Summer+homework


 * World Literature students of 2015-2016, **

Please select ** ONE ** of the novels listed to read over the summer. You will need to bring a hard copy of this novel to class during the first week of school, because we will be working on a literary analysis. You will need to select QUOTED textual evidence FROM THE NOVEL in order to complete this assignment.

Please email me with your selection by August 1, 2015 at: Jacquelyn_Hudson-Raila@dpsk12.org.

Thank you and have a good summer!

Mrs. Raila

Alexie, Sherman. [|**The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian**] .

Bruchac, Joseph. [|**Our Stories Remember: American Indian History, Culture and Values through Storytelling**] .

Jiang, Ji-Li. [|**Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution**] .

Magoon, Kekla. [|**How It Went Down**] .

Park, Linda Sue. [|**When My Name Was Keoko: A Novel of Korea in World War II**] .

Quintero, Isabel. [|**Gabi: A Girl in Pieces**] .

Stork, Francisco X.. [|**The Last Summer of the Death Warriors**] .

Tingle, Tim. [|**House of Purple Cedar**] <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">.

<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Yang, Gene Luen. [|**American Born Chinese**] <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">.


 * American Literature students of 2015-2016, **

Please select **ONE** of the novels listed to read over the summer. You will need to bring a hard copy of this novel to class during the first week of school, because we will be working on a literary analysis. You will need to select QUOTED textual evidence FROM THE NOVEL in order to complete this assignment. Please email me with your selection by August 1, 2015 at: Jacquelyn_Hudson-Raila@dpsk12.org. Thank you and have a good summer! Mrs. Raila

PS Yes, they ALL have Spark Notes, BUT you still need to bring a hard copy of the book!

Ernest Hemingway novels:
 * The Sun Also Rises ( set in Post WWI Paris/ tragic love story)
 * A Farewell to Arms (wounded soldier in WWI falls in love – tragic ending)
 * For Whom the Bell Tolls (American fighting in the Mexican Civil War-tragic end)

John Steinbeck novels:
 * Of Mice and Men (two friends work as migrant workers/also two movies)
 * The Pearl (SHORT/natives dive and find valuable pearl that seems cursed)
 * Tortilla Flat (carousing friends mourn a friend’s death)

F. Scott Fitzgerald novel:
 * The Great Gatsby (set in ROARING 20’s/both movies are good to watch too)

Mark Twain novels:
 * The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (NOT just the movie)
 * The Prince and the Pauper (switched identities)
 * A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (funny/time travel)