Summer Reading 2005

Instructions about the summer reading that are specific to Dr. Mongeon's students:

English - Level 1 (Required)
Othello, William Shakespeare
(In addition, choose 2)
Frankenstein, Mary Shelley
Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde
The English Patient, Michael Ondaatje

1. Prepare for an objective test involving identification, fill-in-the-blanks, true-false, multipple choice, and subjective essays on each book.
2. To prepare for the essay, find five quotes in each book which support a thesis of your own choice. Put each quote, cited properly, on a 3x5 index card. Find one quote from a literary critic which suppports your viewpoint, cited properly, on a 3x5 index card as well.
3. Using just the 3x5 cards, you will be writing essays in class.

English - Level 2 (Choose 2)
Frankenstein, Mary Shelley
Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe
On the Beach, Nevil Shute

1. Be prepared for an objective test involving character and item identification, true-false, multiple choice, and an subjective test requiring essays on each book.
2. To prepare for the essay test, find five quotes from each book which will show the dramatice function, or purpose, for a particular character. (For example, you may wish to show that someone is the protagonist, antagonist, catalyst, or foil.) Put each quote, cited properly, on a 3x5 card.
3. Utilizing the quotes you have prepared, you will write the essays in class.