The BHSN English department has eliminated summer reading for all classes except English 9 Honors. See below for the English 9 Honors assignment.
W131/ L202 students can also find textbook purchasing Information below.
Please review the information below and contact acannon@mccsc.edu or ckupersm@mccsc.edu with any additional questions.
2024-2025 English 9 Honors Summer Reading Assignment
Please choose and read a work of fiction with a minimum of 300 pages. During the first week of class, you will be asked to do an in-class writing over the book.
Hello future W131 students,
Summer may be a good time to review your two required textbooks for W131. These textbooks will be available at TIS Bookstore near IU’s campus. The fall website for TIS will be available after June 7 to place online orders. Both textbooks should be available in the store for purchase by mid-summer. You can always call ahead to verify this. All the sections for the course will be listed under “Lynch” or “Sweeney."
We do not recommend high school students rent textbooks, as you may not be able to return your books by the bookstore’s due date. If you think you can get the books returned in time to avoid replacement charges, however, you might consider this option. If you choose to buy the required texts, you might want to split the cost and share the books with a friend who is also taking the course. (Note: Writing Analytically is a great toolkit of analytical moves for you to make for writing across the curriculum in college. Because it is a useful textbook beyond W131, you may want to keep it.)
You are not required to purchase the textbooks from TIS. You may want to shop around. Keep in mind, though, that sometimes websites like Amazon charge more for the required texts, especially for Writing and Reading for ACP Composition because it is a custom reader that has been created specifically for ACP/IU W131.
If the price of the textbooks is a concern for you, please feel free to email Dr. Lynch at mlynch@mccsc.edu. We don’t want cost to be a barrier for anyone interested in taking the course!
Required Texts for W131:
Writing Analytically, 9th Edition - (ISBN # 9780357793657)
(If you find a cheap used 8th edition, this can be another option. Note that the page numbers may not match.)
Custom Reader: Writing & Reading for ACP Composition, 3rd edition - (ISBN# 1323847618 / 9781323847619)
*Custom Reader: Writing & Reading for ACP Composition, 2nd edition (ISBN-13: 9781323457818) is an option, too. It will not be available at TIS; however, a sibling or friend who took this course may be able to loan this edition to you. Note that page numbers may not match and not all required readings may be available in the 2nd edition. It would be the student’s responsibility to obtain a copy of those readings.