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2013 Grade 11 Summer Reading Assignments.pdf - St. Catharine ...

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ScienceRead "Bling Zinger, The Lead Content of Jewelry" (pg. <strong>11</strong>-14)Article:http://portal.acs.org/portal/PublicWebSite/education/resources/highschool/chemmatters/archive/CNBP_025142EnglishEach student is required to read one novel. <strong>St</strong>udents will be tested on the required novel for each grade levelduring the first full week of school in September. This will be their first major test grade of the marking period.All students will be required to complete the <strong>St</strong>udy Guide Questions for the summer reading novel.The assignment will be collected the day of the <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>Reading</strong> test.REQUIRED NOVEL: Breaking Night by Liz Murray<strong>St</strong>udy Guide Questions1. What was unique about the setting of the book and how did it enhance or take away from the story?2. What specific themes did the author emphasize throughout the novel? (What do you think he or sheis 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 extent do they remindyou of yourself or someone you know?5. How do characters change or evolve throughout the course of the story? What events trigger suchchanges?6. Was the ending of the novel an unexpected outcome or predictable? Why or why not? How wouldyou 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 opportunity to 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 whythe passage or line lead you to a new understanding or awareness of some aspect of your life youmight not have thought about before.If you need additional information or if you would like to see the grading rubric, please go to our websitewww.scahs.org and look under Bulletin Board- <strong>2013</strong>-2014 <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>Reading</strong> <strong>Assignments</strong>.ST. CATHARINE ACADEMY - SUMMER <strong>2013</strong> – READING LIST

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