Summer Reading Answers
English 111: 9 th Grade Advanced Summer Reading Guide (2015) Blessed Trinity Catholic High School
Please print this packet and write the answers to the questions on this first page directly on the paper. Type the answers to the study questions. Bring the completed packet on the first day of class for a homework grade. After receiving instructions in class, you will also submit your answers to these questions to Turn It In.
What is your name?
Marisa Whitfield
How many books did you read in the past year?
I read probably 7 books.
During the summer months when school is not in session, how often do you read? (Circle one.)
I read less than once a week.
For which novel are you completing this reading guide? You must choose one of the following: …show more content…
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Why did you choose this novel? Explain.
This book was on a higher reading level and I wanted to challenge myself. I also read a sample of the books and it seemed the most interesting out of the other books.
Based on its title, what do you expect from this novel? Explain. I expected it to be some type of metaphor or analogy. I was thinking about maybe someone living a secret life and maybe the secret will come out.
Study Questions:
Look for these elements and take notes while you are reading the novel. Type your answers to the following questions and bring them to the first English class for discussion and credit. Be sure to answer in complete sentences. These questions will be used for class discussion and then will be collected for a homework grade on the first full day of English class. Soon after returning to school, you will take a test over your selected novel, which will be the first major test of the fall semester. The test will measure your knowledge of novel’s plot as well as your understanding of the novel’s setting, characters, and conflict.
1. List five major characters. Write three sentences identifying each one. List three to five minor characters. Write two sentences identifying each one.
major characters:
Lily Owens is the book's narrator. When she was only four years old she shot and killed her mother. She lives with her father in Sylvan, South Carolina. Lily has kept some of her mother's things like a picture of her mother, a pair of gloves and a picture of black Mary.
Rosaleen is Lily’s nanny and friend. She is a black woman that used to work for T.Ray in the peach fields and he took her out of the fields to take care of Lily.
T.Ray Owens is Lily’s abusive father. After lily’s mother , Deborah, died he became a bitter man. He likes to bring Lily down whenever he can.
August Boatwright is the lady that welcomes Lily into her home in Tiburon, South Carolina. She lives with her two sisters, June and May, on the bee making plantation that she got from her grandfather. She acts like a mother to Lily and teaches her a lot of important life lessons.
Zach Taylor is Lily’s best friend and love interest. He hopes to be a lawyer one day and Clayton Forest is his mentor. He works at the Boatwrights to earn money for college.
Minor Characters:
May Boatwright is a very depressed person. She has this things called the “wailing wall” this is where she writes all of her problems. She had a twin sister but she killed herself when she was little.
April Boatwright is May’s twin. She was depressed at a very young age. When she was very young she shot and killed herself.
June Boatwright is one of the Boatwright sisters. She did not like Lily at first because she was white and she want her living in their house.
Neil is June’s boyfriend, they do eventually get married. He is very nice and caring.
Clayton Forest is an attorney and Zach’s mentor. He is trying to help Zack]h get to where he needs to be, to be a successful lawyer.
2. What is the setting (time and place) of the novel?
This book is during 1964 and is in Sylvan and Tiburon, South Carolina.
3. Who is the narrator of the novel? Through what point of view is the plot told?
Lily is the narrator and it is in first person.
4. What is the major conflict? How is it resolved?
The major conflict in the book is when Lily runs away from home.
WHen she runs away she doesn't realize how much work it is going to be. After T.Ray tells her that her mother doesn't love her and she was the one who killed her mother, she goes in her room. She see the bee jar is open and the bee is gone, she takes that as a sign saying she needs to leave her home. She runs away and on the way to run away she picks up Rosaleen. Rosaleen was in jail for pouring snuff spit on three white mens shoes that were harassing her. Lily went to the jail to get Rosaleen but she is in the hospital because she wouldn't apologize to the white men so they beat her up again pretty badly. Lily sneaks Rosaleen out and they head to Tiburon. They head there because Lily saw that town on the back of the black Mary picture her mom had. When they get there , Lily goes inside of a general store and when she gets in there she sees black Madonna honey. The honey package has the same picture of black Mary on it like the one Lily has. She ask the man in the store where the honey is made and he says it's made in a pink house in Tiburon. She goes to the house and Rosaleen is being very nice and welcomes them into their home. June wasnt to find of the idea of a white girl lin=ing in her house. Rosaleen didn't care though. Rosaleen was like the answer to her
prayers.
