The English I Pre AP teachers have selected the following summer reading choices for incoming students:

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1 Dear Incoming Pre AP English I Student, Statistics show that continued reading improves test scores and prepares students for the challenges of a college curriculum and the demands of a knowledge based career path. With this in mind, Bowie High School requires a summer reading assignment for all students in 9 th through 12 th grade Pre AP/AP English classes. This assignment aligns with the English I curriculum and promotes skills critical to student success on the Advanced Placement exams. The English I Pre AP teachers have selected the following summer reading choices for incoming students: 1. Mythology by Edith Hamilton (Part One, Part Three, and Part Four) and 2. One of the following selections chosen by the student: Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card The Secret Life of Bees Sue Monk Kidd The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins The student should track the hero s journey as he/she reads the novel. A handout with an explanation of each step is provided as well as a blank copy to fill out. Also, in conjunction with the reading assignment, the student will view the film adaptation of his/her chosen novel during the summer. A compare/contrast essay between the novel and the film adaptation should be ready for submission on the first day of class. The scoring rubric and essay prompt are attached to this letter. Students should expect an objective assessment over Mythology during the first week of class in the fall. Use the attached study guide to assist you as you read. You should fill out the chart legibly using pencil or pen; you will be expected to turn in the completed chart the day of the exam. The study questions are optional; however, if you choose to complete the study guide questions, you may use those notes on the test. As a district, Arlington ISD embraces the life long love of reading; our goal is to instill that love in all of our students. Thank you for your continued support.

2 The Hero s Journey Directions: Use the following notes to help you fill out a chart following your hero s journey throughout the novel. You will need this chart as you write your essay.

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4 Edith Hamilton Study Questions Directions: Use the following study guide to assist you as you read Parts 1,3, and 4 of Edith Hamilton s Mythology. You should fill out the chart legibly using pencil or pen; you will be expected to turn in the completed chart the day of the exam. The study questions are optional; however, if you choose to complete the study guide questions, you may use those notes on the test. Part 1: Chapters 1 2: Fill in the chart using the information in chapter 1 Greek Name (Roman Name) Zeus (Jupiter) Parents Area of Control Symbol, Animal, Plant Cronus and Rhea The lord of the sky, Rain god, and the Cloud gatherer Thunderbolt Personality Traits Falls in love with one woman after another; sneaky Jealous The sea Trident; horse Earth shaker Hades (Pluto) Underworld; wealth; and precious metals Zeus Goddess of Wisdom Gray eyed Apollo Artemis (Diana)

5 Zeus and Maia Messenger of the gods Zeus and Hera Hateful; violent; barbaric Hephaestus (Vulcan) God of smiths Fire and precious metals Cronus and Rhea The home; the hearth Cronus and Rhea Goddess of corn and agriculture; an earth goddess Dionysus (Bacchus) God of wine; and earth god

6 Study Guide Questions Part 1 Continued... The Lesser Gods of Olympus 1. Eros: Of what is he the god? What is his relationship to Aphrodite? How is he frequently represented? Who are his attendants, and what do their names mean? 2. Hebe: Who were her parents? Who does she marry? What is her office at Olympus? Who is Ganymede? 3. Iris: Of what is she goddess? What is her job? 4. The Graces: How many are there? What do their names mean? What would they do at banquets? Could one go on vacation without the others? 5. Muses: How many are there? Who are their parents? What are their names and their particular fields? The Gods of the Waters 1. Who is Triton? Who are his parents? With what object is he associated? 2. What are Proteus' two useful powers? 3. Who are the Naiads? How do they differ from the Nereids? The Underworld 1. Names to know: Persephone, Charon, Cerberus, Styx, Lethe, Elysian Fields, Asphodel 2. What kind of mood exists in Hades? How is it set up? What is the role of the three judges? 3. Who are the Furies (the Erinyes)? Through what gate do true dreams come? The Lesser Gods of Earth 1. Pan: Who is his father? He's part animal which animal? Where does he live? What instrument does he play? What is the relationship between him and our word "panic? Describe his personality. 2. Silenus: What animal does he ride and why? Whom does he teach? What does he resemble in looks? 3. The Sileni: Describe them. 4. The Satyrs, Dryads or Hamadryads: Who/what are they? Where do they gather? Describe their appearance. 5. Aeolus: Of what is he king? What are the Greek names of the four chief winds and their direction? 6. Chiron: What type of creature is he? What would he look like? For what is he known? 7. Gorgons: What did they look like? 8. The Graiae: What is unusual about this trio of old women? 9. The Sirens: Why are they infamous? 10. The Fates: What is their Greek name? What do they do? What is the meaning of their names, and how do they reflect their duties? Chapter Two: The Two Great Gods of Earth Demeter: Of what is she goddess? Why does Hamilton argue that Demeter has to be a woman? When is her chief festival? Why do we not know more about the Eleusinian Mysteries?

