ASSIGNMENT 1
Due Monday, June 29, 2015
ASSIGNMENT 2 & 3
Due Monday, July 20, 2015
ASSIGNMENTS 4 & 5
Due Monday, August 3, 2015
SUMMER ASSIGNMENTS
Honors English 9, 2015-2016
James Monroe High School
DEAR STUDENTS:
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The assignments are described in detail on pages 3-7 of this document. Your summer work will
show how effectively you read, think, and write critically. Be sure to follow all directions. If
you have questions about any assignment, email me at least one week before its due date, and I
will do what I can to help you.
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To complete these assignments, you must purchase copies of the following texts as soon as
possible. Deadlines are approaching.
o How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading
Between the Lines for Kids by Thomas C. Foster
 ISBN-13: 978-0062200853
o Lord of the Flies by William Golding
 ISBN-13: 978-0399501487
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Assignments are due by NOON on their respective due dates.
o Please save each essay as a PDF and submit it electronically to Turnitin.com, a website
that checks for plagiarism. For more information on Turnitin.com, see pages 13 and 14.
o For confirmation purposes, send an email to mgompf@cityschools.com when you have
uploaded each assignment to Turnitin.com. I will reply to your emails to let you know
whether I have received your work.
MY CONTACT INFORMATION
Ms. Gompf, English Teacher
James Monroe High School
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
Email: mgompf@cityschools.com
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Blog: www.cityschools.com/mgompf/
If you contact me and I do not respond within 24 hours, I do not have computer access and will get
back to you as soon as I can.
Good Luck! Metaphors be with you. 
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ASSIGNMENT 1
Due Monday, June 29, 2015
ASSIGNMENT 2 & 3
Due Monday, July 20, 2015
ASSIGNMENTS 4 & 5
Due Monday, August 3, 2015
CAVEATS!
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All students enrolled in the Honors English 9 course must complete Summer Assignments 1-5.
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The work you submit must be your own. Plagiarized material will be not accepted. Any
plagiarism, even of only a line or two, will result in a grade of zero for the assignment.
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You may not submit work you have already submitted for another course. Doing so is a violation
of the honor code and will result in a grade of zero for the assignment.
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Without prior approval, late summer work will not be accepted. Work not received on
Turnitin.com by deadline will be assigned a grade of zero.
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Assignments 1 and 2 will be counted as test grades. Assignment 3 will be counted as a classroom
practice grade. Assignments 4 and 5 will be counted as quiz grades.
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Students will receive a grade of zero for each assignment that is not completed. The zeroes will be
entered in the grade book during the first quarter of the first term of the course.
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Students who chose not to complete one or more of the summer assignments are strongly
encouraged to drop the course before the add/drop deadline.
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Students who earn a score lower than 65% on the literary analysis essay are strongly encouraged to
drop the course before the add/drop deadline.
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Deadlines will be adjusted for students who enroll in the course after summer deadlines have
passed. All students will be given the same amount of time to complete the summer assignments,
regardless of their enrollment date.
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Students are encouraged not to enroll in the course after the school year has already begun since
the work load may prove too great.
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ASSIGNMENT 1
Due Monday, June 29, 2015
ASSIGNMENT 2 & 3
Due Monday, July 20, 2015
ASSIGNMENTS 4 & 5
Due Monday, August 3, 2015
ASSIGNMENT 1
Read How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the
Lines for Kids by Thomas C. Foster. Write a reflection of at least 500 words that responds to the
following prompt.
Prompt: With his guide on reading literature, Foster tries to change your approach to reading.
Specifically, he wants you to reexamine what you have read in the past through new interpretive lenses
and use these alternate ways of reading in the future. With that in mind, consider the ways Foster’s
insights have altered your understanding of certain literary works that you have read in the past (i.e., short
stories, novels, poems, plays, et cetera). Write a reflection in which you discuss the new meanings you can
find in one or more specific pieces. Use Foster’s tips to guide your analysis.
Follow the rules of MLA format and manuscript form as you type your journal response. See pages 9-12.
See the grading rubric on page 22.
