English 11 Honors
Summer Assignment 2015
Jodi.Henry@lcps.org
English 11 Honors is a course designed to prepare students for the college-level work assigned in Dual
Enrollment and AP English courses. The summer assignment is designed to engage students in
reading and analyzing one piece of fiction. Responses will be considered according to the quality,
sophistication, and depth of ideas. Due September 2/3
Read and annotate The Awakening by Kate Chopin. While you are reading, record information
concerning plot details, themes, conflicts, symbols, imagery, and figurative language (metaphor,
allusion, personification, etc.), or anything you are not familiar with—vocabulary and/or concepts
that are mentioned but not defined.
Students are expected to purchase a print version of the novel. Use post-it notes to annotate if the
novel is borrowed.
Assignment Prompts
[Complete the provided assignment prompts for The Awakening by Kate Chopin.]
1. What is the author’s purpose in writing this novel?
2. Comment on the structure or organization of the book. How does the structure/organization
support the author’s purpose?
3. Choose three events/passages/chapters/anecdotes, etc. from the novel that you found
particularly powerful or compelling. Record the passage in the text section along with a
parenthetical citation. Then craft a response to that passage in the response section. Describe
each and explain its significance to the author’s purpose.
TEXT
RESPONSE