Hi There Grade Eleven St. Joe’s Girl!
Welcome to Grade Eleven College English. This summer, we would like you to write a book report on
one of the novels on the attached list. Go to Amazon.ca to review the plots and reading levels. All of
these novels are available at the Toronto Public Library, regular and used bookstores, Amazon.ca (new
and used copies) and many in e-book format on-line.
Last year, you studied Tragedy where noble heroes struggled with forces or experiences that crushed
them and theirs dreams. This year, you will study Satire and Irony (Macbeth, An Anthology of Native
Literature, etc.). In this nightmarish, hellish world, heroism is absent and chaos, confusion, cruelty,
hypocrisy, immorality, injustice, madness and misery win. However, these two dark stories try to
reveal or change the ugliness of the world: satire through sarcastic humour and irony through a direct,
negative point of view.
Your book report (rough and double-spaced good copies) is due on the Thursday of the second week
after school starts in September. Give your work to your Semester 1 English teacher. If you take
English in Semester 2, give your work to Ms. Pregelj in the library that same Thursday in September.
This assignment will be marked.
If you fast-track by taking an English credit in summer school, then complete the reading assignment
for the grade and level of English that you will take during the academic year at St. Joseph's College.
For example, if you take Grade 10 Academic English in summer school, you will submit the Grade 11
Academic English reading assignment in September and write the reading comprehension test in the
semester you study English. Or, if you upgrade from Grade 10 Applied to Grade 10 Academic English
in summer school, you will submit the Grade 11 Academic English reading assignment in September
and write the reading comprehension test in the semester you study English.
We want you to enjoy your time with family and friends. But, we believe that this assignment will
build your confidence and strengthen your score on the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test, a
ministry graduation requirement.
We are a strong reading community. We want you to be engaged intellectuals and colourful
conversationalists!
If you have any questions, please contact me at [email protected]
Have a safe and happy summer. See you in September.
Sincerely
Dr. Miriam Purtill
Head of English Department
ENG3C1— Grade Eleven College Summer Reading Assignment
Read one of the following novels and complete the attached reading assignment:
Anderson, Laurie Halse. Speak. (Sequel Catalyst)
Anderson, Laurie Halse. Wintergirls.
Austen, Catherine. All the Good Children.
Beckett, Bernard. Genesis.
Bobet, Leah. Above.
Cass, Kiera. Selection.
Clare, Cassandra. Clockwork Angel. (Infernal Devices Trilogy)
Clare, Cassandra. City of Bones. (Mortal Instruments Pentalogy)
Condie, Ally. Matched. (Matched Trilogy).
Dane, Jordan. In the Arms of Stone Angels.
Dashner, James. The Maze Runner. (The Maze Runner Trilogy)
Dekker, James. Impact.
Ely, Scott. The Elephant Mountains.
Fitzhugh, Louise. Nobody’s Family Is Going to Change.
Gee, Maurice. Salt. (The Salt Trilogy)
Grant, Michael. Gone.
Hirsch, Jeff. The Eleventh Plague.
Hoffman, Alice. Green Angel. (Sequel Green Witch)
Kagawa, Julie. The Iron King. (Iron Fey Tetralogy)
Kate, Lauren. Fallen. (Fallen Tetralogy)
Kate, Lauren. Fallen in Love.
Kate, Lauren. The Betrayal of Natalie Hargrove.
Kaye, Marilyn. Better Late than Never.
Langston, Laura. Exit Point.
Lowry, Lois. The Giver (The Giver Trilogy)
Marsden, John. While I Live. (The Ellie Chronicles Trilogy)
McDaniel, Lurlene. Breathless.
Meyer, Marissa. Cinder. (The Lunar Chronicles Tetralogy)
Oliver, Lauren. Pandemonium.
Pearson, Mary E. The Adoration of Jenna Fox.
Qamar, Amjed. Beneath My Mother’s Feet.
Reeve, Philip. Fever Crumb.
Roth, Veronica. Divergent. (Sequel Insurgent)
Sapphire. The Kid.
Schumacher, Julie. Blackbox.
Stracher, Cameron. The Water Wars.
Taylor, Keary. Eden.
Taylor, Theodore. The Bomb.
Treggiari, Jo. Ashes, Ashes.
Ward, Rachel. Numbers. (The Numbers Trilogy)
Westerfeld, Scott. The Secret Hour.
Westerfeld, Scott. The Uglies. (The Uglies Tetralogy)
Weyn, Suzanne. The Bar Code Tattoo.
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ENG3C—Grade Eleven College Summer Reading Assignment
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Complete the following tasks:
1.
Divide your novel into four parts and write a half-page journal response about each section.
Discuss what you liked/disliked about a character, incidents/ themes, etc.
2.
Setting: In one or two paragraphs, explain where and when the story takes place.
3.
In one or two paragraphs, summarize the plot. Do not give away the ending!
4.
List the main characters and describe each character in one or two sentences.
5.
Answer all of the following questions in two or three sentences. Use specific examples from
the novel to support your answers:
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Is the story set in the world of experience (everyday/real life)?
Does the story discuss human limitations?
Is the main character all-too-human (flawed like you and me)?
Does the quest (the hero’s dream) remain unfulfilled (unfinished)?
Is the setting cold (i.e. temperature or emotionally harsh)?
What ideas or values are being attacked or challenged?
Does the story try to change bad human behaviour/values?
Is there hope at the end of the story?
Did the story teach the lesson that we must fight the ills of humanity? How?
ENG3C— Grade Eleven College Summer Reading Assignment
Student:
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Title of Novel:
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Rate the novel (circle one)
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D
List and explain a quote (with page number) from the novel that you thought was important:
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In two or three sentences, explain why you liked or disliked the novel:
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In two or three sentences, explain what you learned about life from this novel:
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