Summer 2016 Upper School Reading Assignments

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1 Summer 2016 Upper School Reading Assignments College Preparatory English 9: Required: Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane Animal Farm by George Orwell The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie Assignment: Read the books carefully and pay attention to the literary elements, such as plot, setting, characterization and theme. Be prepared to discuss and write about the books when classes resume. Accelerated English 9: Required: Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom The Book Thief by Markus Zusak A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce Gulliver s Travels (Only Part I and Part II) by Jonathan Swift Animal Farm by George Orwell Assignment: Be prepared to complete this assignment in class. You will be creating a marketing proposal for your boss, the owner of the bookstore where you work, indicating that it would be fiscally advantageous to market the two books you read together in your store. You will provide a detailed summary of each book, the themes they have in common and the target audience(s) for the display in one cohesive proposal. You will also create a mock display of your visual ideas using an app of your choice. More specific details will follow in class.

2 Honors English 9: Required: Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd My Sisters Keeper by Jodi Picoult The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards The Book Thief by Markus Zusak My Antonia by Willa Cather Assignment: Be prepared to complete this assignment in class. You will be creating a marketing proposal for your boss, the owner of the bookstore where you work, indicating that it would be fiscally advantageous to market the two books you read together in your store. You will provide a detailed summary of each book, the themes they have in common and the target audience(s) for the display in one cohesive proposal. You will also create a mock display of your visual ideas using an app of your choice. More specific details will follow in class.

3 College Preparatory English 10: Required: The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis Emma by Jane Austen The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett Dracula by Bram Stoker The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Animal Farm by George Orwell Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Dafoe Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro Accelerated English 10: Required: Sense and Sensibility Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe Great Expectations by Charles Dickens Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad Brave New World by Aldous Huxley The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling Much Ado about Nothing by William Shakespeare King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard

4 Honors English 10: Required: Emma by Jane Austen The Mammy by Brendan O Carroll Animal Farm by George Orwell The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillipa Gregory Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell by Susanna Clarke Circle of Friends by Maeve Binchy Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Murder in the Cathedral by T.S. Eliot Great Expectations by Charles Dickens Tess of the d'urbervilles by Thomas Hardy Assignment: You will be creating a 500-word New York Times review for each book. Start preparing this summer by reading some of the reviews of various books on the organization s website. Notice that the authors generally use an engaging grabber leading up to the factual information about the book, followed by significant themes illustrated by specific support. We will review the assignment parameters in class, but begin thinking about the high (and low) points of each book that you will succinctly review.

5 College Preparatory English 11: Read the required novel for the grade as well as a novel of your choice from the list below. Keep a handwritten page of notes, observations and questions as you progress throughout each novel. You will be expected to write at length about your books in the form of an MLA-format paper (the topics will be given the first week of class) when you return. Your writing will be expected to express an understanding and mastery of the plot, characters, apparent themes and the implementation of literary devices you learned in the ninth and tenth grades. Required: The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen War Dances by Sherman Alexie Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman Accelerated English 11: Read the required novel for the grade as well as a novel of your choice from the list below. Keep a handwritten page of notes, observations and questions as you progress throughout each novel. You will be expected to write at length about your books in the form of an MLA-format paper (the topics will be given the first week of class) when you return. Your writing will be expected to express an understanding and mastery of the plot, characters, apparent themes and the implementation of literary devices you learned in the ninth and tenth grades. Required: This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthrone The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen

6 The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Bel Canto by Ann Patchett Grendel by John Gardner I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou Honors English 11: Read the required novel for the grade as well as a novel of your choice from the list below. Keep a handwritten page of notes, observations and questions as you progress throughout each novel. You will be expected to write at length about your books in the form of an MLA-format paper (the topics will be given the first week of class) when you return. Your writing will be expected to express an understanding and mastery of the plot, characters, apparent themes and the implementation of literary devices you learned in the ninth and tenth grades. Required: This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Bel Canto by Ann Patchett Grendel by John Gardner The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers AP English 11 Language and Composition: Each of the books in the list below express an argument in narrative form. As you read the books, focus on identifying the claim made by the author and the ways in which the claim is substantiated. Please annotate the book or take two pages of notes for each book. You will be expected to write timed essays about the books when classes resume. You will write the timed essay without an ipad or other

7 electronic devices. You may have a paper copy of the book or your note pages. Have a wonderful summer, filled with good reading! Required: Technopoly by Neil Postman Optional: Choose Two of the Following Books: Gulliver s Travels by Jonathan Swift Elmer Gantry by Sinclair Lewis The Ox-bow Incident by Walter Van Tilburg Clark The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand Catch-22 by Joseph Heller The Handmaid s Tale by Margaret Atwood Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard Hard Times by Charles Dickens The Stranger by Albert Camus The Plague by Albert Camus The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis Walden by Henry David Thoreau The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers

8 College Preparatory English 12: J.D. Salinger s The Catcher in the Rye is an American classic that explores the mind of one teenager as he confronts failure in school, the death of his brother and the challenges of living in American society. As you read the book, look for the following: characterization, symbols and themes. Be prepared to discuss your insights when classes resume. In addition to reading Salinger s book, you are also asked to read two of the books on the list below. These books deal with similar themes. As you read, try to make connections between the books you have chosen and The Catcher in the Rye. Required: The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger Choose One of the Following Books: Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath Ordinary People by Judith Guest A Separate Peace by John Knowles Peace Breaks Out by John Knowles Saint Maybe by Ann Tyler A Long and Happy Life by Reynolds Price Accelerated English 12: Accelerated English 12 is a course in world literature. You will read books from many different cultures in order to understand universal human experiences. As preparation for this course, you will read two books from the following list over the summer. When classes resume, you will be writing original essays about the books. Have a wonderful summer, filled with the world of reading! Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart [Nigeria] Chinua Achebe, A Man of the People [Nigeria] Naguib Mahfouz, Midaq Alley [Egypt] Naguib Mahfouz, The Journey of Ibn Fattouma [Egypt] R.K. Narayan, The Guide [India]

9 R.K. Narayan, The Man-Eater of Malgudi [India] Natsume Soseki, Botchan [Japan] Banana Yoshimoto, The Lake Voltaire, Candide [France] Albert Camus, The Plague [Algeria] Albert Camus, The Stranger [Algeria] Alan Paton, Cry the Beloved Country [South Africa] Juan Ramon Jimenez, Platero Y Yo [Spain] Tristan and Iseult (Joseph Bedier version ibook) [France] James Stephens, The Crock of Gold [Ireland] Hermann Hesse, Demian[Germany] Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac [France] Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose [Italy] Honors English 12: As a world literature course, Honors English 12 features imaginative writing from different cultures that challenges students to find both universal ideas and unique characteristics of writing from different nations. For your summer reading, choose two books from the list below. While you read the books, ask yourself, What universal human experiences are depicted? and, How does this particular writer depict his or her culture? Be prepared to write about your books when classes resume. Have a wonderful summer, filled with the world of reading! Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart [Nigeria] Chinua Achebe, A Man of the People [Nigeria] Buchi Emecheta, Kehinde[Nigeria] Ben Okri, The Famished Road [Nigeria] Naguib Mahfouz, Midaq Alley [Egypt] Naguib Mahfouz, Akhenaten [Egypt] R.K. Narayan, The Guide [India] R.K. Narayan, The Man-Eater of Malgudi [India]

10 Natsume Soseki, Botchan [Japan] Banana Yoshimoto, Kitchen [Japan] Voltaire, Candide [France] Victor Hugo, Les Miserables [France] Victor Hugo, The Hunchback of Notre Dame [France] Albert Camus, The Plague [Algeria] Albert Camus, The Stranger [Algeria] Alan Paton, Cry the Beloved Country [South Africa] Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude [Colombia] Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote [Spain] Juan Ramon Jimenez, Platero Y Yo [Spain] Nibelungenlied (Anonymous) [Germany] Homer, The Odyssey [Ancient Greece] James Stephens, The Crock of Gold [Ireland] Hermann Hesse, Demian[Germany] Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment [Russia] Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac [France] Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose [Italy] Marie de France, Lais [France] Franz Kafka, The Trial (Czech Republic] AP English 12: This summer you will choose a theme and read three books that express it. One of the books in the series is required. You may choose the other two. Please annotate the book or take two pages of notes for each book. When classes resume, you will be asked to do a timed essay on the books you read. You will write the timed essay without an ipad or other electronic devices. You may have a paper copy of the book or your note pages. The timed essay will be the basis for a 12 to 15-page research paper, which will be completed in steps starting with several periods in the library and culminating with an instructor evaluation. The key to success is choosing a theme that appeals to you. Have a wonderful summer, filled with good reading!

11 Project 1: Political Dystopias Required: Divided Kingdom by Rupert Thomson Nineteen Eighty Four by George Orwell Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro Project 2: Bio-Sci-Fi Fictions Required: Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood Brave New World by Aldous Huxley The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells The Time Machine by H.G. Wells Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle Project 3: Mythic Fictions Required: The King Must Die by Mary Renault Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis The Sibyl by Par Lagerkvist The Centaur by John Updike Project 4: School Fictions Required: Old School by Tobias Wolff

12 The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark Madame Sousatzka by Bernice Rubens A Separate Peace by John Knowles Project 5: Gothic Fictions Required: The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne Project 6: Postcolonial Fictions Required: The Famished Road by Ben Okri Midnight s Children by Salman Rushdie Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe Clear Light of Day by Anita Desai Project 7: African American Fictions Required: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison Beloved by Toni Morrison The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead

13 Project 8: Theatrical Fictions Required: Morality Play by Barry Unsworth Theatre by W. Somerset Maugham An Awfully Big Adventure by Beryl Bainbridge Wise Children by Angela Carter Project 9: Medieval Fictions Required: Morality Play by Barry Unsworth The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo The Spire by William Golding Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott Project 10 : Fictions of the Fall Required: Lord of the Flies by William Golding The Innocent by Ian McEwan The Death of the Heart by Elizabeth Bowen The Quiet American by Graham Greene Saint Maybe by Anne Tyler The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger Atonement by Ian McEwan

14 Project 11: Victorian Fictions Required: Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Hard Times by Charles Dickens Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson Dracula by Bram Stoker The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James Project 12: Modernist Fictions Required: Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf Orlando by Virginia Woolf A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce A Passage to India by E.M. Forster The Collector by John Fowles