IB English Summer Reading 2015 Name ______
Due Tuesday, August 4, 2015
Prior to 9th Grade:
Please make sure this is your own work.This assignment is required for entry into the 9th grade IB English program.
- Essays will be collected on Tuesday, August 4th by your English teacher.
- Answer the questions in an essay format. We prefer papers be typed; however, if you do not have an accessible computer, you may write it in pen.
- Complete the requirements below, taken from the IB Summer Reading letter. See reverse for reading list.
- Read three books from the attached list.
- Answer one of the following three questions for each of the three books: Do not use the same question twice.
- Select a passage or incident from the book. Describe the importance of the passage/incident in relation to the book as a whole. Papers must be 300-500words in length.
- Choose a character from the book that made an impression on you, good or bad. In the “voice” of this character, as if you are pretending to be the character, write either:
- a letter to another character in the book papers must be at least 1 page in
length.
- a poem about yourself, as the character, or an incident in the book with the character. Poems should be approximately 24 lines in length.
- Write a summary of the book. Would you recommend this book to others? Why or why not? Summaries must be 1.5 – 2 pages in length.
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IB Freshmen Summer Reading List
AUTHORTITLE
Adams, DouglasThe Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Alvarez, JuliaBefore We Were Free
Alvarez, JuliaFinding Miracles
Angelou, MayaI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Asimov, IsaacThe Fantastic Voyage
Atwood, MargaretThe Handmaid’s Tale
Austen, JanePride and Prejudice
Bradbury, RayFahrenheit 451
Bronte, CharlotteJane Eyre
Bronte, EmilyWutheringHeights
Buck, PearlThe Good Earth
Cather, WillaO Pioneers!
Cather, WillaMy Antonia
Chevalier, TracyGirl with a Pearl Earring
Dickens, CharlesOliver Twist
Fitzgerald, F. ScottThe Great Gatsby
Frank, AnneThe Diary of a Young Girl
Golding, WilliamThe Lord of the Flies
Hansberry, LorraineA Raisin in the Sun
Hawthorne, NathanielThe House of Seven Gables
Heller, JosephCatch 22
Hinton, S. E.The Outsiders
Huxley, AldousBrave New World
Junger, SebastianThe Perfect Storm
Lewis, SinclairMain Street
London, JackA Call of the Wild
Lord, WalterA Night to Remember
Malumud, BernardThe Natural
Michaels, LisaA Grand Ambition
Monk Kidd, SueSecret Life of Bees
Lucy Maud MontgomeryAnn of Green Gables
Mowat, FarleyNever Cry Wolf
Salinger, J. D.The Catcher in the Rye
Shelley, MaryFrankenstein
Steinbeck, JohnCannery Row
Stevenson, RobertTreasure Island
Swarthout, GlendonBless the Beasts and the Children
Tan, AmyKitchen God’s Wife
Twain, MarkHuckleberry Finn
Walker, AliceThe Color Purple
Twain, MarkTom Sawyer
Weisel, ElieNight
Wilde, Oscar The Picture of Dorian Gray
Prior to 10th grade:
- ReadCry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton.
- Complete the One Pager as directed below. This One Pager may be used on your quiz on August 4th.
One Pager: ______/ 80
- Create a One Pager to reveal your ownership of what you have read, connecting the verbal to the visual, words and images, embracing multiple learning intelligences.
- You may use lined, white or colored paper, of any size but not smaller than 8.5” x 11”.
- Create the One Pager in such a way as to make your meaning, understanding and experience clear to your audience.
