�2015-2016 12th grade scholars:

WELCOME TO YOUR SENIOR YEAR! 2015 Summer Reading Requirements

In an effort “to empower every student to reach their highest potential,” each student entering 11th grade will be required to engage in “rigorous academic experiences” in preparation for their 2015-2016 school year course work. The following reading assignments and projects will be completed and submitted by the deadlines listed below.

Requirements: For each of the reading selections listed below, scholars must acquire their own copy of the text(s), either purchasing the text or checking out the selection from a local library. Suggestions for places of purchase include Barnes and Noble, Half-Priced Books, amazon.com, downloadable online versions and apps on cell phones. If you have concerns about getting the books, please email me (jillianmarieviveiros@gmail.com).

SCHOLARS ARE EXPECTED TO BRING THEIR COPIES OF BOTH BOOKS TO CLASS THE FIRST THREE WEEKS.

ALL SCHOLARS WILL COMPLETE BOTH READINGS AND PROJECTS

Reading: Scholars will read 2 books; Brave New World by Aldous Huxley and Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.

ASSIGNMENT #1 DUE June 30th: Brave New World reading and project via email jillianmarieviveiros@gmail.com or printed and dropped off at the front office by 10:00 AM. ASSIGNMENT #2 DUE 1st DAY of SCHOOL : Alice in Wonderland read-ing and packet by the start of your class period.

Can I turn my project in late? NO. Late projects will not be accepted under any circumstances and will receive a zero. Please plan ahead accordingly in case of a technological issue. No extra credit or make up work will be given. How much of my grade will this count for? Your projects will count as a major grade; if you do not complete your paper, it is likely that you will fail Quarter 1.

What if I need help with my project? Email Ms. Viveiros at jillianmarieviveiros@gmail.com with any questions; please expect a reply within 48 hours.

�Assignment #1*: Brave New World

Read the entire text of Brave New World and do the following: Choose and reflect upon 4 of the questions that you find the most intriguing. 1. Bernard Marx appears to be the protagonist (main

character) of the novel; discuss his presence as a character (who, what, and why?) and then ex-plain his use as a necessary device in order for the dystopian confrontation to take place. IN OTHER WORDS: Why does the story NOT WORK without Bernard? 2.Explain the World State’s motto which appears on the outside of the hatcheries building (Com-munity, Identity, Stability). IN OTHER WORDS: What does this phrase say about what type of a world this is? 3.What is soma? What does it coincide with in the 21st century? Why is it a dangerous option for characters like John Savage? IN OTHER WORDS: What exists in our modern world that

does the same thing that soma does? How could soma be harmful to John Savage and to others in our day and age?

4. Explain the irony of Linda and her name in Brave New World’s World State. IN OTHER WORDS: Why does Linda’s name in the story not match who she really is? Why is it off? What is the author’s point or purpose in doing this? What does he want to show the reader? 5. What has Mustapha Mond given up to be World Controller? Do you think she thinks it was worth it? 6. Bernard Marx, Hemholtz Watson, and John Savage all embrace differing fates at the end of the dystopia. Contrast their reactions to Mustapha Mond’s punishments for each. IN OTHER WORDS: Different things happen to the 3 characters. Talk about the differences between how each character handles Mustapha Mond’s punishments.

WRITE: a response of AT LEAST 1 double spaced page for each question that you chose from above. Your work must be in size 12, Times New Roman. Email your responses to jillianmarieviveiros@gmail.com or drop them off at the front office by 10:00 AM on June 30th.

�Assignment #2*: Alice in Wonderland

Directions:

1. Read Alice in Wonderland (and enjoy!)

2. Complete the chapter reading guides that follow and be prepared to turn them in on the first day of school.

3. In a free flowing narrative, identify three lessons that you, as a scholar (who has expe-rienced or read the text, interpreted through the text, and evaluated or written about the text) have learned from Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland.

Each lesson should be at least one double spaced typed page in Times New Roman font, size 12. Your lessons may not be handwritten.

