12th Grade Summer Reading 2016
PART ONE: TWO ANNOTATIONS SHEETS
You are required to read and annotate both Do Androids Dream of Electric
Sheep by Philip K. Dick and Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut. Reading your
summer texts everyday for around 20-30 minutes per day will help you stay on
track to finishing. Annotating is a skill that requires you to think critically about
what you are reading, and will help you prepare for your essay. As you read each
novel, focus on how the characters interact and deal with technology and
science.
I will collect an annotations sheet for each novel. You must record at least 5 CDs
and 5 reflective CMs for each book, for a total of 10 annotations. These
annotations will be helpful as you may use them in your essay, which is Part Two
of the summer reading assignment. Fill out the sheets attached on the next
two pages for your annotations (one for each book):
Cat’s Cradle
Topic
Character using
technology
Character using
technology
Opinion on
technology
and/or science’s
role in society
Opinion on
technology
and/or science’s
role in society
Quote on science
and/or
technology
Quote on science
and/or
technology
Quote and page #
Analysis
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Topic
Character using
technology
Character using
technology
Opinion on technology
and/or science’s role in
society
Opinion on technology
and/or science’s role in
society
Quote on science and/or
technology
Quote on science and/or
technology
Quote and page #
Analysis
PART TWO: COMPARATIVE ESSAY
You will be expected to turn in a typed, double-spaced and MLA formatted essay
based on the prompt below on the first day of school:
Prompt: Write a 4-paragraph comparative essay about both Do Androids Dream
of Electric Sheep and Cat’s Cradle in which you answer the questions:
*What is the role of science and technology in each of the texts?
*How do the main characters in each novel use technology?
Your essay will have:
·
A introduction paragraph with a thesis statement
·
A body paragraph 1 (on the role of science/technology in Cat’s Cradle)
·
A body paragraph 2 (on the role of science/technology in Do Androids
Dream of Electric Sheep)
·
A conclusion paragraph
You may use the shaping sheet on the next few pages to help you structure your
paper:
Summer Comparative Essay Shaping Sheet
Introduction Paragraph (3 Sentences):
Hook: (Grabs the reader’s attention with a quote or interesting fact)
Introduce Texts you are analyzing:
Sample Sentence Starters:
-In two dystopian texts, Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut and Do Androids Dream of
Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick, the themes of science and technology are explored..
Thesis Statement:
Sample Sentence Starters:
-Although both texts integrate science and technology, one text focuses on______ while
the other focuses on _________ to show that _______.
Body Paragraph #1 (8 Sentences):
TS (Topic Sentence):
Sample Sentence Starters:
-In Cat’s Cradle, Vonnegut expresses how science and technology..
-Vonnegut (illustrates , conveys, expresses)……….. in his book, Cat’s Cradle
CD (Concrete Detail):
Transition words and phrases for lead-ins:
-For example, on page (#-#), He uses, Vonnegut writes,
CM (Commentary):
Transition words and phrases:
-This expresses…, This creates….This shows….
CM (Commentary):
Transition word or phrase
– In addition, Furthermore, To add, He also, Likewise in lines (# - #), he writes
CD (Concrete Detail):
CM (Commentary):
CM (Commentary):
CS (Closing Sentence):
Transition Words:
-In conclusion, It is apparent that, By using, The use of, In review,
Body Paragraph #2 (8 Sentences):
TS (Topic Sentence):
Sample Sentence Starters:
-In Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip Dick expresses how science and
technology..
-Dick (illustrates , conveys, expresses)……….. in his book, Do Androids Dream of
Electric Sheep?.
CD (Concrete Detail):
Transition words and phrases for lead-ins:
-For example, on page (#-#), He uses, Dick writes,
CM (Commentary):
Transition words and phrases:
-This expresses…, This creates….This shows….
CM (Commentary):
Transition word or phrase
– In addition, Furthermore, To add, He also, Likewise in lines (# - #), he writes
CD (Concrete Detail):
CM (Commentary):
CM (Commentary):
CS (Closing Sentence):
Transition Words:
-In conclusion, It is apparent that, By using, The use of, In review,
Conclusion Paragraph (2-3 Sentences):
Sentence Starters:
-In sum, technology and science are presented in both texts to show…..
-It is apparent that, By using, The use of, In review,