The+Great+Santini

**//The Great Santini//** Facilitators: Ms. Carla Klepper and Ms. Niki Simpson Room Assignment: Upper School Chorus Room (TBD) Student Enrollment:

Hi Everyone,

We hope your summer is going well and that you’re looking forward to an exciting experience as read this compelling story!

//The Great Santini// is arguably Pat Conroy’s best book and is filled with people, relationships, and images that will stay with you long after you put the book down. While reading we hope you will **look for and be ready to discuss the patterns that appear over and over in this book which are facilitated by literary tools such as symbolism, repetition of particular words, foreshadowing, and character development**. Additionally, **attempt to determine specific themes** that will become quite apparent as you peruse the text.


 * Be active readers** and underline, make notes, look up words you don’t know, and try to remember specific examples of those patterns that you find, so that we may discuss them and attempt to get at the heart of this special book.

We look forward to seeing all of you for our “Book Club”!

Good reading, Mrs. Klepper and Mrs. Simpson