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2011-2012 Summer Reading

Updated 7/16/2011.

  • 6th & 7th Grade: The Witch of Blackberry Pond by Elizabeth Speare, ISBN 0440995779
  • 8th Grade: Hoot by Carl Hiaasen, ISBN 978-0440419396
  • 9th Grade: Lord of the Flies by William Golding, ISBN 0399501487
  • 10th Grade: The Light Beyond the Forest by Rosemary Sutcliff, Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
  • 11th Grade (incl. Honors): Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck, ISBN 0142000663
  • 12th Grade: Jane Eyre, ISBN 0486424499 (see assignment below)
  • AP English: Jane Eyre, ISBN 0486424499 (see assignment below)


Summer Reading Assignment for 12th Grade Literature and AP English
Mary Dickey

Read the novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (Dover Thrift Edition, ISBN 0486424499) and complete the following study guide questions. Answer the questions in complete sentences using no sources other than the novel and your own brain. (That means no Spark Notes, Cliff Notes, etc. That would be cheating.) I will take up this assignment on the first day of school for your first grade.

Chapters 1-10:

  1. Briefly describe each of the following characters: Mrs. Reed, John Reed, Bessie, Helen Burns, Mr. Brocklehurst, Miss Temple, Jane Eyre.
  2. Describe the conditions at Lowood School.
  3. Why do the conditions at Lowood improve? What does Jane gain from her 8 years there?

Chapters 11-20:

  1. Describe Mr. Rochester. Why do you think Jane is attracted to him?
  2. What strange sound does Jane hear at Thornfield, and who or what does she think is responsible?
  3. Explain how Jane saves Rochester's life.
  4. Who is Mason, and what does his relationship to Rochester seem to be?
  5. How does the author create a sense of suspense, tension, and uncertainty in this section of the book?

Chapters 21-27

  1. Describe the events that occur when Jane revisits Gateshead. What are Jane's feelings towards Mrs. Reed now? Why?
  2. When Jane returns to Thornfield, what revelation does Rochester make to her? Did you find this surprising?
  3. Who is Bertha, and how does Jane find out about her?

Chapters 28-35

  1. Name and briefly describe the members of the Rivers family. How does Jane come to be with them?
  2. What question does St. John ask Jane? What is her answer, and why?

Chapters 36-38

  1. What has happened at Thornfield in Jane's absence?
  2. How has Rochester changed? Has the relationship between Rochester and Jane changed? Explain.
  3. How does the novel conclude? Did you find the ending satisfactory? Why, or why not?



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