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English 2 Honors
Summer Assignment 2024
“Maladies, poorly interpreted, can’t be cured.”
-Jhumpa Lahiri
May 2024
Dear E2H Students:
Congratulations on completing your freshman year! We’re excited to meet you next year and pick up where you left off as freshmen. To find out more about who you are as readers, we ask that you complete a summer reading assignment before we meet.
Assignment:
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READ the THREE (3) short works included in this packet (E2H Summer Reading Packet - PDF):
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“How it Feels to be Colored Me” by Zora Heale Hurston
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“The Third and Final Continent” by Jhumpa Lahiri
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“Pair of Tickets” by Amy Tan
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As you read, please ANNOTATE for the essential question: How are identities and relationships affected by a sense of belonging or isolation within communities?
- Also ANNOTATE for themes, narrative structure, and any trends you notice in the writing, with particular focus on style choices as a writer (things like: metaphors, similes, imagery, diction, syntax, etc.). These annotations will not be graded; however, you'll be able to use them for assignments.
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When we return to school in August, COME READY to discuss these aspects of each author's writing in each of the three short stories.
We are looking forward to meeting you and helping you continue your journey as readers and writers.
Mrs. Augustine, laugustine@dist113.orgMr. Czajkowski, mczajkowski@dist113.org
Ms. Kapelnikova, jkapelnikova@dist113.org
Ms. Perlman, eperlman@dist113.org
Ms. Schlesinger, lschlesinger@dist113.org
Ms. Zoloto, kzoloto@dist113.org
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