Albert Einstein High School
HONORS ENGLISH 11 SUMMER READING 2014
Read Ernest Hemingway’s novel The Old Man and the Sea. The novel can be found at local
libraries, area book stores, or borrowed through Einstein’s English Department( room 121)
during lunch or after school from 2:10-2:30 , June 2-12. Read carefully. Complete the following
two assignments by Friday August 29, 2014. Responses must be typed.
Assignment 1: Vocabulary
Good readers develop an extensive vocabulary and an ability to determine the meaning of
words in context. As you read, find fifteen vocabulary words you do not know. Copy the
sentence and the page number from the text. Write the correct dictionary definition on your
paper.
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Example: “The voyage of the ship is a zigzag line of a hundred tacks.” (5)
o Tack: the heading of the ship of a sailing vessel with reference to the wind
direction; one of the series of straight runs that make up the zigzag course of a
ship sailing into the wind.
Assignment 2: Reader’s Response
Good readers are able to draw conclusions about what they read and defend their ideas with
details from the text. Below are two questions that ask you to look at the novel as a whole and
draw specific conclusions about the text. Answer each question fully and completely in two
separate paragraphs. Be sure to use specific examples from the text to defend your ideas.
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Question 1: Paragraph 1
o “A man can be destroyed but not defeated,” says the old man after the first
shark attack. At the end of the story, is the old man defeated? Defend your
response with specific examples from the text.
Question 2: Paragraph 2
o Santiago is seen in different ways. How does each of the following see him?
 Older fisherman
 Younger fisherman
 Manolin
 Café owner
If you have any questions, contact susan_greenwald@mcpsmd.org or
vanessa_imoroa@mcpsmd.org.