Rhinebeck High School English Department
Summer Reading Assignment 2016
Important Things to Know
●All students entering grades 9-11 are required to read awork of fiction of their own choice that they have not yet read. Students are encouraged to consult the RHS library website for booklists with recommended titles.
●Students must finish reading at least one book and complete the Double Entry Journal provided in this packet. If you would rather type your responses, an electronic version of the Double Entry Journal is available on the school website.
●Students will use their Double Entry Journals for an in-class writing assignment to be administered on Friday, September 9th.
oNote: It will be very difficult to complete the in-class essay without successfully completing the Double Entry Journal. Students who fail to read a text will not earn full credit and will be provided with several teacher-selected sources to use on the essay.
●If you misplace the Double Entry Journal assignment, or need an extra copy, please check the district website for the uploaded Summer Reading Assignment file, or contact the RHS Guidance Office for additional copies: 845-871-5500, ext. 5505 or 5507.
Information for Late Entrants
Those students who register at Rhinebeck High School on or after the Friday before Labor Day will not be required to read a new book, but will still be asked to complete the summer reading in-class essay assignment using a book the student read previously.
Strategies for Reader Response on your Double Entry Journal
As you read, mark notable words, sentences, passages, etc. and thoughtfully explain why you selected the text. You might respond to a passage that
●includes language that helps to create the mood
●includes words that help to convey the character’s tone
●utilizes a particular literary or persuasive technique to achieve an effect
●contains powerful figurative language
●evokes a memory or reminds you of yourself or someone you know
●reminds you of something else you have read
●raises social questions
●is thought provoking or makes you question something
●creates a connection for you (Text to Self, Text to Text, Text to World)
Or, use any of the following sentence frames to help structure your responses:
●Predict (I think…will happen because…)
●Make Inferences (The theme must be…because…)
●Visualize (Based on the text, I picture…)
●Determine Importance (This supports the main idea because…)
●Ask Questions (Why did…? What does … mean?)
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What is the central idea (theme) of the text so far? How do the passages you identified support it?
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