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ASSIGNMENT 1
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ASSIGNMENT 2 & 3
Due Monday, July 20, 2015
ASSIGNMENTS 4 & 5
Due Monday, August 3, 2015
ASSIGNMENT 2*
Read Lord of the Flies by William Golding. Write a formal essay of at least 750 words in which you
discuss the symbolic significance of the island’s geography in relation to one of the central themes of
the novel. Support your points with evidence from the text.
Follow the rules of MLA format and manuscript form as you type your essay. See pages 9-12.
See the grading rubric on page 23.
*Please be aware that you will take a comprehensive novel test on Lord of
the Flies within the first week of the course. This assessment will test
whether you have read and understood the complete original work. Pay
attention to important details as you read. You will encounter test
questions that cannot be answered using Spark Notes.
A FEW NOTES ON THE LITERARY ANALYSIS ESSAY
Your Thesis Statement
When you write a literary analysis essay, you are making an argument about a text. Therefore, a literary
analysis essay first requires you to formulate a clear and specific thesis statement that responds to the
prompt. A thesis statement of a literary analysis essay makes an original and debatable claim about the
text that can be supported with textual evidence.
The Introduction
Begin the essay with a statement that establishes the subject of the essay and provides context for the
argument. Identify the title, author, and genre of the work. Then provide a brief summary of the text. End
the introduction with your clear and specific thesis statement that responds to the prompt.
The Body
In the body of the essay, you should provide at least three separate passages from the text that support
your thesis. Each passage should be discussed in its own paragraph. Remember that whenever you present
textual evidence, you must include an in-text citation that indicates the exact location of the evidence
within the literary work. Furthermore, you must also explain how the evidence supports your thesis.
The Conclusion
In your conclusion, you should summarize the main points of your argument and discuss the reasons why
your interpretation of the text is most appropriate.
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ASSIGNMENT 1
Due Monday, June 29, 2015
ASSIGNMENT 2 & 3
Due Monday, July 20, 2015
ASSIGNMENTS 4 & 5
Due Monday, August 3, 2015
ASSIGNMENT 3 (graded for completion only)
Now that you have written your literary analysis essay for Assignment 2, write a short reflection of at
least 50 words in which you discuss your experiences during the writing process and the
strengths/weaknesses of your final product. What did you find easy during the writing process? What did
you find difficult? What do you like about your paper? What do you dislike? What would you like help
with?
Follow the rules of manuscript form as you type your reflection. See pages 11 and 12.
Please attach this reflection to the end of your literary analysis essay on its own page.
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ASSIGNMENT 2 & 3
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ASSIGNMENTS 4 & 5
Due Monday, August 3, 2015
ASSIGNMENT 4
Go online and follow the first link below to BBC’s 10 minute presentation on the historical context
surrounding Golding Lord of the Flies. Watch the presentation. After watching, follow the second link
below to William Golding’s biography. Read the biography.
1. Golding’s Historical Context: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvXrNWdJ_0A.
2. Golding’s Biography: http://www.biography.com/people/william-golding-9314523.
After watching and reading, respond to the following prompt in a written journal entry of at least 100
words.
Prompt: Determine the relationship between a writer’s life and a writer’s art. How are writers influenced
by historical, social, cultural, and biographical factors? Support your points with evidence from the video
clip and the reading.
Follow the rules of MLA format and manuscript form as you type your journal response. See pages 9-12.
See the grading rubric on page 24.
Don’t want to
make a mistake?
Go to my blog! I have quick
links for this assignment under
the post dated June 12, 2015.
Just click away!
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ASSIGNMENT 1
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ASSIGNMENT 2 & 3
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ASSIGNMENTS 4 & 5
Due Monday, August 3, 2015
ASSIGNMENT 5
Choose one poem from the series of poems provided on pages 16-20 of this document. Read the poem
carefully, preferably multiple times. Then write a journal of at least 100 words in which you define the
central idea of the poem and determine what, if any, connections can be drawn between the poem and
William Golding’s Lord of the Flies. Use specific evidence from both the poem and the novel to support
your points.
Follow the rules of MLA format and manuscript form as you type your journal response. See pages 9-12.
