Click the links of each required book for additional information and requirements:

You are welcome to purchase the two required texts if you want to annotate as you read, but
a link to an online pdf version of each text is also provided for your convenience.

You can also find the required texts at one of our “Mighty Five Libraries” or a pdf version accessed digitally Animal Farm by George Orwell AND Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

As you read each work, use this template to take notes. The questions and notes will count as two homework grades, and they will help you with the test and presentation on the summer reading in the first few weeks of school.

Guiding Questions: Take notes on the following as you read and consider the following: 

Characters/Character Traits
  • Identify the character traits for each of the main characters.
  • What do you like or dislike about the characters?  Are they dynamic or static
Conflicts
  • What are the central conflicts in each novel?  Consider both internal and external conflicts.
  • Are they resolved?
 Important and/or Interesting Quotes
  • Identify quotes that you feel are important or interesting.
  • Cite page numbers.
Literary Style and Technique
  • What do you notice about the author’s style and/or use of literary elements?  (Foreshadowing, irony, imagery, symbolism, metaphor, etc.)
  • How do they add to the meaning of the text?
Themes
  • What themes can you identify?
  • What was the author’s purpose in writing the book?

 

 

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