Choice+Reading

Please begin to create a reading list for this year. You will need to read:

 * ===one book by a female author===
 * ===one award winning YA book or book from the ALA's list of recommended reads for college bound readers===
 * ===one book by an author from or of another culture===
 * ===one non-fiction book===
 * ===one typically canonized (classic, or taught at the university level) novel===

You will also need to choose 10 poems and 10 articles.

 * ===Poetry: must be by a reputable, published author; may be from any time period===
 * ===Articles: may be from print sources, the school's databases, or other reputable on-line sources; should be as current as possible===

===In the back of your Writer's Notebook or in another notebook designated for the purpose, you will keep a Reader's Response Journal. The first page of your RRJ should be set aside to record the start and finish dates of each book, along with the title and author, and the number of pages. For the poems, simply list the title and author and the date it was published if possible. For each article, please include a bibliographical citation in MLA format. The remainder of your RRj will be comprised of the following types of responses to your reading selections:===
 * Write gut reactions and personal responses to the themes
 * Select and copy a favorite passage
 * Paraphrase a confusing passage
 * List the main characters and write a description of each one's motives
 * Discuss the writing style
 * Analyze the meaning
 * Compare it to something else you have read
 * Classify what genre or philosophy the piece aligns with
 * Infer the author's intended meaning
 * Distinguish between what the characters choose and what you would do in that situation
 * Solve the characters' problems by writing advice to or for them
 * Illustrate a scene from the book
 * Contrast the theme or style with another work
 * Decide which character you might want to spend time with and justify why
 * Hypothesize what will happen next, or when you finish, prognosticate what will happen to the characters after the narrative ends
 * If one event had happened differently, then how would the outcome have changed?
 * Criticize the protagonist or antagonist for a character flaw.
 * Imagine the same story in another setting. How would that change the plot or the characters' choices?
 * Evaluate the author's choices or the characters' choices.
 * Apply the lesson a character learned to another situation, or apply the information to another context.

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