See the grading rubric on page 24.
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ASSIGNMENT 1
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ASSIGNMENT 2 & 3
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ASSIGNMENTS 4 & 5
Due Monday, August 3, 2015
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ASSIGNMENT 2 & 3
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ASSIGNMENTS 4 & 5
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MLA FORMAT
When writing about literature, you will identify the exact source of your textual evidence in two ways.
First, you will include an in-text citation that indicates the precise location of the evidence within the text.
Second, you will attach a Works Cited page to your paper that provides the bibliographic information for
the text.
In-Text Citations
The following is an excerpt from an essay analyzing Susan Glaspell’s “A Jury of Her Peers.” Note the
format of the in-text citation. When writing about one literary work exclusively, you are only required to
include the page number in the parenthesis. You do not need to include the author’s last name.
Although Mrs. Peters’s growing empathy for Minnie stems largely from her
observations, it is also prompted by her negative reaction to the patronizing comments of
the male investigators. At several points in the story, her body language reveals her
feelings. For example, when Mr. Hale remarks that “women are used to worrying over
trifles,” both women move closer together and remain silent. When the county attorney
asks, “for all their worries, what would we do without the ladies?” the women do not speak,
nor do they “unbend” (199). The fact that the women respond in exactly the same way
reveals the extent to which they are bonding.
The Works Cited Page
The following is a sample Works Cited page that provides the bibliographic information for the source
cited in the above paragraph. The Works Cited page follows the last page of your essay.
Works Cited
Glaspell, Susan. “A Jury of Her Peers.” Literature and Its Writers: A Compact
Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama. Ed. Ann Charters and Samuel
Charters. 3rd ed. Boston: Bedford, 2004.194-210. Print
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ASSIGNMENT 1
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ASSIGNMENT 2 & 3
Due Monday, July 20, 2015
ASSIGNMENTS 4 & 5
Due Monday, August 3, 2015
FOR MORE HELP WITH MLA FORMAT
To assist you with MLA format, I have provided links to two helpful resources. Please go to my blog at
www.cityschools.com/mgompf/ and access the links under MLA Format. One link takes you to an e-book
that explains the MLA citation basics, and the other link takes you to Easybib.com, a site that helps you
format your Works Cited page. I recommend that you read the e-book before you begin your summer
assignments. Remember: You must follow the rules of MLA Format at all times.
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ASSIGNMENT 1
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ASSIGNMENT 2 & 3
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ASSIGNMENTS 4 & 5
Due Monday, August 3, 2015
MANUSCRIPT FORM FOR ALL TYPED PAPERS
You must follow the rules of manuscript form for every typed assignment you submit throughout the
course. Follow the step-by-step instructions below.
1. Open a Word document.
2. Select Times New Roman, 12-point as your font.
3. Set one-inch margins on all sides of the text. Your document should already do this for you as by
default. You can check under the “Page Layout” tab and “Margins.”
4. Under the “Home” tab and “Paragraph,” click the button that aligns all text with the left margin.
5. Insert a running header that will appear on every page with the correct page number:
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On the tool bar above your document, click on the “Insert” tab.
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Go to the “Header & Footer” section. Select “Page Number.”
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Choose the “Top of the Page” drop down menu. Then select “Plain Number 3.” Your page
numbers will be inserted at the top right hand corner of your pages.
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Under the “Design” tab, click “Different First Page” to remove the page number from the
first page of your document.
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Click into a page number and change its font to match the rest of the essay. At this time
you should also type your last name, a forward slash, a key word of your title, another
forward slash, and the page number as you see here:
Name/Title/Page
6. After you insert the page number in the header section of the document, click back into the body of
section the document. At the top left corner of the first page, type your name, the instructor’s
name, the course name, and the date. Study the following example:
Jack Sparrow
Ms. Gompf
Honors English 9
June 12, 2015
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7. After the date, continue to the next line and type the title. Your title should reflect the central idea
of your essay. Do not entitle your essay “Summer Assignment.” Capitalize the first letter of the
title and all other important words within the title. For example, do not capitalize articles or
prepositions unless they are the first word of the title. Center the title using the center button on the
Paragraph toolbar.
