English III Summer Reading Assignment 2019-2020

Welcome to English III and the world of American Literature. English III classes are designed to be
rigorous and challenging thus pushing you to a deeper level of analysis and literary criticism. This summer we will
explore the concept of critical consciousness through the novel The Hate U Give. You will be required to read
one book and complete the required assignments. Assignments are due on the first day of class and will count
as a test grade. During the month you will also write an analytical essay; therefore, the reading of this book is
critical and required.

Assignment Due Date: 9/3/2019, FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

Book: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

PDF Version provided by Ms. Orozco
ISBN 978-0-06-249853-3 (if you choose to purchase the book)
Audio Book: Can be purchased on your Kendall Fire (Provide last
year by NPS)

Synopsis of book:

The Hate U Give written by Angie Thomas has been acclaimed as one of the greatest YA novels about the world that
we live in today. Already a New York Times best-selling book, The Hate U Give won a 2018 Coretta Scott King
Author Honor, a Michael L. Printz Honor, and the Odyssey Award for best audiobook for kids and teens. Inspired by
the Black Lives Matter movement, it involves the police shooting of an unarmed black teen. The book covers topics
of race, interracial dating, political activism, grief, friendship, wealth disparity, police brutality, addiction, and the
ramifications of social media. I hope that you enjoy reading The Hate U Give this summer and I am excited to begin
our class discussions and activities upon your return to school in September.
DIRECTIONS: Read the novel and complete the required assignments. Submit assignments via Edmodo.

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Assignment # 1: The Dialectical Journal

Guidelines: First and foremost, a response journal is not a summary of what happened in the book. If you merely
summarize plot, you will fail this assignment. Please type the assignment, as you will be submitting it
electronically via Edmodo. At its best, a reader response journal is just what it sounds like: your responses to
what you have read. Read the Dialectical Journal document and use the Dialectical Journal Chart to create your
entry responses. You are required to create 10 journal entries (2 for each part of the book). Follow the steps below:
Column 1: Select a quote from the book (copy the quote directly from the book.)
Column 2: Provide the page number of the quote.
Column 3: Write your response. A minimum of 3-5 sentences is required.

Not sure what to write about? Here are some tips.

 Make connections with your own experience. What does the reading make you think of? Does it
remind you of anything or anyone?
 Make connections with other texts (novels, stories, poems, plays) or contemporary events.
Do you see any similarities between this story and other texts or events? Does it bring to mind other
related issues?
 Try agreeing with Starr, or another character. Write down the supporting ideas. Try arguing with
a character. On what points, or about what issues, do you disagree? Think of your journal as a place to
carry on a dialogue with the character in which you actually speak with him or her.
 Write about a situation where Starr changes what she says or does in order to “fit in”. What does she
change and why does she change? What effect is she trying to have on the people she is interacting
with?
 Evaluate an action or a decision by a character or characters. Do you feel a wise or a poor
decision has been made? Why? What decision would you prefer to have been made? Why?
Sample Dialectical Journal entry: The Things They Carried, by Tim O’Brien

Page
Passages from the text Responses
#

“they carried like freight trains; they carried it on Pg 2
their backs and shoulders-and for all the ambiguities
of Vietnam, all the mysteries and unknowns, there
was at least the single abiding certainty that they
would never be at a loss for things to carry”.
(R) O’brien chooses to end the first section of the novel
with this sentence. He provides excellent visual
details of what each solider in Vietnam would carry for
day-to-day fighting. He makes you feel the physical
weight of what soldiers have to carry for simple
survival. When you combine the emotional weight of
loved ones at home, the fear of death, and the
responsibility for the men you fight with, with this
physical weight, you start to understand what soldiers
in Vietnam dealt with every day. This quote sums up
the confusion that the men felt about the reasons they
were fighting the war, and how they clung to the only
certainty - things they had to carry - in a confusing
world where normal rules were suspended.

Required Assignment # 2: Google Slide Presentation

Read the novel and complete the required assignment. Submit assignments via Edmodo.
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Instructions: You will complete a set of 10 slides. Slides may be complete in any order, but you will have to read
the novel before beginning the assignment.
 1. Maintain the per slide requirements. If the directions require one slide, then the information may not go to a
second slide – work on writing complete, yet concise statements.
2. Make sure the category is evident on the slide – I should not have to guess whether you are speaking of a
figurative language or rhetorical strategy.
3. Where applicable, cite the page numbers for the items on each slide. The proper way to cite sources is:
Author’s last name & page no. EXAMPLE: (Faulkner 74).
4. The slides must address the entire span of the memoir.
5. The information on each slide should be complete and easy to understand. You may utilize bullets, lists, etc.
unless the directions specify writing in complete sentences.

The slides should be completed as follows:

Slide: Gen. Info.: Specific Slide Instructions:

1 Name & Include your name, and complete the novel’s information in MLA format. Refer to the
Bibliographic MLA handbook; the information is widely accessible online. An excellent online
Entry source is the Purdue Owl Website.
2 Visual Find a visual symbol relevant to the work as a whole. Explain the symbol and its
Symbol significance to the work in 2-3 complete sentences. This is an opportunity to project
your own unique perspective of the novel.
3 Setting Identify TWO phrases or descriptions identifying or describing the setting of the
novel. The quotes may describe time, place, atmosphere, etc. Remember to cite page
numbers.
4 Figures of Find an example of a figure of speech (metaphor, simile, personification,
Speech onomatopoeia, oxymoron, irony, hyperbole, symbol, allusion) in the novel. Then
record the example, identify the technique, and its meaning in context of the memoir.
5 Rhetorical Find an example of a rhetorical technique (parallelism, rhetorical question, repetition,
Techniques euphemism, anaphora, paradox, antithesis, juxtaposition, parenthesis, etc.) Then
record the example, identify the technique, and EXPLAIN ITS EFFECT. Do NOT
merely state, “The author uses antithesis for effect.”
6 Rhetorical Identify one of the following appeals in the novel: ethos, pathos, logos. Make sure you
Response prove your claim with evidence.

7 Structure Explain how the book is arranged (organized). What effect does its structure have on
the work as a whole?
8 Theme Write a statement of theme you consider the meaning of the work as a whole. Write
in complete sentences. Remember: Theme is not a single word or phrase – it’s a
complete sentence expressing a complete idea. Example: A prevalent theme in
Golding’s Lord of the Flies is that when men are removed from the confines of
civilization, their most base instincts will be revealed.
9 Key Passages Find TWO key passages (approx.8-10 lines ea.) you find intriguing. Copy the
(May use two passages precisely, and explain what the passage reveals about the book as a whole.
slides if Remember to write in complete sentences and cite the page numbers. Excerpts
needed.) should be taken from different sections of the memoir.
10 Personal Write a paragraph (approx. 8-10 sentences in length) expressing your overall
Response impression of the chosen memoir. Suggestions: Include your emotional reaction,
positive and negative factors, connections to your own life, interests and or
experiences. Would you recommend this book? Why or why not?

Good luck and enjoy your summer!