Download Summer Reading Assignment for English 1 Over the summer you

Summer Reading Assignment for English 1
Over the summer you are required to read Night by Elie Wiesel and Mythology by Edith
Hamilton. Complete the following assignments detailed below by the first day of school.
Active Reading:
● As you read, underline/highlight irony, metaphors, similes, personification, and imagery.
● Every time you see the word night, fire, or silence circle it.
● Box vocabulary words as you read.
● Highlight/underline any important quotes.
Vocabulary:
Mark the vocabulary words in your book as you read and define them on the Vocabulary
worksheet provided. Make sure to use the proper definition for the word by looking at the
context of the sentence.
Night Vocabulary
1. penury (3):
2. waiflike (3):
3. ghetto (12):
4. surreptitiously (16):
5. surreal (17):
6. conflagration (21):
7. partisans (21):
8. inhibitions (23):
9. irrevocably (24):
10. hermetically (24):
11. imperative (30):
12. elude (32):
13. interspersed (35):
14. oblivion (36):
15. convalescent (38):
16. abstraction (39):
17. ascertain (39):
18. compulsory (41):
19. muster (41):
20. prevailing (42):
21. veritable (44):
22. concurred (45):
23. epidemic (47):
24. altruistic (48):
25. conscientiously (48):
26. infirmary (51):
27. meekly (51):
28. famished (52):
29. imprudent (54):
30. credible (58):
31. dissipate (60):
32. sabotage (63):
33. benediction (67):
34. emaciated (73):
35. deluded (79):
36. annihilate (80):
37. sustain (85):
38. parched (88):
39. disengage (93):
40. jostling (93):
41. melancholy (95):
42. convoy (97):
43. riveted (109):
44. liquidated (114):
Part II
Edith Hamilton’s Mythology
Selected Reading for Mythology by Edith Hamilton:
● Introduction to Classical Mythology
● Part One: The Gods, The Two Great Gods of Earth, How the World and Mankind
Were Created
● Part Two: Cupid and Psyche, Eight Brief Tales of Lovers, The Quest of the Golden
Fleece, Four Great Adventures
● Part Three: Perseus, Theseus, Hercules
● Part Four: The Trojan War, The Fall of Troy, The Adventures of Aeneas
● Extra Credit: Read Part One (The Earliest Heroes) and Part Six. Write a short
summary of each extra myth you read.
Directions:
After reading the assigned sections of Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes
by Edith Hamilton, prepare the following reading assignment. Type or write neatly in
complete sentences.
Be sure to annotate your book as you read as there will be a book check during the
first week of class. Please bring your assignment and book to class on the first day.
Introduction to Classical Mythology
1. What is the difference between primitive and classical mythology?
2. How did the Greeks make their gods in comparison to Egyptians and Mesopotamia?
3. According to the most modern idea, a real myth has nothing to do with religion. It is
an explanation of what?
4. Explain the difference between myths and tales.
Part One: The Gods, the Creation, and the Earliest Heroes
Chapter 1, The Gods
5. The Greeks consider Heaven and Earth the first parents. Who were their children?
6. Who was the most important Titan?
7. Describe 2-3 of the notable Titans.
8. Create a glossary of the major gods mentioned in this chapter. Give each name and a
one to two sentence definition/identification. List them in the order in which they
are presented in the text. Do not just provide information about the 12 Olympians.
Include them and other significant characters. You don’t need to include the Roman
gods, but be familiar with the Roman names for Greek gods/goddesses.
Chapter 2, The Two Great Gods of the Earth
9. Summarize the story of Demeter and Persephone.
10. Give at least 5 facts about Dionysus.
Chapter 3, How The World and Mankind Were Created
11. Summarize the Greek story of the creation of the world.
12. Describe the five races of man.
13. What does Pandora mean, why was she created, and what did she do?
14. What happened to Prometheus? Why?
Part Two: Stories of Love and Adventure
Chapter 5 and 6, Cupid and Psyche and Eight Brief Tales of Lovers
15. What similarities do you notice between these stories and specific modern-day love
stories (either from literature, movies, or television – include the titles)? Be sure to
explain your choices. Response should be 5-7 sentences.
Chapter 7: The Quest of the Golden Fleece
16. What admirable qualities and flawed traits does Jason demonstrate in this story?
Include specific examples from the text. Response should be 5-7 sentences.
Chapter 8: Four Great Adventures
17. What morals or lessons are presented in the stories of Phaëthon and Daedalus? Be
sure to explain your choices with specific examples from the text
Part Three: The Great Heroes Before the Trojan War
Chapter 9-11: Perseus, Theseus, and Hercules
18. Which of these heroes is the most heroic and why? Which one is the least heroic and
why? Be sure to include specific examples from the stories. (Write one paragraph to
respond to each question.) Also, at the end of each paragraph, include at least one
statement that addresses the opposition.
Part Four: The Heroes of the Trojan War
Chapter 13, The Trojan War
19. What was the cause of the Trojan War?
20. Name someone who was destined to die in battle.
21. What saved Paris when he faced Menelaus in battle?
22. What saved Aeneas when he faced Diomedes in battle?
23. Why does Patroclus put on Achilles’ armor? What happens to Patroclus because of
this?
24. Who killed Hector? Why? Who finally got Hector’s body for burial?
Chapter 14, The Fall of Troy
25. In her attempt to make Achilles invulnerable, what had his mother, Thetis, done
when he was born?
26. Who got Achilles arms (armor)? What did that decision mean?
27. What famous trick was devised to get the Greeks into Troy?