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Pre AP English II Summer Reading 2015

In order to prepare for Pre AP English II, you will need to continue practicing your critical reading and writing

skills throughout the summer. This assignment is not designed to torture you, but to help keep your brain working

over the summer. You will have required assignments to complete BEFORE class begins in August. Hopefully you

will also do some reading and writing of your choice in addition to summer reading. If you have an e-reader or

a device with an e-reader app, there are many available classic novels for free or little cost to you. You will be

required to read the following 2 novels over the summer.

The Help by Katherine Stockett

The Pearl by John Steinbeck

Part 1- Major Grade: Annotations

Read and annotate each novel. See the instructions below to use as a guide. You will need to have at least 2

annotations per chapter (textual evidence and your commentary for each annotation to be complete), but

there is no limit to how many times you annotate on each page, as long as it is significant and neatly written.

Either way, you will be expected to have knowledge beyond simple summarization of the plot of the novels in

order to complete the summer reading assignment.

Bring both annotated novels to school on the first day back after summer. Due Monday, August 24, 2015

HOW TO ANNOTATE A TEXT

Annotations are personal. They are your interaction with a text. Develop a system that works for you using

combinations or variations of the strategies below. So, what do I do? This:

Make brief comments in the margins. Use any white space available – inside cover, random blank pages,

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between or within lines of the text. Do not be afraid to mark within the test itself. In fact, you must.

Circle or put boxes, triangles, or clouds around words or phrases.

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Use abbreviations or symbols – brackets, stars, exclamation points, question marks, numbers, etc. Connect

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words, phrases, ideas, circles, boxes, etc. with lines or arrows.

Underline – CAUTION : Use this method sparingly. Underline only a few words. Always combine with another

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method such as comment. Never underline an entire passage. Doing so takes too much time and loses

effectiveness. If you wish to mark an entire paragraph or passage, draw a line down the margin or use

brackets.

Highlight – use CAUTION – don’t highlight everything!

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Create your own code.

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Use post-it notes ONLY if you have exhausted all available space (unlikely) or if you are using a library book.

**The most common complaint about annotating is that it slows down your reading. Yes, it does. That’s the

point. If annotating as you read annoys you, read a chapter, then go back and annotate. Reading a text a

second time is preferable anyway.**

SPECIFICALLY, what should I look for and say? Again, the possibilities are limitless. Keep in mind the reasons we

annotate. Your annotations must include comments. I want to see evidence of thinking.

 Have a conversation with the text. Talk back to it.

 Express agreement or disagreement.

 Ask questions (essential to active reading).

 Summarize key events. Make predictions.

 Comment on the actions or development of a

 Connect ideas to each other or to other texts.

character. Does the character change? Why?

 Note if you experience an epiphany.

How? The result?

 Note anything you would like to discuss or do not

 Comment on lines / quotations you think are

understand.

especially significant, powerful, or meaningful.

Pre Ap English Ii Summer Reading

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