Laurie Halse Anderson

City of Glass Cassandra Clare

Shattering Glass Gail Giles

City of Bones Cassandra Clare

Beta Rachel Cohn

Spirits Chosen Esther Friesen

The Book Thief Markus Zusak

The Diviners Libba Bray

Eragon Christopher Paolini

Before I Die Jenny Downham

Passage to India E. M. Forester

The Horse Whisperer Nicholas Evans

My Sister’s Keeper Jodi Picoult

The Veiled One Ruth Rendell

The Wide Sargasso Sea Jean Rhys

The Joy Luck Club Amy Tan

1984 George Orwell

Gulliver’s Travels Jonathan Swift

Cat’s Eye Margaret Atwood

Snow Falling on Cedars David Gusterson

The Awakening Kate Chopin

Beloved Toni Morrison

Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Howthorn

Between the Lines Jodi Picoult

The Perks of Being a Stephen Chbosky Wallflower The Boy in the Striped John Boyne Pyjamas Anne Frank: Diary of Anne Frank Young Girl Such is My Beloved Morley Callaghan

The Mirror Crack’d Agatha Christie

Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen

Life of Pi Yann Martel

The Old Man in the Sea Ernest Hemingway

The Curious Incident of Mark Haddon the Dog in the Night Time Slaughterhouse Five Kurt Vonnegut

The Adventures of Mark Twain Huckelberry Finn Into Thin Air John Krakauer

Maus (Graphic Novel) Art Spiegelman

American Born- Gene Luen Yang Chinese (Graphic Novel) Anya’s Ghost (Graphic Vera Brosyol Novel) Persepolis (Graphic Marjane Satrapi Novel)