Grade 10 Summer Reading Program: 2016 Philosophy and Requirements Woodward Academy English Department Woodward Academy’s English Department believes that the Summer Reading Assignment is a valuable pursuit for the student for several reasons. Colleges expect students to have read widely in the classics of literature, and all high school teachers believe that students need to exercise their independent reading skills over the summer months. In addition, familiarity with specific pieces of literature allows the student to start the school year with a literary foundation on which to reflect and compose. Basing their choices on college English department lists of books which well-prepared students should have read and on the curriculum which the student will study during the year, teachers at every grade level select books that should prove interesting and valuable. For these reasons, rising freshmen read mythology and works with a tragic theme or heroic archetype. Rising sophomores read old or new classics of American literature. Rising juniors read works by British authors. Seniors select from world authors. This year, students will also select a book and meet in small groups for a discussion on the first Monday of school, August 15th. Led by a teacher or staff member, the groups will be composed of students in all four grade levels. Students will select their book for the discussion group beginning in April of 2016. Information will be on their English teacher’s Edline page. Students may be asked or allowed to write on this book during the first eight weeks of school. New-to- Woodward students (enrolled fall 2016) are not required to read a book of choice, only the required books. Teachers approved student placement in April of 2016 for the appropriate level of English study (CP, EP, or HP), and students should read the books assigned to that level. New students will find out their levels when they meet in June with a member of the Upper School staff. During the first eight weeks of school, each English teacher will assign papers based on the works, give an objective test over the required books, and make other assignments as necessary. At least three evaluations of the works will occur, including objective, subjective, and creative assessments. These evaluations will constitute a major portion of the student’s first eight-week grade in English. Students enrolled in the Upper School by August 1, 2016, must complete all the assigned books by the start of school, August 10, 2016. New students enrolled in the Upper School after August 1, 2016, should begin the required books at their level immediately upon acceptance and then consult with their English teachers on the first day of class. All evaluations of summer reading will be completed by October 7, 2016. The English Department requires new and returning students to complete the assignment over the summer in order not to double the homework load in English during the first grading period. Following are a list of key questions to ask yourself as you read a novel, work of nonfiction, or play. You can aid your long-term retention of these works by taking notes which answer each of the following questions. Include a page reference as often as possible. This effort will help as you review for your tests and projects in the fall.

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Identify the narrative hook, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. If the novel is structured more loosely, what does each episode add to the story, and how does each build on the preceding ones? 2. What types of conflict are present? 3. Who are the main characters? 4. Are these characters round or flat, static, or dynamic? 5. Why do you sympathize or not sympathize with each character? 6. What is the effect of the point of view that the author uses: first person, limited third person, or omniscient? Does the point of view ever change? 7. What tone does the author express through the work’s events and characters? 8. What objects, persons, places, or events are given symbolic meaning? What do they symbolize? Does the meaning of any symbol change? 9. If the work uses irony, what is its effect and why is it used? 10. Identify the novel’s major theme or themes. 11. How do the plot, setting, point of view, symbols, and irony express the novel’s theme or themes?

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SUMMER READING: TENTH GRADE 2016-2017 Since students will be discussing and writing with the summer reading texts, it is beneficial if students purchase the edition noted by ISBN numbers. The campus store carries these books; students will purchase them from the store between April and May. AFTER MAY 20, 2016, students may access brief descriptions of all books as well as study questions on the required books on the Woodward Academy website.

REQUIRED OF ALL HONORS COLLEGE PREP (HP) STUDENTS: (1) (2) (3) (4)

The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald (ISBN: 13: 9780743273565l) A Raisin in the Sun, Hansberry (ISBN: 13: 9780679755333) The Chosen, Potok (ISBN: 13: 9780449213445) One selection from the Book Discussion list (new-to-Woodward in the fall of 2016 tenth graders are excused from the Book of Choice program)

REQUIRED OF ALL TENTH GRADE ENRICHED COLLEGE PREP (EP) STUDENTS: (1) To Kill a Mockingbird, Lee (ISBN: 13: 9780446310789) (2) One selection from the Book Discussion list (new-to-Woodward in the fall of 2016 tenth graders are excused from the Book of Choice program) REQUIRED OF ALL TENTH GRADE COLLEGE PREP (CP) STUDENTS: (1) To Kill a Mockingbird, Lee (ISBN: 13: 9780446310789) (2) One selection from the Book Discussion list (new-to-Woodward in the fall of 2016 tenth graders are excused from the Book of Choice program) Brief Notes About Summer Reading Books Fitzgerald—The Great Gatsby ((ISBN: 13: 9780743273565l)): Considered by many to be the great American novel as it critiques the American Dream, this work traces one man’s friendship with a mysterious neighbor as he learns about the romantic dream of the title character. (Required for HP) Hansberry—A Raisin in the Sun (ISBN: 13: 9780679755333): Using an inner-city setting, this play discusses the conflicts between a mother and a son and between blacks and whites. (Required for HP) Lee—To Kill a Mockingbird (ISBN: 13: 9780446310789): The novel tells the story of young Scout Finch, who learns a lesson about life as she sees the racial injustice and prejudice of her home town for the first time. (Required for CP and EP) Potok—The Chosen (ISBN: 13: 9780449213445): The novel follows the lives of Danny and Reuven, both Orthodox Jewish boys, during the critical time of World War II. Conflicts with parents, with friends, and with political ideas make the novel interesting. (Required for HP)

