OnGoogleclassroom,you’llposttwodialecticaljournalsforeachofthetextsyouread.The
easiestwaytodothisistopostyourjournalsasyoureadandasyoucomeacrosspassagesthat
speaktoyou.
Bythefirstdayofschool,youmusthaveallthreebooksread.
WewillhaveaSocraticSeminaroverEACHbookduringthefirstweekofschool.ASocratic
Seminarisastructureddiscussionanditwillcountasatestgrade.Yourlifewillbeinfinitely
easierifyouannotateortakegoodnotesasyouread.Youmustparticipatetogetpointsand
partofthediscussionwillrequirethatyoumakespecifictextreferences.Payattentionto
questionsyouhave,placeswhereyoudisagreewiththeauthors,andyouropinionsofheror
hisideas.Bringyourbookstotheseseminars.
Onthefirstdayofschool,youmustturninyoursummativesummerproject.
Ineedtohaveitinmypossessionatthebeginningofclass,somakesureallofyourtech
issuesareresolvedbeforethefirstdayofschool.Pleaseprintanyessays.
Summer‐tivePiece(Getit?Likesummative...exceptsummer...becauseit’sforsummerbreak?
Hahahahhahaha.Oi.It’sbeenalongyear.)
NoticethatI’mcallingthisapieceandnotanessay.It’suptoyouhowyouwanttodothis.An
essayisfine.Butmaybeyouwanttocreateaseriesofcollageswithexplanations.Maybeyou
wanttocreateaseriesofyoutubevlogs.MaybeyoucreateaGoogleSlidespresentation.
Maybeit’skindoflikeascrapbook.Maybeyoucomposeasongforeachpartofthis.I’dbe
totallyhappywithanessay,Ipromise.Butifyoufeelinspiredtocommunicateyourlearningin
adifferentway,DOIT!!Takesomeboldchances.Thesummerworkisgoingtobe40%ofyour
firstquartergrade(webalanceouttheworkfromthesummerbytakingiteasyonweekends
untilafterhomecomingbecauseIknowyouwillbebusyatNHSworkshops,fallsportsevents,
band,andhelpingyourparentsrakeleaves).
Nomatterwhatyoudecidetodo,Iexpecttoseequotesfromallthreetextsassupportsand
probablyalsosomeparaphrasesfromthetexts.AllparaphrasesandquotesmusthaveMLA
citationsandyoumustincludeanMLAstyleworkscitedpageattheendofyoursummertive
piece.Thesectionaboutyourownseekingdoesnotrequireanyoutsidereferencesbecauseit’s
allaboutyou.Ihesitatetogiveaspecificlengthrequirement.Thatsaid,Idoubtyouwouldbe
abletosufficientlycoveralloftheseideasinfewerthanthreepages.Ifyouarewritinganessay
andit’sapproachingtenpages,youmaybegettingalittletoowordy.Thisdoesnothavetobea
typical,formalessay.
Inthesummer‐tivepiece,youwillconsiderallthreebooksthatyoureadandanswerthe
followingquestions,structuredintheseways: