Traditional Grammar

Zaininger

Summer School

Independent SAT Vocabulary Reading Book

Targets:

• As you read a selected book, to identify passages that include vocabulary in which you are not familiar, writing down the contextual definition. (at least 15-five from the first third of the book, five from the second third of the book, and five from the final third of the book.
• To identify passages that show the dominant trait of the protagonist. (at least 6-two from the first third of the book, two from the 2^nd third of the book and two from the final 3^rd of the book.
• To identify passages that show the main conflict or problem in the book. (at least 3—one from the first third of the book, one from the 2^nd third of the book, and one from the final 3^rd of the book.

Grade: 120 points: 5 points for each item above.

ENTIRE PROJECT DUE: MONDAY, JULY 7^TH

Criteria:

1. Must be handwritten in blue or black ink on non-spiral notebook paper.
2. Devote three sheets of notebook paper for the passages for vocabulary: one for each section of the book.

Example: Vocabulary: A Separate Peace by John Knowles

3. Passages must be cited correctly. Ie: “Finny was always trying to inveigle others into doing what he wanted” (6).

Inveigle means to force or to coerce into doing something.

4. Devote one sheet of notebook paper for passages that deal with the protagonist’s dominant trait.

Example: Dominant Trait of Protagonist: A Separate Peace by John Knowles

5. Passages must be cited correctly. Ie: “There was no god in Finny’s universe” (28).

Finny is showing that he is self-centered, that he is the most important person in the

World.

Example: Conflict or problem in A Separate Peace by John Knowles---war.

6. Devote one sheet of notebook paper to passages that show the conflict or problem in the novel.

7. Passages must be cited correctly. Ie: “What was he(Finny) trying to do? Get some kind of hold over me?” (7).

Shows the war within Gene and his feelings of resentment towards Gene.