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DO NOT underline, italicize, or enclose the title in quotation marks.
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DO NOT make your title bigger and bolder than the text.
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DO NOT type the title in a different font than you used for the text.
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DO NOT add extra line spaces before or after the title. Just continue to the next line and
begin typing your essay.
8. Indent the first line for each paragraph five spaces. One press of the tab button should do this. The
default for the tab button is five spaces.
9. Double-space ALL text. Do not put extra spaces between paragraphs or before or after your title.
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ASSIGNMENT 1
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ASSIGNMENT 2 & 3
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ASSIGNMENTS 4 & 5
Due Monday, August 3, 2015
CREATING A TURNITIN.COM ACCOUNT
You will need a Turnitin.com account for the course. To create an account, follow these steps:
1. Go to Turnitin.com.
2. At the top of the screen, click “Create Account.” This will take you to the next page.
3. On this new page, scroll to find “Create New Account.” Under “Create New Account,” click
“Student.”
4. Enter the “Class ID” and “Class Enrollment Password.”
Class ID: 10025351
Password: honors
5. Enter your first name and your last name. Select the option to display your name as follows:
First name (Space) Last name (example: John Smith)
6. Enter your email address. You need the email address to your legitimate email account to complete
this step. Enter your desired password. Confirm your password. Please keep your username and
password.
7. Select a “Secret Question” and “Enter the Answer” to your question. Remember the answer. The
form is case-sensitive. You will have to enter the answer EXACTLY as you originally entered it.
8. Read the user agreement. Click “I Agree-Create Profile.”
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ASSIGNMENT 1
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ASSIGNMENT 2 & 3
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ASSIGNMENTS 4 & 5
Due Monday, August 3, 2015
SUBMITTING ESSAYS TO TURNITIN.COM
To submit your work to Turnitin.com, follow these steps:
1. Log in to your Turnitin.com account.
2. Click on the title of the class you wish to submit to.
3. Click on the “Assignments” tab located at the top of the page.
4. Click on the blue “Submit” button for the assignment you wish to submit. If the “Submit” button is
gray, submissions are not allowed for this assignment. Please check the assignment start and due
dates and the assignment info icon.
5. Under the pull-down menu labeled “Submit Paper By,” choose “Single File Upload.”
6. Enter the following submission title:
Summer Assignment #_Honors English 9_Your First and Last Name
7. Click the Browse button to locate the paper saved to your computer.
8. From your computer, select the correct file and click the “Open” button.
9. Once you see the correct file in the “Browse” box, click “Upload.” Wait while the assignment
uploads.
10. Once you receive confirmation that the assignment has been uploaded, click “Submit” and wait to
receive your digital receipt.
Important: If you do not see a digital receipt with a paper ID, then your paper was not successfully
received by Turnitin.com. The digital receipt is also emailed to you as well.
Troubleshooting: If you are unable to upload your paper, there could be a problem with the formatting of
your paper. Please save your paper in a different file format.
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ASSIGNMENT 2 & 3
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ASSIGNMENTS 4 & 5
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Poems
for Summer Assignment 5
pgs. 16-20
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ASSIGNMENT 2 & 3
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ASSIGNMENTS 4 & 5
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“I Stood upon a High Place” by Stephen Crane
I stood upon a high place,
And saw, below, many devils
Running, leaping,
and carousing in sin.
One looked up, grinning,
And said, "Comrade! Brother!"
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ASSIGNMENT 1
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ASSIGNMENT 2 & 3
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ASSIGNMENTS 4 & 5
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“All There Is to Know About Adolph Eichmann” by Leonard Cohen
EYES - Medium
HAIR - Medium
WEIGHT - Medium
HEIGHT - Medium
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES - None
NUMBER OF FINGERS - Ten
NUMBER OF TOES - Ten
INTELLIGENCE – Medium
What did you expect?
Talons?
Oversize incisors?
Green saliva?
Madness?
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“Huntress” by Hilda Doolittle (H.D.)
