English II (G) Summer Reading List
2008
Required Reading:
The Alchemist by P. Coehlo
Mythology by Edith Hamilton
Demian by Hermann Hesse
Choose one of the following:
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
The Chosen by Chaïm Potok
Need help with your reading - background information or guides to understanding? Try the EBSCO data bank LITERARY REFERENCE CENTER. This is provided free of charge for you by the Laf. Parish School System. Link - http://search.ebscohost.com/ User ID = student Password = ebsco
The following Links will help you with your study of mythology & The Odyssey:Myth Web - a very easy site to use for more information about gods & heroes
http://www.mythweb.com/
Encyclopedia Mythica - Lots of information & a Search function - http://www.pantheon.org/main/search.html
Lots of information to help you with The Odyssey - Study Guide, Teaching Activities, Power Point Presentations, & Quizes
http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/Eng9/homer.html
http://www.temple.edu/classics/odysseyho.html Study guide while reading the Oddysey prepared by Robin Mitchell-Boyask of Temple University. Also included is a chronology.
This 15-page document addresses 84 vocabulary words drawn from The Odyssey. Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader or compatible application for access https://secure.layingthefoundation.org/englishallaccess/vocab/novels/Odyssey.pdf
Interactive map pf Odysseus' journey http://www.classics.upenn.edu/myth/homer/odymap.php
web game - choose to be either Odysseus himself or his young son Telemachus or his beautiful wife, Penelope http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~loxias/odchoice.htm
A slide show of the successive stages of Odysseus’s journey which is part of a Thinkquest entry. http://library.thinkquest.org/19300/data/Odyssey/voyage1.htm
Power point presentation - Odyssey Jeopardy http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/Eng9/odysseygame1.ppt
Ancient Greece Part 1-a concise yet easy to read history of all the major and minor god, including the titans and an overview of the mythological creation of the earth
http://www.crystalinks.com/greece.html
3) Demian by Hermann Hesse A philosophical study of a young boy and his descent into the world of crime because of the influence of one of his friends.
Reading Group Guide for Demian - http://www.readinggroupguides.com/guides_D/demian1.asp
