Posted by Ms. Bellon
The English 1 teachers at AHS are anxiously awaiting your arrival next August! In the meantime, we need you to prepare yourself for what is to come throughout the school year with some prep reading. The only book you need to purchase is Mythology, by Edith Hamilton. Why this book? The many allusions and mythological stories in this book will be referenced many times throughout your reading in Pre-AP English 1, as well as the rest of your English coursework throughout high school. The book is both interesting and informative, and it should be a fun read. Mythology should be easy to find at your local bookstore, or through online order at Amazon.com or BN.com We are also asking you to read 4 short stories. We are providing links to the following short stories, but they may also be purchased in bookstores, websites, or found for free if searched. You are responsible for reading the following short stories: "To Build A Fire", Jack London "Lamb to the Slaughter", Roald Dahl "The Lottery", Shirley Jackson "The Tell-Tale Heart", Edgar Allan Poe Both Mythology and the short stories assigned will have activities assigned for completion over the summer. A suggested schedule will also be posted on this website. Stay tuned for more details.
19 Comments
K Furman
6/14/2012 11:39:06 pm
For "The Lottery," it says someone has rejected the story. What do I do? And can we just read the whole thing online, or do we have to PRINT 5 paragraphs out and annotate them?
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Ms. Bellon
7/2/2012 02:07:28 pm
Look at my latest blog post. That should answer your questions. The link for "The Lottery" has been fixed...it happens sometimes.
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A JONES
7/27/2012 02:50:51 am
For " TO BUILD a FIRE" is there an assignment or just to annotate is the assignment?
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K Furman
7/30/2012 05:05:10 am
Yes, just annotate. I was confused by that toooo :P
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Kerry
7/27/2012 05:29:16 am
When we pick 5 paragraphs, for stories like Lamb to the Slaughter, where there is a lot of dialogue, do we count those as paragraphs too?
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K Furman
7/30/2012 05:06:34 am
I did not, unless it was a lot of dialogue in one place. I counted it with the paragraph nearest. Hope it helps. :)
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Maheen A
8/11/2012 02:11:48 pm
I really don't understand the assignment for Mythology.. It says to read 8 myths, but the book has chapters and sub chapters and parts and i just don't understand what i'm supposed to read to do the assignment? Thanks for your help(:
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Arianna C
8/19/2012 11:52:18 pm
On "The Tell-Heart" assignment, in the first circle do you choose a word form the story or just any word that relates to the story?
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A. Carr
8/19/2012 11:56:04 pm
On "The Lottery"assignment, can you put more than one excerpt?
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A. Carr
8/20/2012 12:00:01 am
Sorry for the duplicated question below. Oops!
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A. Carr
8/19/2012 11:56:39 pm
On "The Lottery"assignment, can you put more than one excerpt for each story element?
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Ms. Bellon
8/20/2012 12:50:50 am
Absolutely - knock yourself out.
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A. Carr
8/20/2012 01:22:57 am
Thanks!
R.Varghese
8/24/2012 03:11:26 am
I am new to Austin I have transferred from Alabama and im on my last short story. I was wondering I have these books on my IPad so do I just annotate on a seperate paper?
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8/25/2012 03:16:17 am
Yes. I need a hard copy of your notes for the grade. Don't worry so much about your Mythology annotations; I will need to see your annotations for the short story. Welcome to Texas, Mr. Varghese!
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ptunikipati
11/3/2012 05:39:50 am
Ms. Bellon, I wasnt in school friday, do you know when you will put up the Timed Write notecard stuff? Thanks.
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S.Mathew
6/17/2013 08:35:14 am
For the short story, "The Lottery" there is a series of discussion questions in the pdf after the actual story do we have to answer those too?
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9/19/2013 12:32:23 pm
Nice Blog. I think freshman students will this useful. Thanks for sharing.
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