SUMMER READING 2026
Optional - Highly Recommended for Students enrolled in Honors & AP English
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Freshman Honors - Optional But Recommended
Freshman Honors - Optional But Recommended
American Pandaby Gloria Chao
The Book ThiefBy Markus Zusak
The Hate U GiveBy Angie Thomas
I am the MessengerBy Markus Zusak
I am not your Perfect Mexican DaughterBy Erika L Sanchez
Little BrotherBy Cory Doctorow
eBooks of all 1H titles, as well as, the entire Glenbard South Library eBook collection, are available for FREE through the SORA app on your iPad
Freshmen will begin receiving their iPads in July after registration has been completed.
After you receive your iPad, follow the set-up directions.
A Glenbard Google Account is needed to access SORA eBooks.
Then, follow these directions to borrow an eBook from SORA.
Questions? Contact:
Dr. Linette Chaloka - English Department Chair
linette_chaloka@glenbard.org
SophomoreS - Ap Seminar 10
Optional But Recommended
SophomoreS - Ap Seminar 10
Optional But Recommended
The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green
AP Seminar English 10
AP Seminar English 10 students will have the opportunity and option to delve into John Green's The Anthropocene Reviewed and use the Quest Framework to explore its content and themes. Each of its 44 essays contains a unique topic and perspective. Students should read and annotate essays, individually, using the following questions for guidance:
What problems are being presented and how might others see them differently?
Why might the author have the views presented in the text? What bias is evident.
What are other issues that connect to this text? How can I explain the connection and perspectives?
Questions? Contact:
Dr. Linette Chaloka - English Department Chair
linette_chaloka@glenbard.org
JUNIORS 3AP Language and Composition
Optional But Recommended
JUNIORS 3AP Language and Composition
Optional But Recommended
AP Language and Composition
Students enrolled in AP Language and Composition are encouraged to expand their knowledge of current events, rhetoric, and composition through exposure to informative nonfiction texts. These may include newspaper and magazine articles as well as books, podcasts, and documentaries. AP Lang students are encouraged to read, annotate, and critically consider these texts as part of preparing for the course in the fall.
Check out the news section on our Research page
Questions? Contact:
Dr. Linette Chaloka - English Department Chair
linette_chaloka@glenbard.org
Seniors AP RESEARCH - Optional But *Highly* Recommended
Seniors AP RESEARCH - Optional But *Highly* Recommended
AP Research
Welcome to AP Research! The goal of the AP Capstone Research course is for you to explore an academic topic, problem, or issue that interests you and design, plan, and conduct a year-long research-based investigation to address it. In order to prepare you for this task, it is essential that you spend some time exploring research methods and familiarize yourselves with options you may want to consider using throughout the year.
Packet: AP Research Summer Preparation FUN!
Questions? Contact:
Dr. Linette Chaloka - English Department Chair
linette_chaloka@glenbard.org
Seniors 4AP Literature - Optional But Recommended
Seniors 4AP Literature - Optional But Recommended
A Note from Your 4AP Teacher ...
You are encouraged to read at least one (and maybe more!) of the books from the AP reading list.
Serious and leisure summer reading offers an valuable opportunity to increase your repertoire of reading in preparation for the English 4AP Literature exam next year and is excellent preparation for college. I suggest that that over the summer you read at least one of the works that have appeared on previous AP exams. These texts are listed on the AP Reading List that is linked below.
Not only have these works appeared on the AP Literature and Composition test; these are also works which will provide inspiring reading and practice in doing what you love doing anyway - reading a good story!
AP RECOMMENDED READING LISTS
Complete List of Titles Referenced on 4AP Literature Exam from 1970-2026
Dr. Chaloka's Favorite Frequently Cited Titles on the 4AP Literature Exam
Choose Your Challenge: Curated Classics and Modern Masterpieces (aka the books you might really enjoy)
Annotation format ideas:
Annotations are helpful in terms of studying a book. Even lightly annotating a book will serve you well as you read these novels and plays. More than anything, I want you to enjoy the experience of reading over the summer, but please consider these aspects of the texts as you read and perhaps annotate a bit. Here are the easiest ways to annotate various formats of the books:
PERSONAL PRINT COPY of a BOOK - Add comments on post-it notes next to passages or write directly in the book, whichever is most natural/easiest for you.
BORROWED PRINT BOOK - Google Doc or on Paper: Write down passages, identify the chapter and page number(s) and include your reflections.
eBook/SORA: Highlight the passage, select "Note" and add your reflections. (Be sure to SAVE)
Questions students should consider while they annotate:
What are the major themes of the work?
Are there any dominant symbols? If so, how do these symbols contribute to the meaning of the work as a whole?
Trace the following:
Major character development
Symbols
Themes
Dominant imagery
Questions you have as you read
Any connections you can make to other texts you have read
New to Glenbard? Follow these directions (linked here) to access eBooks on the SORA app.
Questions? Contact:
Dr. Linette Chaloka - English Department Chair
linette_chaloka@glenbard.org
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