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Here are the directions to remind you what is required for your independent reading. When you are ready to write about what you are reading, you can click on the BLOG or LITERATURE BLOG page link on the left. OR you can click new page and start your own page for blogging. LET'S HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT LITERATURE!

** Independent Reading In English Literature **
 * Purpose:** To expand your knowledge of English Literature outside classroom texts.

1. Students must read 2 English novels each semester—one each quarter 2. Students are able to choose any English novel 3. Students must blog about their reading three times per quarter 4. Students must complete a Book Talk with the teacher for final credit 5. Students must have their novel with them each day.
 * Requirements:**


 * BLOG DAYS FOR SECOND QUARTER:**

Thursday, Nov. 4—have novel in class and complete first blog Thursday, Nov. 11—second blog Thursday, Nov. 18—third blog Thursday, Dec. 2--fourth blog Thursday, Deb. 16--fifth blog Wednesday, Dec. 5--FINAL BLOG. BOOK COMPLETED

1. Write in a narrative style. Writing should be of a high quality. After all, it is being published on line. 2. The first blog should include the following information: a. The title of the novel and the author b. Why did you choose this novel? Was is recommended? c. Where did you find the novel? A library? Did you buy it? 3. ALL blogs should include the following information: a. __Summary__ of what you have read so far b. __Reactions__ to what you read: Do you like the characters? Why or why not? What message do you find in the story, if any? Are you confused over any part of the story? How do you handle that? What do you think of the storyline? Is it realistic? Interesting? 4. A Sample blog entry can be found on the class Wiki site.
 * Blog Requirements:**

English Novels and Plays from which to Choose //Robinson Crusoe// by Daniel Defoe //Gulliver’s Travels// by Jonathan Swift //Pride and Prejudice// by Jane Austen //Emma// by Jane Austen //Sense and Sensibility// by Jane Austen //Jane Eyre// by Charlotte Bronte //Wuthering Heights// by Emily Bronte //Heart of Darkness// by Joseph Conrad //Great Expectations// by Charles Dickens //A Tale of Two Cities// by Charles Dickens //Bleak House// by Charles Dickens //The Mill on the Floss// by George Eliot //A Passage to India// by E.M. Forster //Brave New World// by Aldous Huxley //A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man// by James Joyce //And Then There Were None// by Agatha Christie //A Clockwork Orange// by Anthony Burgess //Alice in Wonderland Trilogy// by C.S. Lewis //Rebecca// by Daphne DuMaurier //Murder in the Cathedral// by T.S. Elliot //I, Claudius// by Robert Graves //The Birthday Party// by Harold Pinter //Frankenstein// by Mary Shelley //Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde// by Robert Lewis Stevenson //The Invisible Man// by H.G. Wells //The Lord of the Rings// by J.R.R. Tolkein //The Hobbit// by J.R.R. Tolkien //Brideshead Revisited// by Evelyn Waugh //Mrs. Dalloway// by Virginia Wolf //2001: A Space Odyssey// by Arthur C. Clarke Plays by //Noel Coward// or //George Benard Shaw//

· If you wish to read a novel and you do NOT find it here, please visit with Mrs. Olson as soon as possible.

· Also, if you choose a novel that is not a movie, you MUST blog some about how the novel differs from the movie.