11th Grade Summer Reading Assignment

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Due Date:

§         The first day of school!

 

 

The Assignment:

§         Read at least one book from the list below and thoroughly fill out the "Outside Reading Book Sheet."

§         If you are not sure about a book, Amazon.com has summaries and reader reviews.

 

 

The List:

 

Alexie, Sherman. Indian Killer.

 

Chopin, Kate. The Awakening.

 

Eugenides, Jeffrey. Middlesex.

 

Griffin, John Howard. Black Like Me.

 

Hong Kingston, Maxine. The Woman Warrior.

 

Morrison, Toni. Sula.

 

O’Brien, Tim. In the Lake of the Woods.

 

Sinclair, Upton. The Jungle.

 

Steinbeck, John. The Grapes of Wrath.

 

Wharton, Edith. The Age of Innocence.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name ________________________

Date _________________________

 

Outside Reading Book Sheet

 

Title:

Author:

Number of Pages:

 

I. Plot: basic storyline, significant events/scenes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

II. Characters: specific names, dominant personality traits, relationships

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

III. Setting: time period, specific places and their physical/symbolic roles

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IV. Themes: list as many as you can with brief commentary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

V. Style: comment on choices such as: author’s choice of narrator, novel’s structure- is it chronological, etc., distinctive use of language, tone, etc.