7 Homeric Hymn to Demeter Who is Persephone? Where does she go and how does Demeter react to her disappearance? Why does she disguise herself? How does Demeter try to give Demophoon immortal youth and why isn't she successful? How does Demeter suggest Eleusis can win back her good graces? What effect does Demeter's grief have on the earth? Why does Zeus force Hades to return Persephone? What is the importance of the pomegranate? What sad message does Rhea bring to Demeter? Homeric Hymn to Dionysus Who are Dionysus's parents and what awful fate befalls his mother? Why does Zeus have to uphold his promise? Why is Dionysus' birth of fire and childhood of rain appropriate for his function as god of the vine? Why do the pirates kidnap Dionysus? How does Dionysus exhibit his divinity to the pirates? What fate do the pirates suffer? Why does Dionysus return to Thebes? Who is Pentheus? Why does he ignore the advice of Tiresias and the band of soldiers? What awful fate does Pentheus experience? Why do you think Dionysus encouraged his demise? What, besides viticulture, is Dionysus' greatest gift to the world? Where is his festival celebrated and what does the ceremony entail? Why and how does Dionysus die every year? Chapter Three: How the World and Mankind Were Created 1. Night and Erebus were the first two children of Chaos. Who was their child? 2. What is Hamilton's theory about the personification of the Earth and Heaven? 3. What sprang from the blood of the injured Heaven? 4. Why does Zeus eventually overthrow Cronus? 5. How does Rhea fool Cronus? 6. How does Zeus rescue his siblings? 7. What happens to the stone that faked Cronus out? 8. Who helps Cronus in the war? Who are Zeus allies? 9. How does Zeus' punish his enemies after they lose? 10. Who is Atlas and what was his fate? 11. Who must Zeus fight to become undisputed world champion? How was man created? 12. What do Prometheus' and Epimetheus' names mean and why are they apt? 13. What does Epimetheus do for the creatures of earth that earns his reputation as a scatterbrain? 14. How does Prometheus come to man's aid? 15. Describe the various ages of man, starting with gold and ending with iron. How are the men like the metal that gives their age its name? 16. What two gripes did Zeus have against Prometheus? How did Zeus get revenge? 17. What does Pandora's name mean and why is it apt? 18. What is in Pandora's infamous box? Why does she open it? What is the result?

8 19. How does Zeus personally punish Prometheus for helping mankind? What does Prometheus know that could help Zeus in the future? 20. How does Prometheus escape? Does the Deluge remind you of any other stories? 21. Why does Zeus send the flood? How many days did it rain? Who was saved? How? 22. Why doesn't Zeus get angry at their survival? What are they urged to do? What solution do they devise? How is the new race born? Chapter 4: Early Heroes Prometheus and Io Questions 1. Who came to see Prometheus on the rock? 2. Why does Io wander in a frenzy as a mad cow? 3. Who was Argus? 4. Why does Zeus order Hermes to kill Argus? 5. How does Hermes get Argus to fall asleep so that he can kill him? 6. What river must Io get to in order for Zeus to restore her? 7. What is the name of Zeus and Io's son? What famous mythological hero is a descendent of Io? Europa Questions 1. How did Zeus fall in love with Europa? 2. What did Zeus change himself into when he appeared before Europa for the first time? 3. Where did Zeus take Europa after they crossed the sea? Flower Myths Questions 1. Why is it natural for flowers to be connected with the gods? 2. How did Zeus use the narcissus flower to help Hades lure Persephone? 3. Why and how did Hera punish Echo? 4. What happened to Echo after she was rejected by Narcissus? 5. How did Nemesis punish Narcissus? How did death set Narcissus free? 6. What happened to Narcissus's body after he died? 7. How did Hyacinthus die? 8. What happened to Hyacinthus after he died?

9 Adonis Questions 1. What is the name of Adonis's flower? 2. Which two goddesses did Adonis split his time with? 3. What seasons did he spend with each? 4. How did Adonis die? Part 3 Study Guide Questions Chapter Nine Perseus 1. Identify the following characters: Perseus, Danae, King Acrisius, Medusa, Polydectes, Gray Women, Gorgons, Electryon 2. What did the priestess tell King Acrisius about his daughter, Danae? 3. Why did Acrisius refuse to kill his daughter? 4. What did Acrisius do to make sure that his grandson would not kill him? 5. Who discovered Danae and Perseus? 6. Why did Polydectes want to kill Perseus? 7. What was Hermes' plan to find the way to the nymphs of the North? What did Hermes give to Perseus? Why was it special? 8. What did Athena give Perseus? How would it help him? 9. Why could Perseus only kill Medusa? Why was Andromeda being punished? What was her punishment? 10. What did Perseus do to the great snake? Why? Chapter Ten Theseus 1. Identify the significance of the following characters Theseus, King Minos, Ariadne, Minotaur 2. What were the terms for Theseus to receive his father's gifts? Why didn't Theseus want to travel by sea? 3. Who was his role model? What was his relation to him? 4. What was Theseus's ides of dealing with justice? 5. When he arrived at Athens, why was he an acknowledged hero? 6. Why did the King want to poison Theseus? Who's original plan was it? Why did she do this? Did Theseus become poisoned? Explain. 7. Why did Minos demand fourteen youths and maidens? What/who is Minotaur? What happened to these youths? 8. What is Theseus's real intentions of offering himself? 9. What happened when she first saw Theseus? Who did she consult for help? What was his advice? 10. How did Theseus kill Minotaur? 11. Did Ariadne make it to Athens? Why? 12. Why did Theseus's father kill himself? Who took over Athens?

