2022-2023 Cambridge English Pre-AICE English Language 9th Grade
Pre-AICE English Language 9th Grade: Summer Reading/Assignment
Read the following:
Pre-AICE English Language 9th Grade: Summer Reading/Assignment
1. Novel choices (Pick ONE):
EITHER
Jhumpa Lahiri- The Namesake
The Namesake is the first novel by author Jhumpa Lahiri, who was born in the UK to Bengali parents and then moved to the USA as a small child. The Namesake focuses on first-generation Indian immigrants and the issues they and their children face in the United States. The Namesake follows the Ganguli family over the course of thirty years.
OR
H.G. Wells- The War of the Worlds
When an army of invading Martians lands in England, panic and terror seize the population. As the aliens traverse the country in huge three-legged machines, incinerating all in their path with a heat ray and spreading noxious toxic gases, the people of the Earth must come to terms with the prospect of the end of human civilization and the beginning of Martian rule.
Write the following:
2. Complete the following:
Assignment: Dialectical Journal
Directions: Keep an online journal of your thoughts as you read the novel.
You should have at least 10 entries--ONE ENTRY PER CHAPTER.
Your journal entries need to cover the whole book from beginning to end.
Your journal will be in three parts. See example below.
-Part 1: Include a 50 word summary,
-Part 2: a personal response 50 words (your thoughts, questions, predictions)
-Part 3: an explanation of one literary element that was used in this section Elements to use: imagery, exposition, climax, figurative language: (simile, metaphor, hyperbole, allusion, personification, etc.) **Consider using google to find relevant literary devices to know)
EXAMPLE of JOURNAL ENTRY
Journal Entry #1 The Fault in Our Stars *THIS IS NOT THE NOVEL YOU ARE READING; THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WILL BE EXPECTED FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT.
Pages 1-16
Part 1 Summary: The reader is introduced to Hazel Grace, a sixteen-year-old, who has thyroid cancer and hates going to group therapy even though her mother makes her attend the meetings. At one meeting, she meets an attractive boy named Augustus who catches her eye, and they end up talking after the first meeting.
Part 2 Response: Hazel is an interesting main character because she is going through so much hardship due to cancer. Being a teenager and trying to find acceptance within a group of people is difficult enough, but then she has to cope with the cancer she has on top of all that. This shows resentment of her mother for making her go to therapy for her cancer, but I think it’s good that she has a caring mother who is invested in her life. The boy she meets at the group therapy sessions interests me because Hazel and he seem to catch each other’s attention. I predict that they start a friendship that could possibly grow into a dating relationship.
Part 3 Literary Element: Exposition: The exposition is the first point on a plot diagram that introduces a character, a conflict, and the setting. The reader is introduced to Hazel Grace, she is your not so typical teenager, the conflict is cancer, and the setting is Indianapolis.
Please be prepared to bring the book the first days of school as we will be working with the text in class. For any questions, please do not hesitate to
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Information for the 2022-2023 School Year
Students -- If you did not participate in the course request opportunity with the Cambridge counselor at your school in the Spring, you will need to contact the Cambridge Coordinator, Mrs. Sharon Christensen-Jones (on the button below), or your electives will be chosen for you. A typical Cambridge Freshman schedule will include the following courses:
Pre-AICE English I
Pre-AICE Biology
AS English General Paper Syllabus 8021
Mathematics (appropriate level based on math transcript from middle school)
Three additional electives which can include(but are not limited to):
Foreign Language, HOPE, Theatre, Art, Culinary, ROTC, Chorus, Band, Orchestra
Students -- If you did not participate in the course request opportunity with the Cambridge counselor at your school in the Spring, you will need to contact the Cambridge Coordinator, Mrs. Sharon Christensen-Jones (on the button below), or your electives will be chosen for you. A typical Cambridge Freshman schedule will include the following courses:
Pre-AICE English I
Pre-AICE Biology
AS English General Paper Syllabus 8021
Mathematics (appropriate level based on math transcript from middle school)
Three additional electives which can include(but are not limited to):
Foreign Language, HOPE, Theatre, Art, Culinary, ROTC, Chorus, Band, Orchestra