QUARTERLY ANALYSIS NOVELS

These novels are studied completed out of class and should be checked out from Mrs. G’s classroom library, school library, public library, or can be purchased from a local bookstore.  Students are responsible for reading one book from the list and completing the writing assignment by the due date.  The grade for the paper will count as an exam grade and will be included as a portion of the semester final.  These papers are to be submitted in electronic and hardcopy formats.  Electronic formats will be scanned by Turnitin.com to verify the veracity of each paper submitted.

BOOK ONE: (BOOK PROVIDED BY THE SCHOOL) DUE: 11/24/08

1. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury – 1953                
2. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger – 1951
3. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck – 1937

BOOK TWO: (STUDENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OBTAINING) DUE: 3/6/08 – ELECTRONIC COPY DUE BY 9 PM

1. The Burn Journals by Brent Runyon – 2004 (NF)
2. Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer – 1997 (NF)
3. Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon – 1994
4. Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson – 1959
5. The Shining by Stephen King – 1977
6. The Good Earth by Pearl Buck – 1931

BOOK THREE: (STUDENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OBTAINING) DUE: 5/1/08 - ELECTRONIC COPY DUE BY 9 PM

1. The Road by Cormac McCarthy – 2006
2. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard -1967
3. Surfacing by Margaret Atwood - 1998
4. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey -- 1962
5. The Color Purple by Alice Walker – 1982
6. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller – 1955
7. Native Son by Richard Wright – 1940
8. Dreaming in Cuban by Cristina Garcia – 1992

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

1. Paper is to be submitted on paper AND electronically by the due date
2. Assignment MUST be typed
3. MLA Heading in the left-hand corner of the first page
4. Each section and subsection must have headings
5. Internal citation must be correctly included
6. Work Cited MUST be included for the book at the end of the paper
7. Use 12 point Times New Roman or Arial font
8. Double space the entire paper
9. Electronic file should be Word 2007 (.doc) or rich-text format (.rtf)
10. Electronic file should be emailed or delivered via flash drive
11. Emailed files are due by 9 pm on the due date
12. Flash drive files are to be submitted prior to 4 pm on the due date

A WORD ABOUT PLAGIARISM

From the Latin “plagiarius” meaning kidnapper, plunderer, literary thief”; basically, “to take and pass off as one’s own (the ideas, writings, etc. of another).”  It WILL NOT be tolerated! Give credit where credit is due, and cite any sources used to assemble a paper for this course.  Students have a student resource book, which depicts the formats for citations (internal parenthetically and as a “works cited” page); if there are any questions, please ask. Consequences may include loss of credit for the semester in the course.  See parent/student handbook regarding detailed consequences.

Updated December 28, 2008