Deer Park High School North Campus. English I Pre-AP. Summer Reading Assignment

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1 Deer Park High School North Campus English I Pre-AP Summer Reading Assignment Welcome to North Campus and the wonderful world of English literature!! We are very excited for the school year!! Each student entering English I Pre-AP is required to read BOTH of the following: 1. Introduction to Mythology (Just the Introduction, Part I, Part II, and Part IV), by Edith Hamilton AND 2. The Lord of the Flies by William Golding In addition to reading, you will also answer the study guide questions in this packet. Please answer all questions on notebook paper. You will turn in your finished assignment before the end of the first week of school. We hope you have a wonderful summer! If there are any questions or concerns, you may contact: Anne Berridge (English Department Chair) aberridge@dpisd.org Judy Perrone jperrone@dpisd.org Billye Turner billyet@dpisd.org

2 Study Guide To Edith Hamilton s Mythology Short Answer Questions - Introduction to Classical Mythology 1. The Greeks created their gods in whose image? 2. How did the Greek gods act? 3. The behavior of the Greek gods reflects the Greek attitude towards the beauty and perfection of. 4. The Greeks saw perfection in the ideal beauty of, and they used it as a model for their statues of the gods.. Short Answer Questions - Part One. The Gods, and The Two Great Gods of Earth 1. The main gods, or, lived on Mount Olympus. 2. These gods were the children of the, who were the children of heaven and earth. 3. Zeus and the other gods took over when Zeus dethroned and seized his power. 4. The Romans believed in the Olympian gods, giving them different. 5. Why did the Greeks create their myths, initially? 5. was the king of the gods and ruler of Olympus. 6. The myths conveyed developing religious ideas concerning. 6. was the goddess of marriage and women. 7. When a mortal committed a crime, broke an oath, or harmed a guest, they were seen to be. 8. The Roman poet wrote a lot about the myths, but presented them as silly stories that held no inner meaning. 9. Homer, an ancient Greek, provided a lot of important insight in his epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey. 10. Hesiod's is another main source, which asked questions about the origins of things. 11. Homeric hymns, written from the end of the century BC to the fifth or even fourth century BC, were written to honor various gods. 12. Later Greek writers include, a lyric poet whose poems contained references to mythology, and the tragic playwrights Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides. 7. was the god of the sea and brother of Zeus. 8. was the other brother of Zeus and ruler of the underworld, where mortals went when they died. 9. was the goddess of wisdom, and protector of cities and civilization. 10. Apollo (also known as Apollo to the Romans) and were the children of Zeus and Leto. 11. was the god of light, archery, music, culture, healing, and prophecy. 12. was the goddess of love, who was said to have been born from the foam of the sea.

3 Short Answer Questions - Part Four. The Trojan War, and The Fall of Troy 1. When a Trojan prince called Paris was asked to judge a beauty contest between three goddesses, who bribed him with the offer of the most beautiful woman in the world? 2. To who was Helen married? Short Answer Questions - Part Four. The Adventures of Odysseus 1. Odysseus' journey home to Ithaca took him years, and he faced many fierce monsters and dangerous people along the way. 2. When Odysseus blinded the Cyclops, he angered whom? 3. The abduction of Helen began a year war between Greece and Troy, with many heroes on both sides. 3. Odysseus and his men faced man eating monsters and strange magic, losing how many ships on their journey? 4. How was Achilles killed by Paris? 5. The Greeks finally won the war with. 6. Who was the only Trojan prince to escape? 7. The story of the Trojan War was important and popular myths of the Greeks, and one which every educated Greek and Roman would have been familiar with. 8. What was the fatal flaw of most Greek heroes? 9. Achilles could not stand the slight to his honor that Agamemnon brought about by. 4. On Circe's island the men were turned into what? 5. Odysseus rescued the men before visiting the dead prophet in the underworld. 6. After killing some of the Sun-god's, all of Odysseus' men were punished by drowning in a storm. 7. Odysseus alone survived and washed up on the shore of the island of, where a sea-nymph who kept him captive for years. 8. Odysseus' adventures were told in the poem The Odyssey. 9. Who composed the Odyssey? 10. Why was refusing someone a burial a serious affront to the gods? 10. Modern scholarship usually dates The Odyssey to around the century BC. 11. The heroes of the Trojan War, also called heroes, were slightly different from the older mythological heroes such as Hercules, Perseus and Theseus. 12. Earlier heroes were superhuman individuals, who fought alone against monsters and strange creatures, while the Trojan heroes fought whom? 11. The Odyssey was in many ways a celebration of what it meant to be. 12. It was a moral tale that taught proper behavior toward whom?

