Summer 2015 Reading and Writing for Choctawhatchee High School Students
Enrolled in English 2 for the 2015/2016 School Year
All high school students are required to complete the following summer reading assignments prior to
school in August. Please complete the accompanying assignments and turn in the first day of school.
Be prepared to succeed; READ and WRITE!
Requirements
Students registered for English 2 and PAP English 2 must read TWO Books from the grade level list
and do TWO of the writing assignments below, one for each book.
Students enrolled in PIB English 2 are exempt from this assignment. They must turn in TWO copies of
the AP European History assignment—one to Mrs. Gentry and one to the PIB English 2 teacher.
“The man who doesn’t read good books has no advantage over the man who can’t read them.”
~ Mark Twain
Tuesdays with Morrie, Mitch Albom
The Book Thief, Marcus Zusak
Bleachers, John Grisham
The Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk Kidd
Powers, Ursula K. Le Guin
The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold
Way Past Cool, Jess Mowry
Anthem, Ayn Rand
Cry, The Beloved Country, Alan Paton
The Catcher in the Rye, J. D. Salinger
A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
Black Boy, Richard Wright
The Last of the Mohicans, James Fenimore Cooper
The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou
Summer 2015 Reading and Writing for Choctawhatchee High School Students
Enrolled in English 2 for the 2015/2016 School Year
English 2, Regular and Honors Summer 2015 Reading
Create another character for the chosen novel.
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Using information about the chosen character, write a scene in which your new character
interacts with the other characters. Tell HOW your new character would contribute to the novel
as a whole. Include descriptions of personality, age, and physical characteristics that make this
character unique.
Analyze 15 notable quotes from the chosen novel.
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Write out each quote and indicate the page on which it is found. Interpret the meaning of each
quote. How can each quote be applied to the overall theme of the novel? This should be
written in ink or typed. Avoid plot summary!
Write an alternate resolution for the chosen novel.
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Using information from text, write an alternate ending to the novel. This new chapter could
either pick up where the previous chapter left off, or give us a future glimpse into where the
characters are now. Your chapter should be 300-500 words in ink or typed.
Draw a cartoon…
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Draw a 10-panel comic strip to summarize the main events in the novel. Make sure your
characters are labeled and that the setting for the novel is depicted. This should be NEAT and
indicate that you have spent some time thinking about the significance of the novel as a whole.