Literature

Triad 1

Novel: The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne


Triad 2

Novel: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain


Triad 3

Novel: The Awakening by Kate Chopin

Triad 4

Novel: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Triad 5

Novel: The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck





Dialectical Journal Example (hint – It’s a T chart ☺)

AP LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION SUMMER WORK

MRS. SMITH

You may use the following model to create a dialectical journal; and I will use this model to evaluate your work.  The purpose of this assignment is for you to keep a record of your thinking and learning as you read.  If you have difficulty reading the novel, go back to the main characters.  “What do you learn about the main characters in specific passages?” is a good way to approach this assignment, although not the only way.  The journals will be due the first day of class, August 10.  You will write TEN entries for The Scarlet Letter.

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To Kill a Mockingbird

QUOTE (2 point) THOUGHTFUL RESPONSE (8 points)

"There was no hurry, for there Apparently Maycomb is also a very

was nowhere to go. . . nothing slow sleepy town that is pretty isolated

to see outside the boundaries from everything else. This seems

of Maycomb County; but it was to be especially true since they only

a time of vague optimism for some have a "vague" notion of FDR's speech

of the people: Maycomb had (an allusion to the depression of the 1930's

recently been told that it had nothing which must be the era in which the

to fear but fear itself" (7-8) story takes place) and there is "nothing"

outside of Maycomb County. I wonder 

why they see the world this way - maybe

people don't travel because of the 

depression or because that is just not

what people did. It is interesting to me 

that it seems so much like Hemet except 

that people in Maycomb have "vague 

optimism." I feel like people don't feel

optimistic now. I certainly don't kow what

I am going to do after high school and 

college. In the depression, what did 

they have to feel optimistic about? 

They just didn't know any better.

How long does this journal need to be?  You are required to have TEN (10) passages with corresponding responses.  THE PASSAGES MUST BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ENTIRE BOOK!  In other words, ten passages taken only from the first few chapters, or even the last few chapters, will not be acceptable.  

How will I be graded?  Each text response combination will be worth FIVE (10) points for a total of 100 points for the assignment.  Points will be deducted from the TEXT side for failure to document accurately and completely according to the model provided.  Points will be deducted on the RESPONSE side for being superficial and/or for incompleteness.  Each response must be at least 100-200 words in length.  Avoid summarizing the passage!