2016 SUMMER READING REQUIREMENTS
GRADE NINE
All entering grade 9A students will choose and read one book from the list of grades 9/10 choices or a teacher approved book of their choice.
All entering grade 9 Honors students will read the introduction and PART ONE: “The Gods, the Creation, and the Earliest Heroes” in Mythology by Edith Hamilton and a book of your choice from the 9th/10th grade list. Also complete the linked study guide.
All entering grade 9 Honors students will read the introduction and PART ONE: “The Gods, the Creation, and the Earliest Heroes” in Mythology by Edith Hamilton and a book of your choice from the 9th/10th grade list. Also complete the linked study guide.
GRADE TEN
All entering grade 10A students will choose and read one book from the list of grades 9/10 choices or a teacher approved book of their choice.
All entering grade 10 Honors students will read The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and The Crucible by Arthur Miller. Also, complete the linked dialectical journal assignment.
All entering grade 10 Honors students will read The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and The Crucible by Arthur Miller. Also, complete the linked dialectical journal assignment.
GRADE ELEVEN
All entering grade 11A students will choose and read one book from the list of grades 11/12 choices or a teacher approved book of their choice.
All entering grade 11 Honors students will read Brave New World by Aldous Huxley and Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.
All entering grade 11 AP students will read The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot and a book of your choice from the 11/12th grade lists.
Also, please complete the linked assignment for The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.
New York Times Blog - "Although the New York Times considers this a contest, for the purposes of English 11 AP summer reading the posts are required. To demonstrate your participation, read these directions."
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/05/12/the-seventh-annual-new-york-times-summer-reading-contest/?_r=0
All entering grade 11 Honors students will read Brave New World by Aldous Huxley and Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.
All entering grade 11 AP students will read The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot and a book of your choice from the 11/12th grade lists.
Also, please complete the linked assignment for The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.
New York Times Blog - "Although the New York Times considers this a contest, for the purposes of English 11 AP summer reading the posts are required. To demonstrate your participation, read these directions."
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/05/12/the-seventh-annual-new-york-times-summer-reading-contest/?_r=0
GRADE TWELVE
All entering grade 12A students will choose and read one book from the list of grades 11/12 choices or a teacher approved book of their choice.
All entering grade 12 Honors students will read The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger and Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. Also, complete the linked reader response journal assignment.
All entering 12 AP students will read How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster, Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, and Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. Also, complete the linked assignment.
All entering grade 12 Honors students will read The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger and Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. Also, complete the linked reader response journal assignment.
All entering 12 AP students will read How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster, Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, and Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. Also, complete the linked assignment.