10 Hercules 1. Identify and state the significance of: Thebes, Amphitryon, Alcmena, Zeus, Megara, Hera 2. Hercules was considered the greatest of all heroes in Greece except in Athens. Who did Athenians consider the greatest hero? 3. What happened to him after he and his wife had three sons? What happened to his wife and three sons? 4. Who stopped Hercules from trying to kill himself? 5. To whom did the priestess tell Hercules to go? Why? 6. Who helped Eurystheus devise the labors? 7. Describe the twelve labors by including the task as well as who or what was involved. Chapter Twelve Atalanta 1. Identify the following characters and explain their significance to the story: Atalanta, shebear, 2 hunters, 2 centaurs, Calydon Boar, Melanion, Aphrodite, Golden Apples 2. Give a description of how Atalanta looked when she joined the Argo. Who fell in love with her? 3. Who wounded the boar and how was the boar wounded? Who finished killing the boar off? 4. Who was Meleager's mother? How was the boar hunt the cause of Meleager's death? What did Meleager do to them? 5. Who did Atalanta beat in a wrestling match? Who did she reconcile with? 6. Atalanta declared that if anyone could beat her at this event, she would marry him. What was this event? Part 4 Study Guide Questions Chapter Fifteen: The Adventures of Odysseus 1. How long does Odysseus wander before he sees his home? 2. Who is Penelope? What task does she want to complete before she will marry any of her suitors? Why is the task never completed? 3. Why does Athena favor Odysseus? Which god has no sympathy for Odysseus? 4. Who is Telemachus? What is his personality like? 5. What disguise does Athena take? What does she instruct Telemachus to do? 6. Whose form does Athena take the second time she appears to Telemachus? 7. Why does Menelaus have to hold down Proteus? Under what do he and his men hide? 8. Which nymph keeps Odysseus? 9. Of what are Hermes's sandals made? What powers are in his wand? 10. Why does Calypso not want to free Odysseus? What does she make for Odysseus? 11. Who spots Odysseus on the sea? Why does Odysseus not want to die in the storm? Who helps Odysseus in the storm and how? Who calms the waves? 12. To whom does the country where Odysseus washes ashore belong? What is their way of life? 13. Who finds Odysseus in the trees? What does she do for Odysseus? Why can't she take him to her father herself?

11 Odysseus' Tale at Court of the Phaeacians 1. Ten days after leaving Troy, why does Odysseus have to tie down some of his men? 2. Why is Poseidon angry with Odysseus? 3. What does King Aeolus give Odysseus and what is in it? Why does he give it to him? What does his crew do to it and what happens as a result? 4. Who destroys the whole fleet except for Odysseus' ship? 5. Who lives on Aeaea? What happens to Odysseus' remaining crew and how does Odysseus avoid their fate? Who tells Odysseus how to save himself? What eventually happens to the crew? 6. How is Odysseus told to get to the entrance to Hades? Whom is he supposed to consult, and how? 7. Where does Odysseus go next? Who lives there, and why are they harmful? To avoid these people, what does Odysseus order the crew to do to themselves and himself? 8. At the Island of the Sun, what are Odysseus and his crew not to do? What does the crew do, and what happens to them? 9. What do the King of the Phaeacians and the chiefs give Odysseus before he leaves the island? 10. Where does Odysseus wake up? Who is disguised as a shepherd? How does Athena disguise Odysseus? 11. Where does Telemachus go before going back to his house? What does Odysseus tell Telemachus to hide? 12. Who is Argos, and what does he do after he recognizes Odysseus? 13. What does Odysseus tell Penelope when she calls for him? 14. What two challenges does Penelope give the suitors? Who completes the challenges? 15. After the fight, whom does Odysseus spare? 16. How does Odysseus finally prove himself to Penelope? Summer Reading Essay Prompt Bowie High School English I Pre AP

12 2016 In a well written essay, compare and contrast the novel and film versions of your chosen summer reading assignment. Your essay should be hand written and of sufficient length to examine the similarities and differences of the two pieces. A thoughtful analysis will include evidence from the text in the form of quotations and paraphrasing of significant description, information, and dialogue from the book and/or film. Also consider using the information you have gathered in your hero s journey chart to guide your writing. Scoring will be based on the attached AP style scoring guide developed by Laying the Foundation, the Arlington ISD Pre AP curriculum program. Remember to: Offer a persuasive comparison and contrast of the two texts Provide an insightful analysis of the relationship between the two texts Supply specific, detailed supporting textual evidence Provide a clear thesis which directs the organization of the entire essay Use varied sentence structure, effective word choice, and a sense of voice Demonstrate consistent and effective control of standard written English grammar and mechanics