A Separate Peace
Student Calendar 2015
Wed. 11/18
Chapter 1 due
Fri. 11/20
Chapter 2-3 due
Thanksgiving Break
Mon. 11/30
Chapters 4-6 due: Annotation Check: 2-6
Wed. 12/2
Chapter 7 due
Fri. 12/4
Chapter 8 due; Annotation Check: 7-8; Friday Quiz
Mon. 12/7
Chapter 9 due
Wed. 12/9
Chapter 10 due
Fri. 12/11
Chapter 11 Pages 152-161 due; Annotation check: 9-10; Friday Quiz
Mon. 12/14
Chapter 11 Pages 161-177 due
Wed. 12/16
Chapter 12 due
Fri. 12/18
Chapter 13 due; Final Discussion
TBD
Final Paper due
Your grade for this unit will be based on participation (small group and large group discussions),
homework and preparation (reading, annotations, reading guide, being prepared for class), tests /
quizzes (vocabulary, reading comprehension), and writing (final paper).
Annotation Requirements:
3 annotations + 1 sentence summary per chapter (10 points per week)
If you don’t complete the reading / annotations you will be required to complete a Reading Guide for
the missed chapter(s).
Annotation Guide
FOR EACH CHAPTER, complete AT LEAST 3 annotations and 1 one-sentence summary frame. Try to
spread out your annotations as much as possible through chapter!
Your one-sentence summary frame format:
Ch. ____________ begins with_________________________________, continues
with____________________ , and ends with ____________________________________.
Characterization / New Characters

Underline direct and indirect characterization

Explain what this tells the reader about the character’s personality

Underline or circle the names

Make note of how characters change or develop

Make note of how friendships change or develop
Setting

What is the feeling of the setting?

What adjectives are used to describe the setting?
Questions

Write a question

What are you confused about?
Reactions/Thoughts

How did a specific passage make you feel?

This made me think of…

Underline the specific passage
Important Quote or Moment

How do you know it is important or significant?

How might this moment impact the characters or plot?

Underline the important quote or moment
Foreshadowing

Write a prediction

Underline foreshadowing
Literary Devices

Identify what type of literary device is used (simile, metaphore, hypole, etc.)

What is the effect of this literary device?

Underline the sentence