IB English Summer Reading 2016
Name ______________________
Due Tuesday, August 9, 2016
Prior to 11th grade:
____________ / 81
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Read Madame Bovary (Bantam Classics paperback) by Gustave Flaubert with Lowell Bair’s
translation and the Leo Bersani introduction. Only this edition will be acceptable for the
assignment. Madame Bovary is one of the works that is studied for the Works in Translation
(WIT) essay, an I.B. external assessment, during the fall semester.

Research ancient Greek culture and society in preparation for reading Oedipus the King by
Sophocles (translated by Bernard M. W. Knox) and Medea by Euripides (the twin text edition
including Medea by the Roman playwright Seneca, published by The Perfection Form
Company in 1985) this fall for your IB WIT essay assessment.

Both reading assignments will be assessed the first week of school with a short writing
assignment that answers a specific prompt. Reading knowledge will be assessed in class
discussions throughout the year.
Madame Bovary One Pager: + _____ / 39

Create a One Pager to reveal your ownership of what you have read, connecting the verbal to
the visual, words and images, embracing multiple learning intelligences.
o You may use lined, white or colored paper, of any size but not smaller than 8.5” x 11”.
o Create the One Pager in such a way as to make your meaning, understanding and
experience clear to your audience. This will be due Tuesday, August 9th.
1.
Use colored pens, pencils, markers, papers, etc., to make your product symbolic and
visually appealing. Neatness counts. (3 points)
2. Be purposeful and organized when arranging information on your One Pager so your
intent for placement and coloring is clear. Neatness counts. (3 points)
3. Create a title for your product that is not merely the title of the book. (3 points)
4. Include at least three “showing” quotations from the text, meaningfully placed,
properly cited in MLA format. (6 points)
5. Include a minimum of four visual images or symbols which explain what you have
read. (6 points)
6. Scatter at least six words or phrases from the text around the page. Your choices
should express your impressions, feelings or thoughts on what you have read. (6
points)
7. On a separate sheet, write a personal statement about what you have read; not a
summary or literary analysis, but meaningful, insightful commentary on the text and
what it means to you. Be specific, as generic answers will not score as high as you
might want. (12 points)
IB English Summer Reading 2016
Name ______________________
Due Tuesday, August 9, 2016
Ancient Greece One Pager: + _____ / 42

Create a One Pager to reveal your ownership of what you have researched, connecting the
verbal to the visual, words and images, embracing multiple learning intelligences.
o You may use lined, white or colored paper, of any size but not smaller than 8.5” x 11”.
o Create the One Pager in such a way as to make your meaning, understanding and
experience clear to your audience. This will be due Tuesday, August 9th.
1.
Use colored pens, pencils, markers, papers, etc., to make your product symbolic and
visually appealing. Neatness counts. (3 points)
2. Be purposeful and organized when arranging information on your One Pager so your
intent for placement and coloring is clear. Neatness counts. (3 points)
3. Create a title for your product that encapsulates your opinion of this era. (3 points)
4. Theatrical practices: Include at least three quotations from academically reliable
sources - meaningfully placed, properly cited and formatted - that inform us about the
stylistic practices of ancient Greek theatre. (6 points)
5. Social customs: Include a minimum of four visual images or symbols, with an
explanatory caption, on topics commonly explored in Greek theatre (such as royalty,
destiny, marriage, child rearing, gender roles, etc.). (6 points)
6. Cultural influences: Scatter at least six phrases from academically reliable sources
around the page. Your choices should reflect the most significant ideologies of
ancient Greek culture and be stated as, “influence: effect of.” For example, “social
media: technology broadens communication.” (6 points)
7. On a separate sheet, answer the two questions below about what you have researched;
not merely a summary, but meaningful, insightful commentary on the research and
what it means to you. Be specific, as generic answers will not score as high as you
might want.
 What similarities did you discover between your own social and cultural
context and the era you have been studying? How could you explain these?
Were these connections specific to a particular perspective or idea, or were
they more universal in scope?
 To what extent do you think the cultural era will affect our understanding of
the two ancient Greek plays we will study in the fall semester? (12 points)
8. Include a correctly formatted MLA works cited page citing your research sources. (3)