Advanced Freshmen Required Summer Reading, 2017
**This is separate from the extra credit summer reading projects. The book you
choose for this assignment MAY NOT be used again for an extra credit project**
1. Choose a book from the list and read it.
(Just watching the movie or reading Sparknotes is not sufficient.)
The Beekeeper’s Apprentice by Laurie R. King
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
**Disclaimer: As students move into
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
high school, some of the literature
involves more mature themes. We
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
always recommend that families and
Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
students discuss subject matter
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
together. If you are unsure about the
Animal Farm by George Orwell
appropriateness of a book, please do
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
some brief research into the content
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
of the book before deciding which
text to read.
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Marie Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
2. While reading, complete the Double Entry Journal per attached
instructions.
3. BE AWARE! Double Entry Journal should be turned in to your Advanced
Freshman English teacher on the first day of school. Failure to do so will
result in your being removed from Advanced Freshman English and placed
in a regular English class.
4. If you have questions, please email your English teacher over the
summer. (You may expect a reply within 7-10 days.)
Mrs. Jennifer Holvey
Ms. Alison Lambert
Mrs. Ashley Meyers
Mrs. Becky Spies
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Double Entry Journal (directions)
Required Summer Reading for Adv. Freshmen
This reading strategy allows you to record your responses to the text as you read.
DIRECTIONS:
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In the left-hand page or column, copy text from your book which is intriguing, puzzling, moving,
or which connects to a previous entry or situation.
In the right-hand page or column, react to the quotation or summary. The entry may include a
comment, a question, a connection made, or an analysis. Why did it strike you? What does it
reveal about the text that might help another person to see it in a new or clearer light?
Entries are made whenever a natural pause in the reading occurs, so that the flow is not
interrupted constantly.
Minimum entries: 10 for the book. Maximum entries: 15 for the book.
Handwritten or typed. Must be typed if you have poor or sloppy handwriting.
Different Ways to Keep a Double Entry Journal
Left Hand Side
Right Hand Side
Quotes from the text
Visual commentary (drawings, visual analogies,
doodles) (Visualize)
Quotes from the text
Written reactions, reflections, commentary,
musings (“Hmmm…”) (!WOW!)
Quotes from the text
Connections
 Text to text
 Text to Self
 Text to world
(Connect)
Quote/Passage from the text
Summarize, retell, remember information(Recall)
Observations, details revealed by close
reading
Significance (Infer, Evaluate, Wow)
What the text says…
Why the text says this… (Infer)
Questions: “I wonder why…”
Possible answers: “Maybe because…” (Questions)
Quotes from texts
Questions (Clarifying & Probing) (Questions)
Quotes from texts
Social Questions (Race, class, gender inequalities)
(Analyze)
Quotes from texts
Naming Literary Devices (e.g. metaphors,
symbolism) (Analyze)
Name:________________________
Book Title:_________________________
Teacher:_______________________
Author:______________________
Double-entry Journal
As you read the book, complete a double-entry journal (10-15 separate entries for the book
[NOT 10 per chapter]). Your passages should focus on the presence of themes, essential quotations
from key characters, or significant observations. Use the chart below to begin your journal. If more
room is needed, use a separate sheet of paper. Utilize at least 5 different types of entries (i.e. no more
than two visuals, etc.)
Quotation or Passage
Reaction or Connection