SUMMER READING FOR GIFTED ENGLISH II

Your sophomore year is a challenging year, focusing on many of the great classics. Plan to stretch your abilities. In order to prepare, you need to read the three following works during the summer. English II (G) Summer Reading List 2008   Required Reading: The Alchemist  by P. Coehlo Mythology by Edith Hamilton Demian by Hermann Hesse   Choose one of the following: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini Life of Pi   by Yann Martel The Chosen by Chaïm Potok Need help with your reading - background information or guides to understanding?  Try the EBSCO data bank LITERARY REFERENCE CENTER.   This is provided free of charge for you by the Laf. Parish School System.  Link - http://search.ebscohost.com/    User ID = student   Password = ebsco  The following Links will help you with your study of mythology & The Odyssey: Myth Web - a very easy site to use for more information about gods & heroes http://www.mythweb.com/ Encyclopedia Mythica - Lots of information & a Search function - http://www.pantheon.org/main/search.html Lots of information to help you with The Odyssey - Study Guide, Teaching Activities, Power Point Presentations, & Quizes http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/Eng9/homer.html http://www.temple.edu/classics/odysseyho.html  Study guide while reading the Oddysey prepared by Robin Mitchell-Boyask of Temple University.  Also included is a chronology. This 15-page document addresses 84 vocabulary words drawn from The Odyssey. Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader or compatible application for access   https://secure.layingthefoundation.org/englishallaccess/vocab/novels/Odyssey.pdf Interactive map pf Odysseus' journey  http://www.classics.upenn.edu/myth/homer/odymap.php web game - choose to be either Odysseus himself or his young son Telemachus or his beautiful wife, Penelope  http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~loxias/odchoice.htm A slide show of the successive stages of Odysseus’s journey which is part of a Thinkquest entry.  http://library.thinkquest.org/19300/data/Odyssey/voyage1.htm Power point presentation -  Odyssey Jeopardy                                   http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/Eng9/odysseygame1.ppt   Ancient Greece Part 1-a concise yet easy to read history of all the major and minor god, including the titans and an overview of the mythological creation of the earth http://www.crystalinks.com/greece.html  3) Demian by Hermann Hesse A philosophical study of a young boy and his descent into the world of crime because of the influence of one of his friends. Reading Group Guide for Demian - http://www.readinggroupguides.com/guides_D/demian1.asp