Summer Reading 2024

Summer Reading Assignment for All Students

ALL Students are required to read the book(s) listed with the course you are taking next year.
Some courses have a link, which will take you to the information you need for that particular course.
When applicable, please be sure to read any directions or instructions that have been provided by the teachers of the course!

Additional Important Information for All Students

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 below.
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 Course

GRADE 12

12 CP (English 143)

The story "The Body" from the book Different Seasons by Stephen King

12ACP (English 142)

The Narrative of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass

12H (English 141)

The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri

21st Century Literature

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

Diverse American Voices

Honors: The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley by Malcolm X and Alex Haley

ACP: X: A Novel by Ilyasah Shabazz and Kekla Magoon

Senior Creative Writing

Poetry 180 or 180 More (both by Billy Collins)

World Literature

Please read a book of your choice from this list

AP Language & Composition

The Narrative of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass Please complete this assignment. You will use the completed assignment as process work for the course’s first in-class assessment.

Evolutions (11/12)

click here to access Evolutions Summer Engagement work

Please see the Summer Engagement page of the Evolutions website for more information.

GRADE 11

11CP (English 133)

American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang

11ACP (English 132)

The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore

11H (English 131)

1984 by George Orwell & A choice book from this list

Available free online at: https://www.planetebook.com/free-ebooks/1984.pdf

AP Language & Composition

The Narrative of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass Please complete this assignment. You will use the completed assignment as process work for the course’s first in-class assessment.

Evolutions (11/12)

click here to access Evolutions Summer Engagement work

Please see the Summer Engagement page of the Evolutions website for more information.

GRADE 10

10CP (English 123)

Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

10ACP (English 122)

Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

10H (English 121)

Behold the Dreamers Imbolo Mbue

Foundations of English

Please choose ONE of the following novels to read this summer. There will be an assignment when we return in the fall:

New Kid, by Jerry Craft or

Hoot, by Carl Hiaasen or

Fish in a Tree, by Lynda Mullaly Hunt or

Whale Talk, by Chris Crutcher

GRADE 9

Windows and Mirrors

9CP (English 113)

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

9ACP (English 112)

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

9H (English 111)

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

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