- Read the text assigned for your course plus one book of your choice.
- At the start of the school year, your English teacher will explain how summer reading will be assessed. Some examples of possible assessments are an in-class essay, a Socratic seminar, a test, or a book review.
- If teachers for a course have provided a study guide or reading questions, you will find it at the link provided.
- For general active reading strategies, please see the Guide to Success in English
To Students and Parents/Guardians: As young adults, students are increasingly encountering difficult topics in their own lives, in films, in the news, and through their use of social media. Some of the texts we use address these challenging topics, giving us an important opportunity to discuss these issues in a safe and supportive classroom environment.
Assigned Text for Each CourseGRADE 12 12 CP (English 143) Different Seasons Stephen King Different Seasons is a collection of four novellas. Students should read “The Body” plus one of the other three novellas in the collection. 12ACP (English 142) On Writing Stephen King 12H (English 141) The Namesake Jhumpa Lahiri Diverse American Voices The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley Beyond the Binary The Handmaid's Tale Margaret Atwood Humanities Unaccustomed Earth Jhumpa Lahiri World Literature Nervous Conditions Tsitsi Dangarembga Evolutions (11/12) Unflattening Nick Sousanis See the Summer Engagement page of the Evolutions website for more information. GRADE 11 11CP (English 133) American Born Chinese Gene Yang 11ACP (English 132) The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates Wes Moore 11H (English 131) 1984 George Orwell (reading question) Evolutions (11/12) Unflattening Nick Sousanis See the Summer Engagement page of the Evolutions website for more information. GRADE 10 10CP (English 123) This I Believe II: More Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women Jay Allison & Dan Gediman 10ACP (English 122) Where'd You Go, Bernadette? Maria Semple 10H (English 121) Caleb's Crossing Geraldine Brooks GRADE 9 9CP (English 113) Eleanor & Park Rainbow Rowell 9ACP (English 112) Feed M.T. Anderson |