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North Lawndale College Prep Charter High School
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English Department

NLCP Summer Reading Assignment – English I: World Literatures (Grade 9)
Street Love by Walter Dean Myers

2 June 2011

Dear 2011-2012 English I: World Literatures Student:

Welcome to North Lawndale College Preparatory Charter High School! In order to be successful at NLCP, you
must put forth your best effort on all of your assignments. The following is one of the first opportunities for you to
do so.

In order to be prepared for the first day of class in August, you must complete the following exercise. This exercise
will become your first graded assignment of the 2011-2012 school year. You must read this novel and complete all
assignments before the first day of school. Please bring completed assignments with you to English class on the
first day of school. Read over the assignment carefully and answer each question with a thoughtful and well-
written response.

The following assignments are required:

1. Library Card: You must obtain your own public library card. Be prepared to show your card in class for a grade.
2. Comprehension/Guiding Questions: You will answer ALL 6 questions (each with several parts to it) to help your
understanding and push your thinking about the book. When appropriate, you must support your answers with
specific evidence from the text. All answers must be written in complete sentences.
3. Episodic Notes: In order to complete the Episodic Notes assignment, you will use a graphic organizer (handout)
to highlight the six most important events from the novel. You will draw an image to represent each event,
describe what is happening in your picture, and explain why it is important.
4. Letter to Damien: Think about Damien’s decision at the end of Street Love. Write a letter to Damien. Tell him
whether you agree or disagree with his decision. Your letter must state your opinion and discuss 3 reasons
why you agree or disagree with Damien’s decision.
5. Final Chapter: After reading Street Love, you will write an extra chapter to the book. Write a chapter
describing what Damien and Junice are doing five years after the last chapter of the book. The chapter will be
titled ―Damien and Junice Five Years Later‖. The chapter must be written in the same style as the book and be
20 lines or more.

Typing your work is not a requirement, but if you want to impress your English teacher: Type your work!

We are looking forward to seeing you in August and being a part of your freshman experience.

Enjoy your summer,

Ms. Heidi Curran, Ms. Deondra Jackson, Ms. Misuzu Miyashita, and Ms. Kimberly Cody
Comprehension/Guiding Questions
Street Love by Walter Dean Myers

Directions: Answer each question on a separate sheet of paper.
1. Each of the following questions has more than one part. Answer ALL parts to ALL questions.
2. When appropriate, use specific evidence from the text to support your answers.
3. Make sure you answer each part in complete sentences!
4. You might start by highlighting or underlining each part of every question.
5. Grammar, spelling, and punctuation count!

1. On pages 5–6, Damien and Sledge face off to fight. Why does Damien walk away from Sledge?
What does Damien’s decision to back off show about his character?

2. Miss Ruby asks the question, ―Why you chasing White Girl dreams?‖ (page 19). Whom is she
asking? What are White Girl dreams? How are they different from Black Girl dreams?

3. The guards, the judge, her daughters, and society all make the assumption that if Leslie loved her
children, she wouldn’t have made the decision to sell drugs—she wouldn’t have risked going to
prison. Is there any truth in this judgment? What defense does she offer? How does she try to
make Junice responsible for her conviction and prison sentence?

4. On pages 29 and 31, Damien and Junice separately relate their experiences of sitting on the bench
in the school office. How do their perspectives differ? What experiences have they had that give
insight into their individual perspectives?

5. It is apparent from the life experiences of both Damien’s and Junice’s parents (pages 42–47) that
Damien and Junice have been raised differently. What are the parents’ expectations for their
children? How do they differ? How are they similar? How do their perspectives on Damien and
Junice’s relationship differ?

6. Based on the opinions of other characters and Junice’s actions and thoughts, what words would
describe her? Based on the same criteria, what words would describe Damien? How do they
differ? How are they similar?
Episodic Notes
Purpose: Identify the most important moments; show comprehension and organization
(sequence).
Directions:
1. Identify the six most crucial stages, scenes, or moments in the story.
2. In the box, draw what happens and what you ―see‖ for each chapter. Be as specific as possible.
3. Remember, these are notes, not works of art. Try to capture the action and important details
of each scene/chapter.
4. Label each image with the title of the chapter from which it came.
5. Explain (in the notes section) what is happening and why it is important.
6. Grammar, spelling, and punctuation count!

Title of Chapter: ______________________
What is happening?
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Why is it important?
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Title of Chapter: ______________________
What is happening?
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Why is it important?
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Title of Chapter: ______________________
What is happening?
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Why is it important?
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Episodic Notes Continued…
Title of Chapter: ______________________
What is happening?
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Why is it important?
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Title of Chapter: ______________________
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Why is it important?
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Title of Chapter: ______________________
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Letter to Damien
Purpose: To make connections to text by evaluating events in the text.