10th Grade Summer Reading 2016-2017 3 Study Sheet for Tenth Grade - Required Books While no student is required to complete these questions, the English Department provides them for those students who like to reinforce independent reading with notes to study prior to taking the fall assessment. To Kill A Mockingbird (CP and EP), The Great Gatsby (HP), The Chosen (HP), and A Raisin in the Sun (HP) all have questions provided. To Kill A Mockingbird (Required Reading for CP and EP) Chapters 1-6 1. When does Jem think that the events that led up to his broken arm really began? 2. Briefly identify the four members of the Finch household. 3. What habits of the Radleys made them aliens to the town of Maycomb? 4. For what two reasons does Scout get off to a bad start in the first grade? 5. What agreement does she make with her father about school? 6. What is the Boo Radley game? What is Atticus’ reaction to it? Chapters 7-11 1. What does Jem tell Scout about the pants he retrieved? 2. List four items that the children find in the knothole. Who has left these items for the children? 3. What does Boo Radley do for Scout during the fire? 4. Two children taunt Scout in similar ways. Who are they, and for what reason do they taunt Scout? 5. What does Scout overhear her father telling Uncle Jack about the trial? 6. What does Atticus do that surprises his children in Chapter 10? Why are they surprised? 7. What makes Jem angry at Mrs. Dubose? What is Atticus’ real reason for making Jem read to her? Chapters 12-15 1. In what ways is First Purchase different from the churches Scout is used to? 2. Why has Aunt Alexandra come to stay with the Finches? How does she explain the peculiar behavior of various citizens of Maycomb? 3. What concern does Scout express to Atticus after his speech about “gentle breeding”? 4. How does Jem respond to Dill’s unexpected arrival? 5. Why do the children follow Atticus when he goes out in the car? Why does he go? 6. What does Atticus try to make Jem to outside the jail? What happens when one of the men grab Jem? What does Scout talk about to Mr. Cunningham? Chapters 16-21 1. Where in the courtroom do the children sit? 2. What two matters does Atticus take pains to clarify during Sheriff Tate’s testimony? 3. What does Bob Ewell reveal when he signs his name? 4. What discovery does Scout make when Tom Robinson stands up? 5. When does Atticus think that Mayella screamed? 6. What is Tom Robinson’s version of the incident? 7. According to Atticus’ summation to the jury, what institution must treat all people as equals? 8. What is the jury’s verdict? What happens in the balcony as Atticus walks down the aisle? Chapters 22-31 1. How does Jem react to the verdict in the Robinson case? 2. Which juror does Atticus think held out for acquittal? 3. Explain how Tom Robinson dies. What happens to Judge Taylor and Helen Robinson? 4. What does Bob Ewell try to do to Jem and Scout after the Halloween pageant? What happens to each child? Who rescues the children? 5. Relate Sheriff Tate’s account of Ewell’s death. What does Scout say to her father when she tells him that Sheriff Tate is right? 6. Describe Scout’s first and last encounter with Boo Radley.

