ENGLISH 11AA: Summer Work

Mrs. Melissa Wade - SDHS Room 36 -

IMPORTANT NOTE: Your summer work will be turned in through the online classroom: Edmodo.com. If you will not have adequate access to a computer and/or the internet over the summer, you will need to speak with Mrs. Wade one-one-one before the end of the school year to find out how to complete the work on paper.

ALL assignments for both semester and year-long students are due August 1st. No late work will be accepted.

EDMODO.COM:

Edmodo is an online classroom environment, a place where you can complete assignments, talk to your classmates, message your instructor, and gain extra help with your assignments over the summer.

What do you need to do?

Sign in to Edmodo.com. Join each group below using the code provided; you will need one code to register as a user, then once you have started using Edmodo, just click “Join Group” and enter the other groups’ codes to be able to complete all tasks. It is a good idea to type your responses in Microsoft Word or a word processing program, save your work, then copy and paste your writing into Edmodo. This way, if there is a technical glitch, your work will not be lost. If you have never used Edmodo before and find it confusing, please visit Mrs. Wade before school, after school, or during a club block for a more detailed explanation prior to summer vacation. Any day will work.

The Edmodo 11AA Community Chat – (group code: qmwsvp)

-  Join this group first. It is our homepage in a way, where you will find updates from Mrs. Wade, tips and lessons on how to succeed in your assignments, and a forum to use to ask questions and/or chat with your peers.

NOW FOR THE ASSIGNMENTS:

Reading Analysis Assignment: You are assigned to read:

·  “The Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne

·  1 additional novel of your choosing from the list provided.

Read these novels in an effort to not only understand them, but to analyze them to discover their deeper meanings and techniques. I suggest taking notes while reading in order to remember these books later when we discuss them at the start of the school year.

Once you have finished reading, join the corresponding groups and complete the assignments listed.

“The Scarlet Letter” Reading Group (group code: 99yyan)

-  Complete the 6 short answer quizzes on each of the sections of the novel. Feel free to complete these as you read through the novel, or once you have finished the entire work. Each quiz corresponds to the events in the given chapters.

-  Once you have finished the quizzes, respond to two of the discussion threads, OR to two of the points made by your classmates. You should write to respond, to add your opinion, and to relate to another’s opinion. Not just repeat another person’s words, but facilitate discussion through your new points.

Choice Novel Reading Group (group code: hvigdc)

-  Read one more piece. This needs to be one of the pieces of literature listed on the sheet provided, a list which can also be found on group page on Edmodo if you lost the paper copy. Feel free, once again, to take notes in a journal as you read to help you talk about this novel later during class.

-  Once you finish the chosen piece of literature, share a critique of the piece on the group page. Try to write in detail and with depth, resulting in at least 200 words in explanation. Remember that critiques are structured on opinions, so tell your opinions on the book; DO NOT JUST SUMMARIZE IT. Look at the example I posted and then reply to my post, so everyone can see what you read and what you thought of it. Make sure to post the title and author of the piece.

Part Two: “My Voice” Writing Assignment

Writing with Voice (group code: 48cd8w)

-  For this last assignment, you will share your writing voice with me, showing off your writing style and impressing me with your ability to communicate on paper. You have to write a structured piece (in paragraphs, with intro and conclusion if needed) at least 400 words in length. You can pick one of the five prompts listed on the group site – these include an opinion paper, a creative essay response, a reflective piece, and a narrative. Remember to just write one and make sure to edit; editing can make a C paper become an A, with the right improvements.

DUE DATE (for both semester and year-long students): AUGUST 1ST

Need help? Worried? Want to chat? Email the teacher. (on Edmodo or to the Augusta County email)

Want to go above and beyond? Read more. Reading is like exercising your brain. You can post another critique to any novel you read over the summer to gain extra points in your total grade.

I look forward to our class time together! 11AA is the best!!!

-  Mrs. Wade

List of Options for Second Novel Assignment:

All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
Anthony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare
Atonement by Ian McEwan
Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man by James Weldon Johnson
Beloved by Toni Morrison
Billy Budd by Herman Melville
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams
Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Coming Through Slaughter by Michael Ondaatje
Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevski
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Emma by Jane Austen
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
Fences by August Wilson
The Fixer by Bernard Malamud
Going After Cacciato by Tim O'Brien
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
The House of Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
In the Lake of the Woods by Tim O'Brien
In the Time of Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseinii
A Lesson before Dying by Ernest Gaines
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Long Day's Journey into Night by Eugene O'Neill
Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
A River Runs Through It by Norman Maclean
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut (91, 04)
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
Twelve Years A Slave by Solomon Northup

Twelve Years A Slave by Solomon Northup