CP English 1 Summer Assignment
Due Date: Monday, September 9, 2013
[10 points will be taken off for each day late!]
Reading Task: Please read one book from the following list:
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian – Sherman Alexie
Feed – M.T. Anderson
13 Reasons Why – Jay Asher
A Great and Terrible Beauty – LibbaBray
Ask Me No Questions – Marina Budhos
Swim the Fly – Don Calame
Songs for a Teenage Nomad – Kim Culbertson
The Book of Lost Things – John Connolly
Who am I without Him? – Sharon Flake
What Happened to Cass McBride? – Gail Giles
Geography Club – Brent Hartinger
Invisible – Pete Hautman
The First Part Last – Angela Johnson
Ash – Malinda Lo
The Boyfriend List – E. Lockhart
Buried – Robin MacCready
Street Love- Walter Dean Myers
The Kinife of Never Letting Go- Patrick Ness
The Shadow Speaker- NnediOkafor-Mbachu
Ball Don’t Lie- Matt de la Pena
Eragon- Christopher Paloini
Nation- Terry Pratchett
The Hunchback Assignments- Arthur Slade
Stargirl- Jerry Spinelli
Leviathan- Scott Westerfield
Jumped- Rita Williams-Garcia
American Born Chinese- Gene Yang
Gay America- LinasAlsenas
Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX- Karen Blumenthal
Getting Away with Murder: The True Story of the EmmetTill Case- Chris Crowe
Three Little Words: A Memior- Ashley Rhodes-Courter
Eva’s Story: A Survivor’s Tale by the Stepsister of Anne Frank- Eva Schloss
We Beat the Street: How a Friendship Pact Led to Success- Sampson Davis, et al.
Model: A Memoir- Cheryl Diamond
Divergent- Veronica Roth
Ender’s Game- Orson Scott Card
Uglies- Scott Westerfeld
Hurricane Song- Paul Volponi
CP English 1 Summer Assignment
Due Date: Monday, September 9, 2013
[10 points will be taken off for each day late!]
Part I: Open-Ended Questions
Writing Task: Choose TWO of the essential questions below to complete open-ended
responses (two paragraphs each) about the readings. For each question, include
examples, textual support and evidence for your ideas from the book you read. Follow
the rubric found on the next page as a guideline for writing, revising, and editing your
responses.
1. How is one responsible for friends, family, community, or society? Explain how this is
demonstrated in each book you read.
2. How does trust play a role in one’s relationships with others? Explain how this is
demonstrated in each book you read.
3. How does one change through a physical or emotional journey? Explain how this is
demonstrated in each book you read.
Part II: Expository Essay
Writing Task: Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the
assignment below. Write an expository essay on your idea of the value of family. Use at least
three examples from the text to support your thoughts. Please see below for essay
requirements.
Essay Requirements:
 2-4 pages
 double spaced
 1” margins
 12 point Times New Roman font
 minimum of three examples from the text
Essay Topic:
“Blood is thicker than water.”
In this day and age families come in all shapes and sizes. The definition of family varies
across cultures and from house to house. Some consider their family to be those they
share blood relation to while others associate those closest to their heart as their true
family members.
Is family defined by genetics or by an emotionally bonding experience? Plan and write
an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position
with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, experience, and observations.
CP English 1 Summer Assignment
Due Date: Monday, September 9, 2013
[10 points will be taken off for each day late!]
Rubric for Part I: Open-Ended Questions
Rubric for Part II: Expository Essay