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 all of the stories in The Illustrated Man, including the prologue and epilogue. Then complete the attached assignment.
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 Work4. Comparison: How is your choice book similar to The Illustrated Man in terms of a uthor’s craft ?
Use evidence from both texts to support your response.
The Illustrated Man / Choice Book:Ninth Grade HP Required Assignment for The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury
Assignment: The stories in The Illustrated Man reflect four recurring ideas that are important throughout Ray Bradbury’s work. These ideas are technology gone awry, space travel, an optimistic vision of the future and, conversely, a pessimistic vision of the future. After reading all of the stories, choose two stories that best reflect each one of these themes. Use evidence from the text to support
your findings. In all, you are choosing a total of eight stories, two for each idea.
Theme (choose one):
o Technology Gone Awry
o Space Travel
o Optimistic Vision of the Future
o Pessimistic Vision of the Future
Story : Story :
Text Based Evidence to support this theme:
ü Directly and Indirectly reference the text (use page number, citations, etc..)
ü Include a balance of your own thoughts/inferences
with evidence from the text
Brief Explanation of how both stories develop/reflect this theme. Consider what these stories ultimately teach us about this theme and its application to life.
Theme (choose one):
o Technology Gone Awry
o Space Travel
o Optimistic Vision of the Future
o Pessimistic Vision of the Future
Story : Story :
Text Based Evidence to support this theme:
ü Directly and Indirectly reference the text (use page number, citations, etc..)
ü Include a balance of your own thoughts/inferences
with evidence from the text
Brief Explanation of how both stories develop/reflect this theme. Consider what these stories ultimately teach us about this theme and its application to life.
Theme (choose one):
o Technology Gone Awry
o Space Travel
o Optimistic Vision of the Future
o Pessimistic Vision of the Future
Story :
Text Based Evidence to support this theme:
ü Directly and Indirectly reference the text (use page number, citations, etc..)
ü Include a balance of your own thoughts/inferences
with evidence from the text
Story :
Brief Explanation of how both stories develop/reflect this theme. Consider what these stories ultimately teach us about this theme and its application to life.
Theme (choose one):
o Technology Gone Awry
o Space Travel
o Optimistic Vision of the Future
o Pessimistic Vision of the Future
Story : Story :
Text Based Evidence to support this theme:
ü Directly and Indirectly reference the text (use page number, citations, etc..)
ü Include a balance of your own thoughts/inferences
with evidence from the text
Brief Explanation of how both stories develop/reflect this theme. Consider what these stories ultimately teach us about this theme and its application to life.