- Use colored pens, pencils, markers, papers, etc., to make your product symbolic and visually appealing. Neatness counts.(5 points)
- Be purposeful and organized when arranging information on your One Pager so your intent for placement and coloring is clear. Neatness counts. (10 points)
- Create a title for your product. (5 points)
- Include at least three quotations from the text, meaningfully placed, properly cited and formatted. (10 points)
- Include a minimum of four visual images or symbols which explain what you have read. (10 points)
- Scatter at least five to seven words or phrases from the text around the page. Your choices should express your impressions, feelings or thoughts on what you have read or viewed. (10 points)
- Create a border around the page filled with different symbols from the text. (10 points)
- On a separate sheet, write a personal statement about what you have read; not a summaryor literary analysis, but meaningful, insightful commentary on the text and what it means to you. Be specific, as generic answers will not score as high as you might want. (20 points)
Prior to 11th grade: ______/ 160
Read Madame Bovary (Bantam Classics)[Paperback], Gustave Flaubert (Author), Lowell Bair
(translator), Leo Bersani (Introduction). Only this edition will be acceptable for the
assignment.
Madame Bovary is one of the works that is studied for your Works in Translation Essay I.B. External Assessment.
- Read Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya. Bless Me, Ultima will be used for your Practice Oral
in preparation for the Individual Oral Presentation (your Spring I.O.P.) I.B. Internal
Assessment.
- Both reading assignments will be assessed the first week of school, and a short writing assignment that answers a specific prompt. Reading knowledge will be assessed in class discussions throughout the year.
One Pager: Madame Bovary One Pager _____ / 80 + Bless Me, Ultima One Pager _____ / 80
- Create a One Pager to reveal your ownership of what you have read, connecting the verbal to the visual, words and images, embracing multiple learning intelligences.
- You may use lined, white or colored paper, of any size but not smaller than 8.5” x 11”.
- Create the One Pager in such a way as to make your meaning, understanding and experience clear to your audience.This will be due Tuesday, August 4th.
- Use colored pens, pencils, markers, papers, etc., to make your product symbolic and visually appealing. Neatness counts.(5 points)
- Be purposeful and organized when arranging information on your One Pager so your intent for placement and coloring is clear. Neatness counts. (10 points)
- Create a title for your product. (5 points)
- Include at least three quotations from the text, meaningfully placed, properly cited and formatted. (10 points)
- Include a minimum of four visual images or symbols which explain what you have read. (10 points)
- Scatter at least five to seven words or phrases from the text around the page. Your choices should express your impressions, feelings or thoughts on what you have read or viewed. (10 points)
- Create a border around the page filled with different symbols from the text. (10 points)
- On a separate sheet, write a personal statement about what you have read; not a summary or literary analysis, but meaningful, insightful commentary on the text and what it means to you. Be specific, as generic answers will not score as high as you might want.(20 points)
Hamlet One Pager ______/ 80
+ The Bell Jar One pager ______/ 80
= ______/ 160
Prior to 12th grade:
- Hamlet (side by side translation) by William Shakespeare
- The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
- Optional: Read Othello by William Shakespeareand complete a one pager for 40 points extra credit)
Both required assignments will be assessed through quizzes the first week of school. You may use your One Pagers on your quizzes. Reading knowledge will be assessed in class discussions throughout the year.
One Pagers:
- Create a One Pager to reveal your ownership of what you have read, connecting the verbal to the visual, words and images, embracing multiple learning intelligences.
- You may use lined, white or colored paper, of any size but not smaller than 8.5” x 11”.
- Create the One Pager in such a way as to make your meaning, understanding and experience clear to your audience.
- Use colored pens, pencils, markers, papers, etc., to make your product symbolic and visually appealing. Neatness counts.(5 points)
- Be purposeful and organized when arranging information on your One Pager so your intent for placement and coloring is clear. Neatness counts. (10 points)
- Create a title for your product. (5 points)
- Include at least three quotations from the text, meaningfully placed, properly cited and formatted. (10 points)
- Include a minimum of four visual images or symbols which explain what you have read. (10 points)
- Scatter at least five to seven words or phrases from the text around the page. Your choices should express your impressions, feelings or thoughts on what you have read or viewed. (10 points)
- Create a border around the page filled with different symbols from the text. (10 points)
- On a separate sheet, write a personal statement about what you have read; not a summary or literary analysis, but meaningful, insightful commentary on the text and what it means to you. Be specific, as generic answers will not score as high as you might want.(20 points)