**You may email your life lessons, but your packet will be handwritten.**

THESE ITEMS ARE DUE AT THE BEGINNING OF YOUR CLASS PE-RIOD ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

*These projects were borrowed from James Cross, director of APSI Oxford and modified for use at Uplift Hampton.

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Begin Here: Look at the graphic below to learn some back-ground information about the text. Read the following page and familiarize yourself with the main components of satire.

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“The Call to Adventure” I. Down the Rabbit Hole

II. The Pool of Tears III. A Caucus Race and a Long Tale

1. Review the information on satire on the previous page. a) What is it? • ____________________________________________________________________________ • ____________________________________________________________________________

b) What is it’s purpose? • ____________________________________________________________________________ • ____________________________________________________________________________

2. Write five facts about the author of the text: • ____________________________________________________________________________ • ____________________________________________________________________________ • ____________________________________________________________________________ • ____________________________________________________________________________ • ____________________________________________________________________________

Study all of the John Tenniel drawings closely (LOOK and CONCENTRATE). 3. Images of the rabbit: a) pg: 7. How is the white rabbit dressed? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ b) pg. 7: What is he doing? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ c) pg. 7: What is his expression? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 4. Images of Alice. a) pg. 10:How is Alice dressed? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________

�b) pg. 10: Why a key? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ c) pg. 11: Why a bottle? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ d) pg: 13: How is the third drawing of Alice a fair picture of a young teenager? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ e) pg. 15: What kind of perspective is trying to be achieved with the fourth Alice sketch? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ f) pg. 17: What does it appear is happening to Alice in her fifth sketch? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ g) pg. 19: Now by looking closely at her sixth sketch, what might you figure she has learned? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ h) pg. 20: What would you venture to guess the seventh sketch of Alice is about? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ i) pg. 23: Why a dodo bird? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ j) pg. 23: What is Alice’s expression like? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________

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“The Road of Trials” IV. The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill

V. Advice From a Caterpillar VI. Pig and Pepper

5. Do a bit of research on Charles Darwin and fill in the following. a) What was his theory? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ b) How was it different than what scientists and other thinkers believed before him? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ c) How did he influence scientists and thinkers that came after him? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ d) What do you think this has to do with the dodo bird? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________

6. pg. 34: The caterpillar is dressed as an Anglican bishop; what does he ask her? Why? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 7. Why is the Father William poem nonsense to us? If it makes no sense to the reader, why is it there? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 8. pg. 43: What are the fish and the frog dressed as? Why? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________

�9. What does Alice learn from the Duchess? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________10. What does the reader learn about the author’s perception of boys? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________11. What is the wisdom of the Cheshire cat? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________12. pg. 51: Why just the smile?____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________13. What wonder-filled word seems to be important to the author and to Alice? Why? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________

“The Road of Trials Continues into the Belly of the Whale” VII. A Mad Tea-Party

VIII. The Queen’s Croquet Game IX. The Mock Turtle’s Story

14. Write two words that you feel explain Aice’s Journey thus far and explain your choice with an example from the text.

Word 1: ____________________ EXPLANATION: ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________

�Word 2: ____________________ EXPLANATION: ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________

15. Consider the two words VIOLENCE and MANIPULATION. Reflect upon each of the follow-ing questions and write 2+ sentence explanation for each.

a) Who is in charge of this world where the Cheshire cat’s smile lingers? How do you know? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ b) Why is the hatter mad? Why is the March hair mad? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________c) What is wrong with the dormouse? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ d) Who are tweedle-dum and tweedle-dee? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________

�16. Study all of the John Tenniel drawings closely (LOOK and CONCENTRATE). a) pg 52: Why does Alice look so cross? What is written on the hatter’s hat? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ b) pg: 55: What is the hatter doing? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ c) pg. 58: What is happening to the dormouse and why? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ d) pg. 60: What is the queen’s army made up of? Why is this surprising or not surprising? What could they mean? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ e) pg 62: Describe in detail (3+ sentences) the attitudes that are presented in this drawing: ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ f) pg. 64: What is inferred in this drawing about life’s game? Respond in 3+ sentences. ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ g)pg. 67: Why doesn’t the Cheshire cat have a body? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ h) pg. 69: Why is the Duchess smiling? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________

�i) pg. 71: What is THAT THING? What is it doing? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ j) pg. 73: Why might the mock turtle look like a cow? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________

17. Make a list of three lessons that Alice has learned in this section of the text: 1. __________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 2. __________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 3. __________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________

“The Return and the Ultimate Boon” X. The Lobster’s Quadrille XI. Who Stole the Tarts?

