Summer Assignments ELA (2018) – incoming 10th Grade

• Read Antigone by Sophocles (including the explanatory notes) from this site.
  • In an essay, compare and contrast the moral complexities in Antigone with those of any other book we read in 9th grade. Support your essay with specific quotes from the play.

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• Read the “Dedication” and “Character List” sites on Cliffs Notes for The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli.
• Read The Prince available here: machiavelli-prince.pdf
• Read http://www,bu.edu/today/2013/machiavelli-the-prince-still-relevant-after-all-these-years/.
• The Prince is studied today by politicians and heads of corporations, among others. In an essay using specific references from the text, discuss a contemporary leader in any field who exemplifies Machiavelli’s principles.