for Incoming 9th Graders
Hull High
School is committed to preparing all students for success in college and
career. We believe that strategic
reading is an essential skill for all students, and one that must be practiced in
order to be improved on. Research shows
that “summer reading programs can be effective in lessening summer learning
loss and increasing reading achievement” (www.cslpreads.org). To that end, all HHS students are required to
read over the summer in preparation of the upcoming school year.
** Honors students will be required to read two books: the
primary text and one choice from the secondary choice list.
** College Prep students will be required to read the primary
text. CP students also have the option
to read one choice from the secondary choice list for extra credit.
Incoming
9th Grade – “Overcoming Obstacles”
Required
primary text: The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
The Glass Castle is a remarkable memoir of
resilience and redemption, and a revelatory look into a family at once deeply
dysfunctional and uniquely vibrant. When sober, Jeannette's brilliant and
charismatic father captured his children's imagination, teaching them physics,
geology, and how to embrace life fearlessly. But when he drank, he was
dishonest and destructive. Her mother was a free spirit who abhorred the idea
of domesticity and didn't want the responsibility of raising a family.
The Walls children learned to take care of themselves. They fed, clothed, and protected one another, and eventually found their way to New York. Their parents followed them, choosing to be homeless even as their children prospered.
The Glass Castle is truly astonishing--a memoir permeated by the intense love of a peculiar but loyal family.
The Walls children learned to take care of themselves. They fed, clothed, and protected one another, and eventually found their way to New York. Their parents followed them, choosing to be homeless even as their children prospered.
The Glass Castle is truly astonishing--a memoir permeated by the intense love of a peculiar but loyal family.
--Goodreads.com
Assignment:
College Prep
students must read the required text assigned for their grade. Honors students must read both the required
text and one choice from the secondary text list below. While reading, students will take notes in
two-column note format (template is attached).
Notes will be collected on the first day of school and will be used for
an in-class writing assessment during the first week of school.
College Prep
students may choose to read a text from the secondary list below to receive
extra credit. If the extra credit option
is chosen, students should also fill out the set of two-column notes for the
secondary text.
Secondary
text choices:
Thirteen Reasons Why - Jay Asher
Speak – Laurie Halse
Anderson
Keep Quiet – Lisa Scottoline
The Book of Lost Things – John
Connolly
Name__________________________________________ Date____________________
Grade 9 Summer Reading Notes
The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
Note taking on the
summer reading will help you do the following:
●
become intimately familiar with the content of the
source
●
modify your own thoughts on the topic
●
create a shortened version of the source material
suitable for study
●
personalize the information provided in the source by
making personal connections; Record your thinking about the content – don’t
just copy
●
practice note-taking in preparation for note-taking
during lectures and presentations as well as during research in all subjects
●
practice using abbreviations that allow you to record
ideas efficiently
Task:
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Reactions:
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Describe a
character who deals with conflict.
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Reactions to
this character’s conflict.
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Describe the
type of conflict the character deals with. (internal, external, both)
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Reactions to
this character’s type of conflict.
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Describe the
repercussions (consequences) associated with the character’s conflict.
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Reactions to
the repercussions (consequences).
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Describe the
outcome in the novel based on this character’s conflict.
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Reactions to
the outcome of the novel based on the character’s conflict.
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Evidence from
the novel. Find 1-3 lines from the text that describe/support the conflict.
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Reaction to
this specific evidence.
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Evidence from
the novel. Find 1-3 lines from the text that describe/support the
repercussions (consequences) of the character’s conflict.
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Reactions to
this specific evidence.
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Name__________________________________________ Date____________________
Grade 9 Summer Reading Notes
Secondary Text (Required for Honors / Extra Credit for CP)
Note taking on the
summer reading will help you do the following:
●
become intimately familiar with the content of the
source
●
modify your own thoughts on the topic
●
create a shortened version of the source material
suitable for study
●
personalize the information provided in the source by
making personal connections; Record your thinking about the content – don’t
just copy
●
practice note-taking in preparation for note-taking
during lectures and presentations as well as during research in all subjects
●
practice using abbreviations that allow you to record
ideas efficiently
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Task:
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Reactions:
|
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Describe a
character who deals with conflict.
|
Reactions to
this character’s conflict.
|
|
Describe the
type of conflict the character deals with. (internal, external, both)
|
Reactions to
this character’s type of conflict.
|
|
Describe the
repercussions (consequences) associated with the character’s conflict.
|
Reactions to
the repercussions (consequences).
|
|
Describe the
outcome in the novel based on this character’s conflict.
|
Reactions to
the outcome of the novel based on the character’s conflict.
|
|
Evidence from
the novel. Find 1-3 lines from the text that describe/support the conflict.
|
Reaction to
this specific evidence.
|
|
Evidence from
the novel. Find 1-3 lines from the text that describe/support the
repercussions (consequences) of the character’s conflict.
|
Reactions to
this specific evidence.
|
