Pre-AP+English+Summer+Assignments

 =**Welcome to Pre AP Literature and Composition (Now called Honors English II).**=

**Journal format:**
Your journals are due the first day of school and are worth 100 points.
 * Title, author (date born/date died/where lived)
 * Publication date of the work (original edition)
 * Setting: place/time, theme or main idea (in one sentence)
 * Brief plot synopsis
 * Major characters with brief descriptions: identify protagonist and antagonist
 * Theme(s)
 * Major symbols or allusions
 * What symbols can you find?
 * Do the themes/settings/characters in this book represent something larger?
 * Distinguishing characteristics of the work
 * What makes this book different?
 * What elements in this book make it qualify as a literary classic?
 * Meaning of the work
 * Your personal response to the content and style of the work
 * Brief means brief! Your entire book entry should be no longer than one typed page
 * Label all elements of the entry
 * Check your entries to make sure you have addressed all elements of the journal assignment

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**Books you will read and discussion dates**===== Be sure to respond to the discussion by the due date as the topic will be locked and you will lose your discussion points. You must respond to the question and post a response to at least one other student in the class. Click on the discussion tab to enter the discussion. Each discussion is worth 50 points. You must also respond to at least one other person per discussion, these responses are worth 50 points each. Total points for the discussions - 400 points.
 * George Orwell - Animal Farm - June 8
 * Robert Cormier - The Chocolate War - June 29
 * Erich Maria Remarque - All Quiet on the Western Front - July 27
 * William Golding - Lord of the Flies - Aug 10
 * For each of these books, there will be a question posted on the discussion board. This topic will be locked ONE week after the date opened (given above).