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Summer Reading Assignments for IB English 11 The Great Gatsby Please write 1-2 pages on each of the following prompts, to be turned in the first day of school. Incorporate specific quotations from the text to support your assertions: 1. How is setting used to reflect the different social classes and their lives of the characters in the novel? 2. Nick calls Daisy and Tom, “careless people” – what does he mean by this? In what ways is this true? 3. Choose an example of irony that Fitzgerald develops in the novel – explain what is ironic about the situation or events, and how Fitzgerald cultivates the sense of irony.
Summer Reading Assignments for IB English 12 Chronicle of a Death Foretold Please write 1-2 pages on each of the following prompts, to be turned in the first day of school. Incorporate specific quotations from the text to support your assertions. 1. Describe the roles of upper class men and women in this society: what is expected of each and why? 2. Why is Santiago’s death regarded as an ‘honor killing’ by the society? What is the author’s view of this justification? How do you know? 3. Hypocrisy underpins much of the society in the novel. Choose one or two examples to discuss in detail.
Summer Reading Assignment for IB Theory of Knowledge 12 Choose one of the following books to read for the first day of school. Be prepared to discuss in detail aspects of your reading. American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers by Nancy Jo Sales The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell Blink by Malcolm Gladwell Freakonomics (and Other Riddles of Modern Life) by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel H. Pink The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely The Upside of Irrationality by Dan Ariely The (Honest) Truth about Dishonesty by Dan Ariely Click: The Forces Behind How We Fully Engage with People, Work, and Everything We Do by Ori Brafman and Rom Brafman Stumbling on Happiness by Dan Gilbert