Crooms AOIT2017 Summer Reading Book Choices

**For Grades 9-12 standard and honors level courses, choose a book from the respective list and complete the Major Works Data Sheet available on pages 3-5 of this document.

**For AP Lang and AP Lit, complete the assignment as outlined on the Crooms Academy website.

9th Grade Book Choices- Students Choose 1Standard We Beat the Streets by Davis, Jenkins, Hunt and DraperThe Maze Runner by James DashnerTears of a Tiger by Sharon Draper

HonorsThe Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope by Bryan Mealer and William KamKwambaIn the Time of the Butterflies by Julia AlvarezOutcasts United by Warren St. John

10th Grade Book Choices-Students Choose 1StandardHawksong by Amelia Atwater-RhodesEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardBrutal by Michael Harmon

HonorsWhale Talk by Chris CrutcherMonster by Walter Dean MyersPeak by Roland Smith

11th Grade Book Choices- Students Choose 1StandardThe Lovely Bones: A Novel by Alice SeboldBleachers by John GrishamReady Player One by Ernest Cline

HonorsLay That Trumpet in Our Hands by Susan Carol McCarthyThe Color of Water by James McBrideThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak

12th Grade Book Choices- Students Choose 1StandardCopper Sun by Sharon DraperUnbroken by Lauren HillenbrandThe 5th Wave by Rick Yancey

HonorsWe Were Liars by E. LockhartHitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

AP Language and CompositionThe Things They Carried by Tim O’BrienHow to Read Literature Like a Professor: Revised Edition by Thomas C. Foster (Selected Chapters)*Complete the assignment as outlined on the Crooms Academy website.

AP Literature and CompositionThe Invention of Wings by Sue Monk KiddHow to Read Literature Like a Professor: Revised Edition by Thomas C. Foster (Selected Chapters)*Complete the assignment as outlined on the Crooms Academy website.

Crooms Academy Summer 2016 Reading Assignment for English- This assignment and the book selections by course are available electronically on cait.scps.k12.fl.usName: Title: Author:

Point of View (POV) –From what point of view is thestory told? (First-person narrator, a character in the story; omniscient third-person narrator, an all-knowing narrator can tell what any character thinks and feels; or a limited third-person narrator, who sees the world through only one character’s eyes and only reveals that character’s thoughts.) How does the POV affect the story?

Setting Information –Consider both time (year/historicalperiod) and place (geographic location). Quote two passages from the book (provide page numbers) that help the reader visualize the setting: Use the example below as a guide: “Her parents had moved her to Cincinnati, to a large house with beveled glass windows and several porches…” p.282

Characterization –Authors use direct characterization( the author directly states the character’s traits) and indirectcharacterization (the character’s appearance, what the character says, what he/she does, how other characters react to him/her) to allow the reader to get to know the characters in their stories. Complete the following activity below to show your understanding of the characters in the novel you chose.Character: Choose two major characters:

Choose two minor characters:

Direct Characterization –For each character, find two examples of directcharacterization. Copy the passage from the book and include the page number.

Example- “Uncle Marcos’s manners were those of a cannibal!” (53).

Indirect Characterization –For each character, find two examples of indirect characterization/Copy the passage from the book and include the page number.

Conflict/Resolution –Consider the different types of conflict: internal conflict (man vs. himself) and external conflict (manvs. man, man vs. nature, man vs. society). Describe two major conflicts and how they were resolved. Include direct quotations that show the moment of conflict or explain the resolution of conflict.

Themes –A theme is an idea the writer wishes to convey about the subject –the writer’s view of the world or a revelation about human nature: For example, “love” is an example of a topic in Romeo and Juliet, where “love conquers all” is anexample of a theme for Romeo and Juliet. *Think of the theme as a “what about…” question for the topic. A theme is NOTone word, but is an idea, expressed in a complete sentence. List all major themes developed in the novel.

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