10TH GRADE ENGLISH: PRE-ADVANCED-PLACEMENT (PRE-AP):
TEXTS:
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain): Link to downloadable PDF file
Into the Wild (Jon Krakauer): Link to downloadable PDF file
ASSIGNMENT: Read both texts, and create a set of annotations for each. The
expectations for annotations follow:
● Consider Essential Questions: As you read the book, keep the following question in
mind: To what are the characters loyal, and against what are the characters rebelling?
What other themes appear in the text?
●
Provide Supporting Evidence: For each section of the book, record at least three
significant quotations or pieces of evidence to support the theme of loyalty and
rebellion or another theme you discover (minimum one full sentence; no more than 1
paragraph). Copy significant evidence into your journal.
●
Explain Your Evidence: What is the significance of your evidence? Explain how the
quotation you chose relates to the major theme. What does the evidence suggest about
loyalty, rebellion, or another theme you identified?
Huckleberry Finn Annotations:
Four pieces of evidence and four
explanations per section
Section 1: Chapters 1-10
Section 2: Chapters 11-20
Section 3: Chapters 21-30
Section 4: Chapters 31-43
Into the Wild Annotations:
Four pieces of evidence and four
explanations per section
Section 1: Chapters 1-4
Section 2: Chapters 5-8
Section 3: Chapters 9-13
Section 4: Chapters 14-18
SAMPLE ANNOTATION:
Evidence: In chapter one of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck states, “The Widow Douglas she took
me for her son, and allowed she would sivilize me; but it was rough living in the house all the time,
considering how dismal regular and decent the widow was in all her ways; and so when I couldn’t stand it no
longer I lit out” (2).
Explanation: This passage shows that Huck rebels against the widow’s “sivilized” standards of “regular” and
“decent” behavior. Rather than participate in polite society, he would rather go away on his own and live as
he pleases. In this capacity, he seems to remain loyal to his own identity.