Come, blunt your spear with us,
our pace is hot
and our bare heels
in the heel-prints-we stand tense--do you see-are you already beaten
by the chase?
We lead the pace
for the wind on the hills,
the low hill is spattered
with loose earth-our feet cut into the crust
as with spears.
We climbed the ploughed land,
dragged the seed from the clefts,
broke the clods with our heels,
whirled with a parched cry
into the woods:
—Can you come,
can you come,
can you follow the hound trail,
can you trample the hot froth?—
Spring up—sway forward—
follow the quickest one,
aye, though you leave the trail
and drop exhausted at our feet.
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ASSIGNMENT 2 & 3
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ASSIGNMENTS 4 & 5
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“Bleeder” by Stephen Dobyns
By now I bet he’s dead which suits me fine,
but twenty-five years ago when we were both
fifteen and he was camper and I counselor
in a straight-laced Pennsylvania summer camp
for crippled and retarded kids, I’d watch
is virtue but the lack of strong temptation:
better to leave us with our lie of being good.
Did he know this? Sitting on his private hill,
watching us smash each other with crutches and canes,
was this his pleasure: to make us cringe beneath
him sit all day by himself on a hill. No trees
or sharp stones: he wasn’t safe to be around.
The slightest bruise and all his blood would simply
drain away. It drove us crazy—first
to protect him, then to see it happen. I
our wish to do him damage? But then who cared?
We were the living children, he the ghost
and what he gave us was a sense of being bad
together. He took us from our private spite
and offered our bullying a common cause:
would hang around him, picturing a knife
or pointed stick, wondering how small a cut
you’d have to make, then see the expectant face
of another boy watching me, and we each knew
how much the other would like to see him bleed.
which is why we missed him, even though we wished
him harm. When he went, we lost our shared meanness
and each of us was left to snarl his way
into a separate future, eager to discover
some new loser to link us in frailty again.
He made us want to hurt him so much we hurt
ourselves instead: sliced fingers in craft class,
busted noses in baseball, then joined at last
into mass wrestling matches beneath his hill,
a tangle of crutches and braces, hammering at
each other to keep from harming him. I’d look up
from slamming a kid in the gut and see him watching
with the empty blue eyes of children in sentimental
paintings, and hope to see him frown or grin,
but there was nothing: as if he had already died.
Then, after a week, they sent him home. Too much
responsibility, the director said.
Hell, I bet the kid had skin like leather.
Even so, I’d lie in bed at night and think
of busting into his room with a sharp stick, lash
and break the space around his rose petal flesh,
while campers in bunks around me tossed and dreamt
of poking and bashing the bleeder until he
was left as flat as a punctured water balloon,
which is why the director sent him home. For what
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ASSIGNMENT 1
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ASSIGNMENT 2 & 3
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ASSIGNMENTS 4 & 5
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“A Song at the End of the World” by Czeslaw Milosz
On the day the world ends
A bee circles a clover,
A fisherman mends
a glimmering net.
Happy porpoises jump in the sea,
By the rainspout young sparrows are playing
And the snake is gold-skinned as it should always be.
On the day the world ends
Women walk through the fields
under their umbrellas,
A drunkard grows sleepy at
the edge of a lawn,
Vegetable peddlers shout in the street
And a yellow-sailed boat comes
nearer the island,
The voice of a violin lasts in the air
And leads into a starry night.
And those who expected
lightning and thunder
Are disappointed.
And those who expected signs and archangels' trumps
Do not believe it is happening now.
As long as the sun and the moon are above,
As long as the bumblebee visits a rose,
As long as rosy infants are born
No one believes it is happening now.
Only a white-haired old man, who would be a prophet
Yet is not a prophet, for he's much too busy,
Repeats while he binds his tomatoes:
No other end of the world will there be,
No other end of the world will there be.
