Welcome to English 12

• Summer Reading

• Share your novel in reading circles

Welcome to English 12

• This semester you will create a PowerPoint presentation of one of the novels you have read during the summer. You will work with 2 or 3 other classmates to form a reading circle. Each group will discuss the plot, character, and theme and collaborate in creating a multimedia presentation to the class. You may choose any genre of writing to represent your novel. I hope you enjoy this activity.
• Mrs. Gamble

• Reading Circles

• Your circle will discuss the plot, character, and theme of one of these novels.

• 1984

• The Heart
• Ie a Lonely Hunter

• Siddhartha

• How the Garcia
• Girls Lost Their Accent

• Night

• Choose group (3-4 members/group)
• Select a novel
• Discuss plot, character, and theme
• Record a daily report of discussion
• Choose one element to create two
• slides for a group PowerPoint presentation
• Include a title page and table of contents

• Procedures for your Reading Circle:

Possible Genres to describe Plot, Character, & Theme

Letter	Recipe	Interview	Obituary
Acrostic	Poem	Menu	Ad
Travel Brochure	Map	Crossword Puzzle	Greeting Card
Movie Poster	Newspaper Article	Eulogy	Essay

• Examples

How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accent by Julia Alvarez

• Dear Diary,
• Today Mami and Papi decided
• that we four sisters should go
• the Island for the summer.
• They don’t want us to lose
• touch with la familia, but the
• hidden agenda is marriage to
• homeland boys. Everybody
• knows that once a girl marries an
• American, those grandbabies come
• out jabbering in English and
• thinking of the Island as a place to
• go get a suntan. We don’t mind a
• couple of weeks, but a whole
• summer? (P. 109)

• (Diary entry)

• (Map)

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers

• To Mick
• On your 14th
• Birthday, We
• Know your
• Party will be
• Fun for you
• & all Of your
• friends.
• Love,
• Mom &
• Dad

• June 17, 1950

• (Greeting card)

BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU

• Ministry of Truth releases
• New Party slogan
• WAR IS PEACE
• FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
• IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH
• Chocolate ration increased to 20g/week

• News Flash

• 1984 by George Orwell

• 1 Slide with title, name of novel, author,graphic of book, first names of group members
• 1 Slide for Table of Contents
• 6 Slides of plot, character, and theme
• (2 slides each)
• 1 Slide for sources (if applicable)
• Presentation to class
• Daily report for each group discussion

• Final Product

“There is no frigate like a book.” Emily Dickinson

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