XII. Alice’s Evidence 18. What is a quadrille? Why is it important for Alice to learn it? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 19. What might the “beautiful soup” be? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 20. What is the justice system in Wonderland? What do you think of it? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________

�21. Study all of the John Tenniel drawings closely (LOOK and CONCENTRATE). a) pg. 77: What other picture in the story is this one similar to? Why? How might they be con-

nected? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ b) pg. 81: What is the lobster doing? Why? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ c) pg. 85: What happened to the White Rabbit? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ d) pgs. 87 & 88: Why doesn't the hatter have shoes on? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ e) pg. 95: What is happening here? What do the cards and animals mean? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________

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SCHOOLOGY Do you want extra credit?

Earn 10 points on your summer reading projects by enrolling in my schoology course.

1. Go to: www.schoology.com/home 2. Click sign up as “student.”

3. Enter access code:94XWR-3H78D

�Plagiarism Awareness & Acknowledgement Contract Using someone else's ideas or phrasing and representing those ideas or phrasing as our own, either on purpose or through carelessness, is a serious offense known as plagiarism. Plagiarism is literary theft.

"Ideas or phrasing" includes written or spoken material, from whole papers and paragraphs to sentences, or even phrases, but it also includes statistics, lab results, art work, etc. "Someone else" can mean a professional source, such as a published writer or critic in a book, magazine, encyclopedia, or journal; an electronic resource such as material we discover on the World Wide Web; another student at our school or anywhere else; a paper-writing "service" (online or otherwise) which offers to sell written papers for a fee; a tutor; parent, sibling or other family member. Any time you use someone else's work, you must explicitly give him or her credit using standard methods of attribution, either in the body of your work or as a citation which refers to a Works Cited page or bibliography. At Hampton Preparatory, students are expected to express their ideas in their own words, using the composition skills they have been taught over the years. Students are also, however, encouraged to research the words and ideas of others. If students choose to use those words or ideas in their own writings, they are expected to give credit (in the form of parenthetical documentation and/or bibliographic citation) and thereby avoid the act of plagiarizing. The temptation to plagiarize can be significant, especially with increased access to technological advances such as the internet and other computer-accessed sources of information. The consequences for plagiarizing, however, are not worth the risk.

At Hampton Preparatory, a student caught plagiarizing or cheating in some other way will participate in a parent/administrator conference. In addition, the plagiarized work or test on which the student cheated will be assigned a grade of zero.

Do not: • Submit anything orally or in writing as representing your own words or ideas, when, in fact, it does not • Participate in the plagiarizing acts of others • Lend your work to, or borrow work from, another student

Remember to: • Provide formal credit for words or ideas taken from outside sources, or any source that is not you • Provide formal credit for individuals who contribute to your work • Use quotation marks when using another’s exact words • Always question yourself as to your literary ethics, and ask your teacher if you are in doubt as to the validity of your work. • Be proud of the work you have accomplished and the knowledge you have gained, particularly that you have done it on your own

Whether or not a student intends to plagiarize does not affect the outcome; plagiarism is plagiarism.

Students are responsible to give appropriate credit to ideas that belong to others.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I have read the above information, understand the ethical concepts of plagiarism, and agree to abide by the standards set forth by Hampton Preparatory. I understand that if I do plagiarize I will be subject to disciplinary procedures.

Print student name: ___________________________________ Student signature: ____________________________________ Date: _________________ Parent/guardian signature: _____________________________ Date: _________________ Teacher Signature: __________________________________ Date: _________________