Honors English 11: 2011-2012
Honors English 11: 2011/2012
Congratulations on being accepted into Honors English 11 for 2011/2012. Over the summer you will be expected to read and take notes on ONE of the following novels. When you return in the fall, you will write an in-class essay that assesses your knowledge of the novel you have chosen.
Choose ONE of the following for your summer reading:
1. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
2. Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
3. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
4. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas
5. Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Helpful Hints:
• Research these novels before you pick one; you are going to spend time with it so you should look forward to your reading.
• Spread out your reading throughout the summer (don’t try and fit a novel into August)
• Form a reading group to discuss what you are reading
• Take notes on the plot, major characters, the setting and major and minor conflicts. You may use your notes on your essay in September.
• Keep in mind that you will need to use examples and quotes for your in-class essay that pertain to characterization and conflict. Take your notes accordingly.
• You will not be able to pass the in-class essay on your summer reading novel if you just read SparkNotes; this site should not take the place of your reading. Use the site cautiously.
This novel assignment will be a major part of your first quarter grade. Remember, choose a novel that interests you.
Have a good summer.
Mr. Soules
Souless@wy.k12.mi.us
