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Here are the class assignments:

October 30

"And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie

A 12" x 12" poster with a quote including a figure of speech (idiom, simile, metaphor, personification, imagery, etc.)

The quote must include the entire sentence. Identify what it is and what it means. Write a summary on the back. A visual will be the main item on the front.

November 30

The book choice is your own!

It must be a Christmas/holiday story. The project is to make an ornament for our tree with the main idea presented on it in a creative way and the book title on it.

December 18

"The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle"

The student will write a book report based on the handout and will be presented in the same outline form.

January 29 

"Chernowitz"

February 29

"The Watson's Go To Birmingham"

March 31

"No Promises in the Wind"

April 29

A book about the Holocaust

(We will be reading the adaptation of Anne Frank, the play.)

May 27

You may read a book of your choice

Be honest!! Do not read a book you have already read.

Reading Response Guide—Short Story

Title:                                                  Author:                                               

1. SETTING: Where does this story take place? When? How does this affect the character development? How does the setting affect the plot?

2. CHARACTERS: Who are the main characters? How does the author develop the characters?

3. PLOT: How is the story introduced?

What happens before the reader becomes aware of the conflict (rising action)?

What is the conflict of the story? What type of conflict is it?

What is the climax of the story?

How is the conflict resolved? 

4. MOOD: What is the mood of the story?

5. TONE: How does the author feel about the story?

6. THEME: What does this story mean to YOU? What broader meaning do you think the author may be trying to express? 

Vocabulary W.S.

Each student is required to purchase the workbook which is for sale in the front office.
Each unit will be completed at home and graded the Friday of the 2nd week. We will have a test over 3 units at a time, which will be once every 6 weeks. This workbook is fabulous at teaching new vocabulary. Please help your student use these words in their daily conversations. Copying another student's work is ludicrous to learning. The objective is to learn new words. When you expand your vocabulary, you expand your world.

Book Report Template

Part I. Characterization

1. Pick a character from your novel. Introduce and describe your character and tell whether your character is the protagonist or antagonist.
2. Pick two ways an author reveals a character and give at least two examples from the reading to demonstrate what you are discussing. Be sure to use quotation marks and page numbers.
3. Pick a dynamic character. Introduce and describe your dynamic character if he/she is different from the character you introduced in number one. Give examples from the reading to prove your points below. Be sure to use quotation marks and page numbers.
1. Explain in what way the character changed during the novel.
2. Why did the author have this change occur?
3. What effect did this change have on any of the other characters?

Part II. Conflict

1. Choose two types of conflict from your novel.
2. Give examples from the novel that demonstrate which types of conflict you are discussing. Be sure to use quotation marks and page numbers.
3. Explain how each of these two types of conflict is resolved in your novel.

Part III. Theme

1. Discuss what you think the theme is of your novel.
2. Give two examples from the novel that supports your idea of the theme. Be sure to use quotation marks and page numbers.

Part IV. Recommendation

1. Discuss whether you would recommend this book to another student.
2. Explain your reasoning.

Pre AP Book Reports

Each month the student will need to acquire the assigned book and read it on their own time. (Please bring to class to read when you finish your assignment.) It will be due the last day of the month.

Book Report Template Posted Here

September Assignment:

The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare

A book report assignment will be distributed to be completed and turned in on September 30th. 

October Assignment:

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

A 12" x 12" poster will be completed with a story map of the story is due October 30th.

Terms to Know

conflict	antonym	synonym	simile	metaphor
personification	hyperbole	alliteration	allusion	synthesize
summarize	paraphrase	syntax	diction	rhetoric
memoir	satire	irony	absurdity	analogy
assonance	order of importance	cause/ effect	chronological sequence	problem/ solution
compare/ contrast	denotation	connotation	protagonist	antagonist
oxymoron	onomatopoeia	paradox	motif	tone
mood	bias	foreshadowing	flashback	suspense
theme	anecdote*	exposition

*anecdote: short, verbal accounting of a funny, amusing incident.

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