JUNIOR IB ENGLISH – SUMMER READING

Beloved by Toni Morrison (ISBN: 1-4000-3341-1)

* You will need to purchase your own copy of the text.

* You will write an essay on the first day of school on this novel. You will need to complete a very close reading of the book in order to do well on the test.

Assignments to be completed for the 1st day of school

1. The chapters are not numbered, so number the chapters for easier reference.

2. Textual Annotations – Annotating a passage entails completing a close reading of a passage and analyzing the text. Complete annotations directly in your book.

3. Consider the following issues/ideas/themes/motifs as you are preparing your annotations:

a) Importance of names (people, places, things, etc.)

b) Voices

c) Slavery & effects on manhood/womanhood

d) Bodies & body parts

e) Ghosts & the supernatural

f) Songs

g) Plans

h) Memory & re-memory

I) Healing

j) Motherhood

k) Water

l) Community

m) Eyes

4. Chapter Summaries – A lot happens in this book, and time is not always presented

chronologically. So to help you keep the events of the book straight, you need to complete chapter summaries in your book at the end of each chapter.

ALL ASSIGNMENTS ARE TO BE COMPLETED BY THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!