Please print this packet and write the answers to the questions on this first page directly on the paper. Type the answers to the study questions. Bring the completed packet on the first day of class for a homework grade. After receiving instructions in class, you will also submit your answers to these questions to Turn It In.
What is your name?
Marisa Whitfield
How many books did you read in the past year?
I read probably 7 books.
During the summer months when school is not in session, how often do you read? (Circle one.)
I read less than once a week.
For which novel are you completing this reading guide? You must choose one of the following: …show more content…
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Why did you choose this novel? Explain.
This book was on a higher reading level and I wanted to challenge myself. I also read a sample of the books and it seemed the most interesting out of the other books.
Based on its title, what do you expect from this novel? Explain. I expected it to be some type of metaphor or analogy. I was thinking about maybe someone living a secret life and maybe the secret will come out.
Study Questions:
Look for these elements and take notes while you are reading the novel. Type your answers to the following questions and bring them to the first English class for discussion and credit. Be sure to answer in complete sentences. These questions will be used for class discussion and then will be collected for a homework grade on the first full day of English class. Soon after returning to school, you will take a test over your selected novel, which will be the first major test of the fall semester. The test will measure your knowledge of novel’s plot as well as your understanding of the novel’s setting, characters, and conflict.
1. List five major characters. Write three sentences identifying each one. List three to five minor characters. Write two sentences identifying each one.
major characters:
Lily Owens is the book's narrator. When she was only four years old she shot and killed her mother. She lives with her father in Sylvan, South Carolina. Lily has kept some of her mother's things like a picture of her mother, a pair of gloves and a picture of black Mary.
Rosaleen is Lily’s nanny and friend. She is a black woman that used to work for T.Ray in the peach fields and he took her out of the fields to take care of Lily.
T.Ray Owens is Lily’s abusive father. After lily’s mother , Deborah, died he became a bitter man. He likes to bring Lily down whenever he can.
August Boatwright is the lady that welcomes Lily into her home in Tiburon, South Carolina. She lives with her two sisters, June and May, on the bee making plantation that she got from her grandfather. She acts like a mother to Lily and teaches her a lot of important life lessons.
Zach Taylor is Lily’s best friend and love interest. He hopes to be a lawyer one day and Clayton Forest is his mentor. He works at the Boatwrights to earn money for college.
Minor Characters:
May Boatwright is a very depressed person. She has this things called the “wailing wall” this is where she writes all of her problems. She had a twin sister but she killed herself when she was little.
April Boatwright is May’s twin. She was depressed at a very young age. When she was very young she shot and killed herself.
June Boatwright is one of the Boatwright sisters. She did not like Lily at first because she was white and she want her living in their house.
Neil is June’s boyfriend, they do eventually get married. He is very nice and caring.
Clayton Forest is an attorney and Zach’s mentor. He is trying to help Zack]h get to where he needs to be, to be a successful lawyer.
2. What is the setting (time and place) of the novel?
This book is during 1964 and is in Sylvan and Tiburon, South Carolina.
3. Who is the narrator of the novel? Through what point of view is the plot told?
Lily is the narrator and it is in first person.
4. What is the major conflict? How is it resolved?
The major conflict in the book is when Lily runs away from home.
WHen she runs away she doesn't realize how much work it is going to be. After T.Ray tells her that her mother doesn't love her and she was the one who killed her mother, she goes in her room. She see the bee jar is open and the bee is gone, she takes that as a sign saying she needs to leave her home. She runs away and on the way to run away she picks up Rosaleen. Rosaleen was in jail for pouring snuff spit on three white mens shoes that were harassing her. Lily went to the jail to get Rosaleen but she is in the hospital because she wouldn't apologize to the white men so they beat her up again pretty badly. Lily sneaks Rosaleen out and they head to Tiburon. They head there because Lily saw that town on the back of the black Mary picture her mom had. When they get there , Lily goes inside of a general store and when she gets in there she sees black Madonna honey. The honey package has the same picture of black Mary on it like the one Lily has. She ask the man in the store where the honey is made and he says it's made in a pink house in Tiburon. She goes to the house and Rosaleen is being very nice and welcomes them into their home. June wasnt to find of the idea of a white girl lin=ing in her house. Rosaleen didn't care though. Rosaleen was like the answer to her
prayers.