English Summer Summer Reading List - Grade 9

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1 English Summer 2018 Summer Reading List - Grade 9 You are required to read TWO books before school begins in September ONE required book and ONE book from the optional list. In September your English teacher will test you on these books or assign a paper and/or project. English 9 Honors Required Reading: Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck Optional: Choose ONE of the Following: The Secret Life of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd My Sisters Keeper- Jodi Picoult The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold The Bluest Eye - Toni Morrison The Memory Keeper's Daughter - Kim Edwards The Book Thief - Markus Zusak My Antonia - Willa Cather English 9 College Preparatory Required: Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck OPTIONAL - Choose ONE of the following. 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 English 9 Accelerated Required: Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck OPTIONAL WORKS - Choose one of the following books. 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

2 Summer Reading List - Grade 10 English 10 College Prep Required Reading: Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro Optional: Choose ONE of the Following: Emma- Jane Austen The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett Dracula - Bram Stoker The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde Twelfth Night - William Shakespeare Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll Animal Farm - George Orwell Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Dafoe Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis English 10 Accelerated Required: Sense and Sensibility OPTIONAL - Choose ONE of the following books. 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 English 10 Honors Required- Emma by Jane Austen Optional - Choose one of the following books. 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

3 Summer Reading List - Grade 11 Because 11 th grade is focused on a survey of American literature, you will be tasked this summer with reading two books: one assigned to you at your level, and then another of your choice according to the standards listed below. English 11 CP Required Reading: Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen English 11 Accelerated Required Reading: War Dances by Sherman Alexie English 11 Honors Required Reading: You Shall Know Our Velocity! By Dave Eggers English 11 AP Required Reading: Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson * * * * For your second book, you may choose any book of your choice as long as it fits the following standards. When you return, you will be expected to write at length about both the aboveassigned book as well as the book you chose. Your second book: Must be a work of American fiction (the author must have been born in or have relocated to America); Must prominently feature the voice of an author or character who belongs to an under-represented or marginalized group; Must not be a book you have read in the past, so this must be your first experience with the book; Must be a book you ve invested in don t force your way through a book you don t enjoy! Find a book that fits these criteria, but that also suits your interests, too. There are plenty of fantastic and informative lists online that can give you a start. When you return from summer break, you will engage with these books through classroom discussion and timed writing assignments. Additionally, your first quarter paper of the year will

4 contain some options that allow you to compare your book(s) to the year s first few readings. Best of luck and happy reading! AP 12 English Summer Reading List - Grade 12 This summer you will choose one of the following reading projects and read two books. (Where three books are listed, choose two.) As you read the two books, think of comparisons and contrasts between the books Annotate the books, or take two pages of notes on each book. When classes resume, you will be asked to do a timed essay on the books you read. The timed essay will be paper and ink only (no electronic devices), open notes, open book. The timed essay will be the basis for a 5-7 page research paper, which will be completed in steps starting with several periods in the library and will culminate with an instructor evaluation. The key to success is choosing a theme that appeals to you. Have a wonderful summer, filled with good reading! Project 1: Dystopian Fictions Divided Kingdom by Rupert Thomson Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro Project 2: Mythic Fictions The King Must Die by Mary Renault Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis Project 3: Gothic Fictions The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson Project 4: Postcolonial Fictions The Famished Road by Ben Okri Midnight s Children by Salman Rushdie Project 5: Toni Morrison The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison Beloved by Toni Morrison Project 6: Colson Whitehead The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead

5 Apex Hides the Hurt by Colson Whitehead Project 7: Chinua Achebe Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe A Man of the People by Chinua Achebe Project 8: Fictions of the Fall Atonement by Ian McEwan Saint Maybe by Anne Tyler Project 9: Margaret Atwood The Handmaid s Tale Oryx and Crake Project 10: Monstrous Fictions Dracula by Bram Stoker Grendel by John Gardner Project 11: Dickensian Fictions A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Hard Times by Charles Dickens Project 12: Theatrical Fictions Theatre by W. Somerset Maugham Morality Play by Barry Unsworth Project 13: Psychiatric Fictions The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath Ordinary People by Judith Guest Project 14: Anne Tyler Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler Saint Maybe by Anne Tyler Project 15: Doris Lessing The Golden Notebook

6 The Grass Is Singing Project 16: Ernest Hemingway The Sun Also Rises A Farewell to Arms Project 17: John Steinbeck East of Eden The Grapes of Wrath Project 18: Willa Cather My Antonia The Professor s House Project 19: Shirley Jackson We Have Always Lived in the Castle The Haunting of Hill House Project 20: The Other Novels of Fitzgerald Tender Is the Night The Beautiful and Damned This Side of Paradise Project 21: Teacher Fiction The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark Madame Sousatzka by Bernice Rubens Project 22: Fictions based on The Tempest Miranda and Caliban by Jacqueline Carey The Collector by John Fowles Project 23: Kazuo Ishiguro The Remains of the Day An Artist of the Floating World

7 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] Albert Camus, The Plague [Algeria, France] Buchi Emecheta, Kehinde [Nigeria] Marie de France, Lais [France] Naguib Mahfouz, Midaq Alley [Egypt] Naguib Mahfouz, Miramar [Egypt] Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go [England] Anita Desai, Clear Light of Day [India] R.K. Narayan, The Guide [India] R.K. Narayan, The Man-Eater of Malgudi [India] Yasunari Kawabata, Snow Country [Japan] Yasunari Kawabata, Beauty and Sadness [Japan] Natsume Soseki, Botchan [Japan] Banana Yoshimoto, Kitchen [Japan] Haruki Murakami, 1Q84 [Japan] Voltaire, Candide [France] Victor Hugo, Les Miserables [France] Victor Hugo, The Hunchback of Notre Dame [France] Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac [France] Albert Camus, The Plague [Algeria] Alan Paton, Cry the Beloved Country [South Africa] Doris Lessing, The Grass Is Singing [South Africa] Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude [Colombia] Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote [Spain] Nibelungenlied (Anonymous) [Germany] James Stephens, The Crock of Gold [Ireland] Hermann Hesse, Demian [Germany] Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose [Italy] Juan Ramon Jimenez, Platero and I [Spain] Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye [United States] F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tender Is the Night [United States] J.D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey [United States}

8 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] Buchi Emecheta, Kehinde [Nigeria] Naguib Mahfouz, Midaq Alley [Egypt] Naguib Mahfouz, Miramar [Egypt] Naguib Mahfouz, The Journey of Ibn Fattouma [Egypt] R.K. Narayan, The Guide [India] R.K. Narayan, The Man-Eater of Malgudi [India] Natsume Soseki, Botchan [Japan] Voltaire, Candide [France] Albert Camus, The Plague [Algeria] Alan Paton, Cry the Beloved Country [South Africa] Tristan and Iseult (Joseph Bedier version ibook) [France] James Stephens, The Crock of Gold [Ireland] Hermann Hesse, Demian [Germany] Banana Yoshimoto, The Lake [Japan] Juan Ramon Jimenez, Platero and I [Spain] C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters [England] Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye [United States] Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac [France] Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go [England] Anne Tyler, Saint Maybe [United States] Reynolds Price, A Long and Happy Life [United States] 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. You may wish to mark your books. You will be tested on The Catcher in the Rye. You will be writing about the summer readings.

9 In addition to reading Salinger s book you are asked to read ONE of the books on the list below. These books deal with similar themes. As you read, try to make connections between the book you have chosen and The Catcher in the Rye. REQUIRED READING 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 Anne Tyler A Long and Happy Life by Reynolds Price