Summer Reading Assignments for Summer 2008

Required Books                  Reading Lists                Handouts         AAAP Courses

Required Books:

Grade 10 I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou	Grade 11 Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt	Grade 12 Into the Wild by John Krakauer

Reading Lists:

Grade 9
Grade 10
Grade 11
Grade 12

Handouts:

Grade 9
Grade 10
Grade 11
Grade 12

For future freshmen--

2 of the following ( one choice must be from Africa and one from one of the other three cultures):

Africa-- must choose one( you will have a reading check on this book, so keep a list of all the characters and who they are-- the summer book review form below will also help).  You will also need to complete 4 pages on notes based on the prompts below.

Alexander McCall Smith, Tears of the Giraffe
Alexander McCall Smith, Morality for Beautiful Girls
Alexander McCall Smith,  The Kalahari Typing School for Men

One of the following:(4 pages of notes based on prompts below)

China

Heng, Liang and Judith Shapiro,  Son of the Revolution
Namioka, Lensey,   Ties That Bind, Ties That Break
Yen Mah, Adeline,  Chinese Cinderella; the  True Story of an Unwanted Daughter

Japan

Golden, Arthur, Memoirs of a Geisha
Tsukiyama, Gail,  Samurai's Garden

India

Lahiri, Jhumpa,   Interpreter of Maladies
Martel, Yann,  Life of Pi

Reading Prompts for 9th grade summer reading

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For future sophomores--

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou and 2 from the list below:

Belfer, Laura -- City of Light
Chbosky, Stephen -- The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Conroy, Pat -- My Losing Season  or The Lords of Discipline
Enger, Leif,  Peace Like a River
Erdrich, Louise,  Tracks
Grisham, John -- Bleachers
Grogan, John -- Marley and Me
Irving, John,  A Prayer for Owen Meany
Kingsolver, Barbara,  The Bean Trees
Lamb, Wally, She's Come Undone
McBride, James,  Miracle at St. Anna
McEwan, Ian,  Atonement
Nifeneggeer, Audrey -- Time Traveller's Wife
Packer, Ann,  Dive From Clausen's Pier
Picoult, Jodi --  My Sister's Keeper
Shaara, Michael,  Killer Angels
Smith, Betty,  A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Vonnegut, Kurt,  Cat's Cradle
Walls, Jeannette -- The Glass Castle

See handouts below for the double entry journal for Caged Bird and Book Review forms for the  2 books

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For future juniors--

Angela's Ashes by  Frank McCourt and one from the following list:

Popular Appeal -- The Journey of Self- Discovery (Choose 1)

Armstrong, Lance – It’s not about the Bike: My Journey
                  Back to Life
Austen, Jane – Northanger Abby  or Persuasion
Bradley, Mary Zimmer--  Mists of Avalon
Bronte,  Emily --  Wuthering Heights
Brown, Dan – Deception Point or Angel's and Demons
Butler, Octavia --  Kindred
D'Orso, Michael --  Eagle Blue
Heaney, Seamus(translator)-- Beowolf
O'Brien, Tim -- The Things They Carried
Quinlan, Anna --  Object Lessons
Sebold, Alice  -- The Lovely Bones
Setterfield, Diane --  The Thirteenth Tale   
Shreve, Anita – The Pilot’s Wife
Sittenfeld, Curtis -- Prep
Stewart, Mary -- Hollow Hills
Weston, Riley -- Before I Go
Wojnarowski, Adrian -- The Miracle at Saint Anthony
 

See handouts below for Double Entry Journal for Angela's Ashes, another copy of research handout, and book review form.

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For future seniors--

Into the Wild by John Krakauer and 1 from the following list:

choose 1

Erdrich, Louise,  Beet Queen
Fitzgerald, F. Scott ,  Tender is the Night
Fowler, Karen Joy,  The Jane Austen Book Club
Garcia Marquez, Gabriel -- 100 Years of Solitude
Gruen, Sara,  Water for Elephants
Hurston, Zora Neal -- Their Eyes Were Watching God
Lamb, Wally -- I Know This Much is True
Morrison, Toni,   Sula
Roth, Philip --  The Plot Against America
Roy, Arundhati ,  The God of Small Things
Ruiz Zafon, Carlos—Shadow of the Wind
Smith, Zadie,  On Beauty
Vonnegut, Kurt, God Bless Mr. Rosewater
Vonnegut, Kurt ,  Galapogos
Wolff, Tobias -- Old School
 

See handouts below for APA forms and assignment

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Handouts: (Click below to open PDF   printable files)

English 9
Summer Book Review Form-- to help with reading comprehension
English 9 Letter
Reading Prompts for 9th grade summer reading-- Questions for 4 pages of notes on each book

English 10
English 10  Letter with Assignments
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Double Entry Journal
Summer Book Review Form

English 11
English 11 Letter with Assignments
English 11 Preliminary Research Handout
Research Process Webquest
Angela's Ashes Double Entry Journal
Summer Book Review Form

English 12
English 12 Letter with Assignments
English 12 APA research assignment
English 12 APA prewrite
English 12 -- Web Evaluation Form

For AP Courses

AP Language and Composition --

Readings -- 3 books:  Angela's Ashes, assigned writing book and 1 choice from English 11 list
                  3 essays --  see assignment below-- locate essays in current publications and complete handout for each

Writing Book Double Entry Journal
Essay Assignment  --  complete a sheet for each of  your 3 independent essays

Angela's Ashes or Into the Wild(for those in Grade 12) scene talk due in mid September   Click here

AP Literature and Composition

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