Animal Farm Reading Assessment

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Western Senior High School
Grade 9 English Summer Reading Assignment
Students should purchase copies of the works listed on the Freshman Letter and below, read them thoroughly,
and complete the written responses required for each title. Please place your assignments in a two-pocket
folder. Each student should submit their folders to English Instructors when school begins in August. Students
will complete a reading comprehension assessment that includes both novels on the first day of school.
Please make sure that you write the following (the MLA-formatted heading) in the upper left hand corner
of your assignments:
Name
Instructor’s Name (if that information has been mailed to you)
Class (either English I or English I Honors)
Date (Ex: 26 August 2013)
.
Title One: George Orwell’s Animal Farm
1. As you read, think about the novel’s conflicts – both external and internal conflicts. Underline significant
words and/or phrases that would help you understand and remember information about the conflict. DO
NOT USE HIGHLIGHTERS AS THEY WILL BLEED FROM ONE PAGE TO ANOTHER.
2. When you have finished reading, complete a conflict chart. Please see the model conflict chart provided.
If you have marked your book, this will be easy to do. Please TYPE your conflict chart; this of course
means that you will need to create your own boxes. To do so, click “Insert”, and then click “Table”.
Next, click “Insert Table”. You will need to create four (4) columns and six (6) rows.
Title Two: Laurie Halse Anderson’s Speak
1. As you read, use one colored pencil to underline significant words and/or phrases that would help you
understand and remember information about Melinda, the main character: how she acts, what she says,
how she looks, what she thinks, what other characters say about her, and what the author may say about
her. Next, please use your annotated information to complete the making inferences handout for
Melinda – you will need it for your future class assignments. DO NOT USE HIGHLIGHTERS AS THEY
WILL BLEED FROM ONE PAGE TO ANOTHER.
2. Choose one (1) of the following options:
A. Next, compose a brief commentary (a three paragraph typed essay) in which you discuss how the author
uses the character of Melinda to illustrate the theme, or central idea, of the novel. In other words, which
point is the author making throughout the story, and how is the character helping the author make that
point? Use the methods of characterization from the character chart to assist you in discussing the
character.
OR
B. Discuss a time in which you felt isolated (“left out”) from your peers. What happened? Did you resolve the
issue? If so, then how did you resolve the issue? Please try to be as specific as possible – try to
incorporate imagery and dialogue in your work. Your narrative should be one and a half to two
TYPED pages in length. Remember that you are telling a story!
REMEMBER: PUT ALL OF YOUR WORK IN A TWO POCKET FOLDER and have it and the copies of
your novels with you when you report to school in August. It is ideal that you have your novels before
the start of the Summer Bridge Program, for we will review excerpts from the novels.

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