HONORS ENGLISH III, SUMMER READING ASSIGNMENT
Required Reading :
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows, JK Rowling
Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
Assignment: Along with reading the required novels, you will be expected to complete scheduled on-line
responses over each book. As you read, you should read actively: underlining, highlighting, and making notes
in margins if you purchase the book (actual novel or ebook) or maintaining a journal if books are borrowed
from the library. Books or journals should be brought with you to school on the first day.
What are you looking for to underline, highlight, and take notes on? Quotations that give information
and/or insight into character development, plot, conflicts, and societal influences would be a good bet. Your
reactions to events, impressions of characters, understanding of conflicts and beliefs about social values would
be very helpful in completing your on-line responses. Anything that strikes you as unusual or questionable or
interesting would be a great thing to note.
On-line Responses: For each novel, you will be required to contribute an on-line response based on
prompts posted on the website. For each question, you will be expected to submit a minimum 350 word
response making specific reference, including at least two quotes, to the story. All submissions should follow
basic MLA format requirements (pagination, heading, title, Times New Roman, size 12 font, double spaced
with 1 inch margins) and include in-text citation with a Works Cited entry. Responses will be assessed
according to the rubric on the back of this page.
Accessing Turnitin.com:
In order to submit your responses, you will need to log onto http://www.Turnitin.com and enroll in HONORS
ENG III. You will need the class ID: 6438910 and password: Falcons2015H
** If you have any issues (family vacation, etc) that conflict with the following dates, please contact Mrs.
Pierson as soon as possible either in person or at [email protected]. If I don’t hear from you prior
to due dates, I will expect responses to be on time.
Response Due Dates: During the weeks listed below, prompts for each novel can be found by clicking on
the Discussion Tab. Prepare your response and submit it to assignments.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows:
Monday June 24—Saturday, June 30
Brave New World:
Monday, July 22—Saturday, July 28
Pride and Prejudice:
Monday, August 19
Evaluation: Each response will be worth 50 points, your first grades for Honors English III.
Have a WONDERFUL Summer and I hope you enjoy the reading! See you in August 
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ADVANCED
Thesis
Support
ideas
Quotes
MLA Format
Grade level
writing
conventions:
MUGS
(mechanics,
usage,
grammar,
spelling)
and
vocabulary
3
PROFICIENT
Clearly
Clearly addresses
addresses all
prompt
parts of
establishing the
prompt
main idea
establishing
the main
idea in a
unique,
original
manner;
Clearly
Establishes
establishes
connection
connection
between main
between
idea and novel
main idea
and novel
Quotes from
Quotes from
novel are
novel are
clearly,
effectively
effectively
incorporated to
and
illustrate main
meaningfully
idea
incorporated
to illustrate
main idea
No mistakes 1 mistake in MLA
in MLA
format
format
Exceptional Effective with few
errors
2
PROGRESSING
Addresses
prompt, but
may fail to
address all
parts of prompt
and/or not
clearly
1
MINIMAL
Fails to
address
prompt and
unclearly
stated
0
INSUFFICIENT
Cannot be
located
Attempts to
establish
connection
between main
idea and novel
Fails to
Disconnected
establish
ideas
connection
between
main idea
and novel
Quotes from
Quotes fail to Quotes are not
novel are
illustrate
used
incorporated,
main idea
but may not
and/or are
clearly illustrate the majority
main idea
of the
and/or are
support
overused
2 mistakes in
MLA format
3 mistakes in
MLA format
Some errors,
but do not
interfere with
reader
understanding
Frequent
errors,
unclear
4 or more
mistakes in
MLA format
Illegible