10th Grade Summer Reading 2016-2017 4 The Great Gatsby (Required reading for HP) 1. When did Nick graduate from college? From what college? When did he come East to live? 2. Where are the twin villages of East and West Egg located? What large city are they near? 3. Nick’s story begins when he drives to East Egg one night to have dinner with three people. Who are these people, and what relationship does he have to each? 4. What were Tom Buchanan’s two claims to fame while in college? Give at least three adjectives that tell what Nick thinks about Tom. 5. Besides her personal beauty, what is it about Daisy that most attracts attention? 6. What private information about Tom does Jordan Baker reveal to Nick at the dinner party? 7. Whom does Nick see on the darkened lawn when he gets home at the end of Chapter I, and what is that person doing? 8. What is painted on a large signboard above the “valley of ashes”? 9. Why does Tom pull Nick off the train at the beginning of Chapter II? 10. What does Catherine tell Nick about Tom and Myrtle? With what act of violence does the party end? 11. List three examples of Gatsby’s elaborate, expensive preparations for the party in Chapter III. 12. What fact makes Nick unusual among the many guests at the party? 13. What does the drunken man discover about the books in Gatsby’s library? 14. What does Nick realize about Jordan’s character during Chapter III? In contrast, how does he describe himself in the last sentence of the chapter? 15. What are three rumors about Gatsby that Nick mentions at the start of Chapter IV? 16. Driving into the city, Gatsby tells Nick about himself. Where does he claim to have gotten his money? to have been educated? 17. Whom does Nick meet at lunch with Gatsby? What remarkable fact does Nick learn about this man? 18. Jordan tells Nick important information about Daisy’s past with Gatsby and with Nick. List four key pieces of that information. 19. What favor does Gatsby want from Nick? 20. In Chapter V what special preparations does Gatsby make for having tea with Daisy at Nick’s house? Give details about Gatsby’s appearance and behavior that show how nervous he is while waiting. 21. During the tour of Gatsby’s house, at what point does Daisy seem most affected? How does she express these emotions? 22. In Chapter VI readers learn the truth about Gatsby’s origins. Where did he come from? Who were his parents? What was his real name? What was he doing when he met Dan Cody? 23. What is the source of Cody’s money? How long did Gatsby work for Cody? What jobs did he do? How much money did Cody leave Gatsby? Who actually received the money? 24. Who comes to Gatsby’s next party with Daisy? 25. What does Gatsby want Daisy to tell Tom? Does Gatsby hear or understand Nick’s warnings to him? 26. In Chapter VII why does Gatsby replace all his servants? 27. What is the weather like on the day of the luncheon at the Buchanans’? 28. What exactly does Daisy say that makes Tom realize she loves Gatsby? 29. On the way into New York, who drives Gatsby’s car? Who rides with Gatsby in the other car? 30. Why does Tom stop at Wilson’s garage? What has Wilson discovered about his wife? 31. What hotel do the foursome go to? How does Gatsby describe Daisy’s feelings for Tom? 32. How does Daisy react to Tom’s information about Gatsby’s shady activities? 33. Describe the details of the accident on the way home from New York. 34. Who watches all night outside Daisy’s house? Why? 35. Where was Gatsby when Daisy married Tom? Where did Gatsby go when he returned to the US? 36. Why does Nick not want to meet with Jordan on that afternoon? 37. The next-to-last paragraph of Chapter VIII speaks of “the laden mattress.” Where is it found? What is its load? Whose body is found nearby in the grass? How did this person die?

10th Grade Summer Reading 2016-2017 5 38. Who is responsible for Gatsby’s funeral arrangements? Besides Nick, the minister, the postman, and some servants, who comes to the funeral? 39. What are Nick’s closing assessments of Tom, Daisy, and Jordan? What is his closing assessment of Gatsby? The Chosen (Required reading for HP) As you read Potok’s novel, identify these terms and characters: apikorsim Billy Merrit D Day Dov Shlomowitz Hasidic Jews Hirsch College Manya Mr. Savo pilpul Rav Gershenson Shabbat Talmud two blatt tzaddik Yeshiva Zionism

challah gematriya Kaddish Mr. Galanter Schwartz Tefillin Tzitzit

A Raisin in the Sun (Required reading for HP) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21.

In the beginning of Act I, what conflict between Ruth and Walter Lee emerges? What is Walter Lee’s complaint about Beneatha? Mama, when she is first introduced, acts like a mother. Provide examples. Big Walter is dead. What do we learn about him from Mama and Ruth? How does Mama respond to Beneatha’s conclusion, “There simply is no blasted God”? Why does so much conflict exist within the Younger family early in the play? Provide examples of how Ruth mediates the family conflicts. What does Mama’s comment, “I don’t think I never met no African before,” reveal about her? When Asagai arrives and asks what is wrong, Beneatha responds: ”. . . .we’ve all got acute ghetto-itus.” Explain. Provide examples. Explain Joseph Asagai’s comment to Beneatha: “Assimilationism is so popular in your country.” What is Walter Lee’s job? How does he feel about it? What does Mama fail to understand about Walter Lee? Walter Lee and George converse while George waits for Beneatha to change clothes. What is the source of tension between the two? How do they differ? Identify the various reactions to Mama’s news that she bought a house. What reasons does Mama state for buying the house? Where does Walker Lee go when he skips works for three days? What happens when he tells Mama and Ruth what he has been doing? Mama gives Walter Lee the management of the balance of the insurance money. Summarize his response. What dreams unfold for him? Who is Karl Lindner? What is his mission? Explain how his words and his mission differ. What mistake does Walter Lee make with Willy? Describe the mood as Act III opens. What does the conversation between Beneatha and Asagai contribute to the idea of dreams and what happens to a dreamed deferred? What effect does Mama’s dream deferred have upon her? How does Walter Lee plan to make up for losing the family money? Why does he alter his plan at the end? Describe the mood of the family at the end of the play. What has created such a dramatic change from the beginning of Act III?