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ASSIGNMENT 1
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ASSIGNMENT 2 & 3
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ASSIGNMENTS 4 & 5
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Grading Rubrics
for Summer Assignments 1, 2, 4, and 5
pgs. 22-24
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Rubric for Written Reflection (Assignment 1)
A+
A
A-
Exemplary
Your composition fulfills the purpose of a reflection. You have reexamined your interpretations of one or more works you have read in
the past in light of what you now know. You demonstrate the ability
question your personal biases, stereotypes, misconceptions, and/or
presumptions, and you explore new modes of thinking as a result. You
consider how your understanding of concepts has changed. The
reflection is insightful and well-elaborated and error-free.
B+
B
B-
Advanced
Your composition may fulfill the purpose of a reflection; however, it
needs improvement in one or two minor respects. See criteria in the
Exemplary category.
C+
C
C-
Satisfactory
Your composition may fulfill the purpose of a reflection; however, it
needs improvement in three or more respects. See criteria in the
Exemplary category.
D+
D
D-
Emerging
Your composition fulfills the purpose of a reflection in one or two
respects; however, generally your piece does not achieve the aims of a
reflection. See criteria in the Exemplary category.
F
Unacceptable Your composition does not in any way achieve the aims of a reflection.
See criteria in the Exemplary category.
A= 90-100%
B = 80-89%
C = 70-79%
D = 60-69 %
F = 0-59%
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Rubric for a Literary Analysis Essay (Assignment 2)
Composing
5 exemplary
4 advanced
3 satisfactory
2 emerging
1 unacceptable
You have responded to the prompt with a clear, debatable thesis. You have provided ample textual evidence to
support your thesis and effectively explained how the evidence substantiates your argument. The structure and
organization of the essay enhance the overall effect of your argument. As a whole, the essay represents a unified,
coherent, and insightful analysis of a literary work.
Written Expression/Style
5 exemplary
4 advanced
3 satisfactory
2 emerging
1 unacceptable
Your stylistic choices communicate a tone that is appropriate for the subject, purpose, and audience. Your unique
voice is audible. You engage the reader with a manner of expression that is clear, concise, precise, vivid, and
rhythmic. As a result, the reader finds the reading experience to be pleasurable and enriching, not arduous.
Usage & Mechanics
3
2
1
error free
a few errors noted
several errors noted
You follow the rules of Standard English usage and grammar. If errors do appear in the essay, they do not hinder
comprehension or otherwise distract the reader.
In-text Citations
3
2
1
error free
a few errors noted
several errors noted
You consistently cite the source and location of textual evidence within the text. All MLA formatting rules for
in-text citations have been followed.
The Works Cited Page
3
2
1
error free
a few errors noted
several errors noted
You have included a Works Cited page that lists the exact source(s) you cited within the essay. All MLA
formatting rules for the Works Cited page have been followed.
Manuscript Form
3
2
error free
a few errors noted
All guidelines for typing papers in manuscript form have been followed.
1
several errors noted
Total Points: _____ / 22 = _____ %
A= 90-100%
B = 80-89%
C = 70-79%
D = 60-69 %
F = 0-59%
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ASSIGNMENT 1
Due Monday, June 29, 2015
ASSIGNMENT 2 & 3
Due Monday, July 20, 2015
ASSIGNMENTS 4 & 5
Due Monday, August 3, 2015
Rubric for a Critical Thinking Journal Response (Assignment 4 and 5)
Grade
Criteria
A+
A
A-
Exemplary
You have effectively responded to the journal prompt. There is ample
evidence of critical thinking including analysis, synthesis, evaluation, and
application. Arguments are clear and show depth of insight, originality,
and relevance. You elaborate your points with specific examples. The
writing is coherent, organized, and error free.
B+
B
B-
Advanced
You have effectively responded to the journal prompt, but response needs
improvement in one or two respects. See criteria in the Exemplary
category.
C+
C
C-
Satisfactory
You have responded to the journal prompt, but the response needs
improvement in three respects. See criteria in the Exemplary category.
D+
D
D-
Emerging
You have attempted to respond to the journal prompt in one or two
respects; however, generally the journal does not achieve the aims of the
assignment. See criteria in the Exemplary category.
F
Unacceptable Your response does not in any way achieve the aims of the assignment.
See criteria in the Exemplary category.
A= 90-100%
B = 80-89%
C = 70-79%
D = 60-69 %
F = 0-59%
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