Here's the book list for the midterms and finals:
Midterms:
The Pearl by John Steinbeck
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Condensed Books:
- Beloved by Toni Morrison
- Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
- The Great Gatsby (1925), by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
- Atonement by Ian McEwan
- Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
- The Cider House Rules by John Irving
- The Color Purple by Alice Walker
- Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
- The Godfather by Mario Puzo
Graphic Novels:
- Watchmen (1986), by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons
- The Dark Knight Returns (1986), by Frank Miller
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Lord of Flies by William Golding
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
Love in Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
If you have a copy of a book that is not here but you really think it could be used for your book report, please consult me first.
Here's the format for your book report:
Book Report Template for English 11 (Summarize the answer to each part. Maximum number of sentences will be up to five only)
I Introduction/General Information about the Book
· Title:
· Author:
· Type of Book (fantasy, humor, science fiction, mystery, biography, non-fiction):
II Characters
Main Character:
· Describe this character: (the conflicts and problems that the main character faced in the story)
· I can identify with the main character when:
· Supporting Characters: (name at most three)
· Describe some details about each supporting character
III Setting
· Describe the time and place of the story:
· Comments about the setting (examples: setting makes story exciting, setting has an important effect on main character, setting is/is not exciting or new, setting increased my knowledge of something):
IV Plot: The Action/Summary of What Happened in the Story
· Summary of the story (list up to 6 events that happened in the story; keep them in order):
V Theme
· What is the author trying to say in this story? Is there a moral to this story?
· This book showed me/I learned from this story:
· State a problem in the story and how it was solved
VI Evaluation of the Book
· What are your thoughts about the book? (did you or didn’t you like it and why?)
