1. Summer Reading
2018

2. Directions: Please select one pair of books to read
The books are paired by genre
Night by Ellie Wiesel & Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon & The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman & The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
The Road by Cormac McCarthy & The Girl with all the Gifts by M.R. Carey

3. Use the bookmarks provided to complete your assignment

4. Genre
A type or category of literature or film marked by certain features or conventions. The three broadest categories include poetry, drama, and fiction. These general genres are often subdivided into more specific genres and subgenres. For instance, precise examples of genres might include murder mysteries, westerns, sonnets, lyric poetry, tragedies, epics, etc.

5. Nonfiction: Unbroken and Night
Shaped by significant people and events in the writer’s character’s life and how these events/people affected the writer/character.
Adds human elements to historical facts/eras
Subgenres include autobiographies, biographies and memoirs.
Autobiography: a writer’s account of his/her life told in first person POV
Biography: an account of a person’s life written by another person based on research
Memoir: a memory rendered in literature

6. Mystery: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night- time & The Hound of the Baskervilles Strangeness or something unknown Solving a puzzling situation, event, or a crime Centers on someone investing something or searching for secret information

7. Fantasy The Golden Compass & The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Talking Animals or Objects Magical Powers Medieval or Mythical Elements

8. Science Fiction Genre
Subgenres: dystopian literature, post-apocalyptic literature
Dystopian literature shows a nightmarish image about what might happen to the world in the near future. Usually the main themes of dystopian works are rebellion, oppression, revolutions, wars, overpopulation, and disasters.
Post-apocalyptic literature must ask three important questions:
What could have been done to prevent the apocalypse? 
What steps will humans have to take in order to reorganize and to rebuild? This question is not only the path to re-establishing civilization, but also the means to access common everyday necessities (i.e. food, potable water, electricity, etc.).
What does the entire experience teach about humanity? How do we react in moments of extreme distress, and in those moments, what human values are most important to us?

9. Complete a book mark for each of the novels you read
Be sure to use the correct genre
Bring the bookmark to class to be submitted on the first day of school