4 Lord of the Flies Study Guide These questions help you stay on track with the plot as well as build your reading comprehension. Chapter 1 1. How do these boys arrive on the island? 2. What is name of the boy with fair hair? 3. What does Ralph use to call the other boys on the island? 4. What does Piggy do as each boy shows up? 5 Who is elected chief? 6. What is the first decision Ralph makes as chief? Chapter 2 1. As Jack talks about the pig they saw on their expedition, what does he do that shows his violent nature? 2. What does Ralph say when attempting to put the smaller children at ease about the beastie? 3. What does Ralph suggest they do to signal a potential rescue ship? 4. Who leads the boys into the jungle? 5. Jack accuses Piggy of just sitting while the rest are building the fire. Who defends Piggy? 6. What disastrous thing happens after the boys build the fire? Chapter 3 1. What weapons does Jack use to hunt the pig? 2. Why does Ralph think they need shelters? 3. What is Jack s reason for hunting? 4. What feeling does Jack experience when he is hunting alone? 5. Where does Simon go after the argument between Jack and Ralph? 3. What is Ralph angry about when he sees the ship? 4. What are the hunters chanting? 5. What does Jack shout as everyone is eating the meat? Chapter 5 1. What is the purpose of Ralph s meeting? 2. Ralph mentions decisions made during the meetings that are not acted upon. List three of them. 3. In Ralph s speech, what does he say they should do before they let the fire go out? 4. In an argument with Jack, Ralph accuses him of breaking rules. What is Jack s reply? 5 Why is Piggy afraid of Ralph giving up the position of chief? Chapter 6 1. What sign comes down from the world of grownups? 2. Who is on the mountaintop when the figure lands? 3. What is Ralph s first action upon hearing about the beast? 4. What is Jack s response to hearing the news of the beast? 5. What is Ralph thinking as he strikes the rock with his fist? Chapter 4 1. What does Jack think is the reason he hasn t killed a pig yet? 2. What does Jack use to camouflage himself? Chapter 7 1. As Ralph looks at the others, he notices the boys are dirty. What does he think about this? 2. What do the boys encounter on the way to the mountaintop?

5 3. How does Ralph feel about hitting the boar with the spear? 4. When Jack questions whether or not Ralph is frightened, how does Ralph defend himself? 5. How do the three boys react to seeing the creature? Chapter 8 1. How does Ralph characterize Jack s hunters? 2. What does Jack plan to do for the beast? 3. How does Jack plan to cook the pig? 4 What is the Lord of the Flies? 5. What does Jack offer Ralph s group? 6. Who does Simon talk with in the jungle? Chapter 9 1. What does Simon do when his fit passes? 2. What does Simon learn about the beast? 3. What is Jack s appearance compared to? 4. When the storm breaks, Jack tells his hunters to do what? 5 In the dance, who acts as the first pig? 6. Who crawls out of the forest into the circle? 7. What happens to him at the end of the chapter? 2. What does Piggy plan to do when he sees Jack? 3. What does Ralph call Jack? 4. What does Jack command the tribe to do to Samneric? 5. What happens to Piggy? 6. What happens to the conch? 7. What happens to Samneric? Chapter What does the Lord of the Flies look like when Ralph sees it? 2. How does the tribe plan to hunt Ralph? 3. What three options does Ralph consider? 4. What does the naval officer say about the boys behavior? 5. What happens to Ralph at the end? Chapter Ralph calls Simon s death a murder. How does Piggy try to justify their actions? 2. What role do Piggy and Ralph say they had in the attack? 3. How does the tribe explain Simon s murder? 4. What are Jack s plans for his tribe? 5. What do the intruders take? Chapter After losing his glasses, what does Piggy suggest that Ralph do?