Outside Reading (1st Semester): English 10H
Directions: You will select one book to read (fiction or non-fiction) from the 10 Honors book
list. I am trying to give you a wide selection so I have chosen books from the California
Department of Education recommended reading list and the AP recommended list. While
reading your book, you will complete a triple entry journal containing 9 quotes from the book.
Divide your number of pages by 9 and this will give you the chunk from which you will choose
each quote. For example, if your book has 300 pages, you will choose a quote every 33 pages.
You will also be writing an essay on your novel so pick quotes that might work for an essay.
Triple-Entry Journal (45 points):
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Label the left-hand column “Date,” the middle column “Quotes” and the right-hand
column “Response.”
Write the date of your entry (the day you are completing the row) in the first column.
Write the quote, cited appropriately, in the middle column.
Write your response, following the directions below, in the third column. You will have
three different ways in which to respond to each quote. Each of your responses will
consist of only 4 GOOD sentences. Be thorough in your responses.
1. Personal Connection: Contemplate how the quote connects to an aspect of your
personal knowledge or life. The quote may remind you of a situation you have
been in, seen, or read about.
2. Literary Connection: Choose a literary term and analyze your quote according to
that literary term. (metaphor, simile, setting, characterization, theme,
personification, style analysis, etc.)
3. Textual/Thematic Connection: Contemplate how the quote connects to another
passage or event from the same text. Think about how this quote emphasizes a
character, event, or the setting in the book and how that relates to a theme in your
novel.
You need to have 3 quotes for each (9 quotes total).
Label each response entry (P for personal, L for literary, T for Textual/Thematic).
Journal entries must be typed.
I will be checking your progress along the way.
Step 1: Select a few titles and look up a synopsis on line to see if they sound interesting.
Step 2: Go to the library or bookstore and select a couple of novels and read the first few
pages to see if you like the style and the level.
Step 3: Bring the book to class so you can sign up for it with me by: _______________
Step 4: Read the book and do the quote journal as you read.
Step 5: Bring the book to class every day for some possible silent reading.
English 10H: Kolodney 2011
Reading List— English 10 Honors 2011-2012
1. Agee, James—A Death in the Family
2. Angelou, Maya—I know Why the Caged
Bird Sings
3. Atwood, Margaret – The Handmaid’s
Tale
4. Austen, Jane - Emma
5. Austen, Jane – Sense and Sensibility
6. Becket, Samuel—Waiting for Godot
7. Beecher Stowe, Harriet – Uncle’ Tom’s
Cabin
8. Bradbury, Ray – Dandelion Wine
9. Bradbury, Ray – Something Wicked This
Way Comes
10. Brontë, Emily—Wuthering Heights
11. Buck, Pearl – The Good Earth
12. Cather, Willa – My Antonia
13. Cervantes, Miguel de – Don Quixote
14. Chandler, Raymond – The Big Sleep
15. C. Clarke, Arthur – 2001: A Space
Odyssey
16. Coelho, Paul – The Alchemist
17. Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur – The Hound of
the Baskervilles
18. Crane, Stephen – The Red Badge of
Courage
19. Defoe, Daniel – Robinson Crusoe
20. Dickens, Charles – David Copperfield
21. Dickens, Charles – Oliver Twist
22. Dostoyevsky, Fyodor—Crime and
Punishment
23. Dostoyevsky, Fyodor—The Brothers
Karamazov
24. Du Maurier, Daphne--Rebecca
25. Dumas, Alexander – The Count of
Monte Cristo
26. Dumas, Alexander – The Three
Musketeers
27. Eliot, George – Silas Marner
28. Ellison, Ralph—Invisible Man
29. Esquivel, Laura—Like Water for
Chocolate
30. Faulkner, William—As I Lay Dying
31. Faulkner, William—Light in August
32. Faulkner, William—The Rievers
33. Griffin, John Howard—Black Like Me
34. Gruen, Sara—Water for Elephants
35. Hammet, Dashiell – The Maltese Falcon
36. Hansberry, Lorraine—A Raisin in the
Sun
37. Hemingway, Ernest – A Farewell to
Arms
38. Hemingway, Ernest – For Whom the
Bell Tolls
39. Homer – The Iliad
40. Hurston, Zora Neale—Their Eyes Were
Watching God
41. Kerouac, Jack – On the Road
42. Kesey, Ken – One Flew Over the
Cuckoo’s Nest
43. Kingsolver, Barbara – The Bean Trees
44. Kingston, Maxine Hong—The Woman
Warrior
45. McCarthy, Cormac—All the Pretty
Horses
46. McCourt, Frank—Angela’s Ashes
47. McCourt, Frank—‘Tis
48. McCullers, Carson—Member of the
Wedding
49. Morrison, Toni—Beloved
50. Morrison, Toni--Sula
51. Orwell, George – Animal Farm
52. Paton, Alan—Cry, The Beloved Country
53. Prouxl, Annie—The Shipping News
54. Read, Piers Paul--Alive
55. Rhys, Jean – Wide Sargasso Sea
56. Shakespeare – King Lear
57. Shakespeare – Much Ado About Nothing
58. Shakespeare – Othello
59. Shute, Neville--On the Beach
60. Smith, Betty—A Tree Grows in
Brooklyn
61. Steinbeck, John – Cannery Row
62. Steinbeck, John – East of Eden
63. Steinbeck, John – Tortilla Flat
64. Stevenson, Robert Louis – Dr. Jekyll
and Mr. Hyde
65. Stoker, Bram – Dracula
66. Swift, Jonathan – Gulliver’s Travels
State Standards: Students read and understand grade-appropriate literature, by 12th grade, students read 12
million words on their own, write responses to literature, establish a controlling thesis and develop the ideas
within the body of an essay
English 10H: Kolodney 2011
67. Tan, Amy—The Joy Luck Club
68. Thoreau, Henry David--Walden
69. Vonnegut, Kurt – Cat’s Cradle
70. Vonnegut, Kurt – Slaughterhouse Five
71. Walker, Alice—The Color Purple
72. Wells, H.G. – The Invisible Man
73. Wells, H.G. – The Island of Dr. Moreau
74. Wells, H.G. – The Time Machine
75. Wright, Richard – Black Boy
State Standards: Students read and understand grade-appropriate literature, by 12th grade, students read 12
million words on their own, write responses to literature, establish a controlling thesis and develop the ideas
within the body of an essay