2008-2009 Middle School Book List

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6th Grade: The Watsons Go to Birmingham, ISBN 0440414121

7th Grade: The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth Speare, ISBN 0395137195

8th Grade: Hatchet Gary Paulsen, ISBN 0689808828

9th Grade: Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington, ISBN 0679640142

10th Grade: Silas Marner by George Eliot, ISBN 1486292460 (see assignment below)

11th Grade (incl. Honors): Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, ISBN 0451529944

12th Grade: Jane Eyre, ISBN 0486424499 (see assignment below)

AP English: Jane Eyre, ISBN 0486424499 (see assignment below)

Summer Reading Assignment for 10th Grade Literature
Summer 2008; Gretchen Anderson

Read the novel Silas Marner by George Eliot (Dover Thrift Edition, ISBN 0486292460) and complete the following study guide. Answer the questions in complete sentences using no source other than the novel and your own brain. (No Spark Notes, Cliff Notes, etc. That would be cheating.) I will collect this assignment on the first day of class as your first grade for the school year.

1. At the beginning of the novel, how do the villagers of Raveloe feel about Silas Marner? Why?
2. How does the Lantern Yard sect determine the guilt or innocence of Silas Marner? What is the effect of the verdict on Silas?
3. One theme of the novel is that selfishness can destroy a person. What details suggest the selfishness of Dunstan Cass, and what ultimately happens to him?
4. What evidence suggests that Godfrey Cass refuses to take responsibility for his actions?
5. In what ways does Silas Marner's love for Eppie transform him?

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:

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

Chapters 21-27

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

Chapters 28-35

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

Chapters 36-38

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

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