1. Think about Damien’s decision at the end of Street Love.
2. Write a letter to Damien. Tell him whether you agree or disagree with his decision.
3. Your letter must state your opinion and discuss 3 reasons why you agree or disagree with his
decision.
4. Grammar, spelling, and punctuation count!

Dear Damien,
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Sincerely,
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Final Chapter

Purpose: Use creative writing to extend comprehension beyond the text.

1. It is now five years later.
2. Write a chapter describing what Damien and Junice are doing now.
3. The chapter must be 20 lines or more.
4. The chapter must be written in a poetic style just like the book.
5. Grammar, punctuation, and spelling count!

Damien and Junice five years later
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2010-2011 North Lawndale College Prep High School
Freshmen Team Summer Reading Assignment Rubric
Student Name:_____________________________________ Course:_____________________________________ Date:________________________________ Period:__________

Optimize Standards Your
(15-14 points) Exceed Standards Meet Standards Do Not Meet Standards Points
(13-12 points) (11 pts) (10-0 points)

Assignments at this level Assignments at this level Assignments at this level Assignments at this level include
include include include
Library Card Student brings in his/her library card. Student does not bring in his/her library card.

Comprehension Exceptional, complete, and thoughtful Effective, complete answers to all parts of all Somewhat effective, complete answers to Ineffective, incomplete or partially complete
Questions answers to all parts of all questions. questions. most parts of most questions. answers to the questions. The answers do not
reflect comprehension of the text.
Exceptional use of specific evidence from Effective use of some specific evidence from Somewhat effective or little use of evidence
the text to support answers when the text to support answers when from the text to support answers when Little to no use of evidence from the text to
appropriate. appropriate. appropriate. support answers when appropriate.

All answers written in complete sentences. Most answers are written in complete Some answers are written in complete Few or no answers are written in complete
sentences. sentences. sentences.
Writing that displays an exceptional use of
grammar, punctuation, and spelling. Writing that displays and effective control of Writing that displays some control of Writing that displays little to no control of
grammar, punctuation, and spelling that grammar, punctuation, and spelling that grammar, punctuation, and spelling which
rarely distracts the reader. often distracts the reader. makes it hard for the reader to comprehend.
Episodic Exceptional pictures that displays Effective pictures that displays effective Somewhat effective pictures that displays Incomplete or partially complete pictures that
exceptional comprehension. comprehension. some comprehension. display little to no comprehension.
Notes
Exceptional explanations of the pictures and Effective explanations of the pictures and the Somewhat effective explanations of the Little to no explanations of the pictures and the
the chapters’ importance to the book as a chapters’ importance to the book as a whole. pictures and the chapters’ importance to the chapters’ importance to the book as a whole.
whole. book as a whole.
Writing that displays and effective control of Writing that displays little to no control of
Writing that displays an exceptional use of grammar, punctuation, and spelling that Writing that displays some control of grammar, punctuation, and spelling which
grammar, punctuation, and spelling rarely distracts the reader. grammar, punctuation, and spelling that makes it hard for the reader to comprehend.
often distracts the reader.
Letter to Damian An exceptionally clear and thoughtful An effective, clear opinion and an effective, A somewhat clear, logical opinion and a There is an unclear or no opinion. The writer
opinion and logical discussion if three logical discussion of three reasons to somewhat clear, logical discussion of three did not use three reasons to support the
reasons to support the opinion. support the opinion. reasons to support the opinion. opinion.

Writing displays an exceptional control of Writing displays an effective control of Writing displays some control of grammar, Writing displays little to no control of
grammar, punctuation, and spelling. grammar, punctuation, and spelling that punctuation, and spelling that often grammar, punctuation, and spelling which
rarely distracts the reader. distracts the reader. makes it hard to comprehend the letter.
Final Chapter Exceptional clarity and creativity and makes Effective clarity and creativity and makes Some clarity and some creativity, makes Did you read Street Love? The final chapter
sense in relation to the novel. sense in relation to the novel. sense, and shows a basic understanding of shows no evidence of having read the story.
the novel.
More than 20 lines. The requirement of 20 lines. Less than 20 lines.
The requirement of 20 lines.
Writing displays an exceptional control of Writing displays an effective control of Writing displays little to no control of
grammar, punctuation, and spelling. grammar, punctuation, and spelling that Writing displays some control of grammar, grammar, punctuation, and spelling which
rarely distracts the reader. punctuation, and spelling that often makes it hard to comprehend the letter.
distracts the reader.