Summer Reading Assignments grades 9-12.pdf - St. Catharine ...

B. ENGLISH DEPARTMENT READING ASSIGNMENTSEach student is required to read one novel. Students will be tested on the required novel foreach grade level during the first full week of school in September. This will be their first majortest grade of the marking period. All students will be required to complete “Study GuideQuestions” for the summer reading novel. The assignment will be collected the day of theSummer Reading test.***Please note: Students enrolled in A.P. Literature and A.P. Language will have a separateassignment to complete.GRADE LEVEL REQUIRED SUMMER READING NOVELSENGLISH 9ENGLISH 10 HONORSENGLISH 10ENGLISH 11ENGLISH 12The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth SteinThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Color of Water by James McBrideA Thousand Splendid Suns by K. HosseiniStudy Guide Questions1. What was unique about the setting of the book and how did it enhance or take awayfrom the story?2. What specific themes did the author emphasize throughout the novel? (What do youthink he or she is trying to get across to the reader?)3. Do the characters seem real and believable? Why or Why not?4. Can you relate to the characters’ predicaments? Why or why not? To what extentdo they remind you of yourself or someone you know?5. How do characters change or evolve throughout the course of the story? Whatevents trigger such changes?6. Was the ending of the novel an unexpected outcome or predictable? Why or whynot? How would you have ended the novel?7. What part of the novel did you find the most interesting? Why?8. What questions would you like to ask the author if you were given the opportunityto do so?9. Would you recommend this novel to others to read? Why or why not?10. Choose a passage or a line from the novel that you found very meaningful to you.Explain why the passage or line lead you to a new understanding or awareness of someaspect of your life you might not have thought about before.