2023 PTHS
PRInTS 2023
Pequannock Township High School
We encourage students to read multiple texts, but prior to the end of the school year, all students will be required to identify one title they are reading over the summer and submit the title to their English teacher on a Google Form. Teachers will be recommending titles, and students may check books out of the school library over the summer. In addition, students may wish to review a variety of lists and challenges, including but not limited to: Harper's Bazaar, Barnes & Noble, Book Riot, Goodreads, Literary Hub, and Pop Sugar. Students can also access print books, e-books and audiobooks through the Pequannock Township Public Library.
Upon return to school, students will be expected to write a brief constructed response in class about one of the titles they read over the summer. The essay will be scored on this rubric and entered as a grade for first marking period.
To prepare well for the constructed response, students will record their thinking about their book as they read. The following are suggested templates for students to consider using when taking notes. Though all of these templates are digital, notes can also be written by hand, either on loose leaf/notebook paper or post-it notes. Select the method of note-taking that works best for you, and ask your teacher for guidance and suggestions prior to summer vacation.
Use any of the frameworks here to respond to your book at the end of each section or chapter. Use sticky notes in your book, or record your notes in a Google Doc or notebook.
Notice and Note Signposts for Fiction
Many students are already familiar with this method from reading class. Make a copy of this document or print it out to complete your notes.
Collect beautiful language from your book as you read it, and use images and artwork to reinforce your understanding. See examples.
This is a method that has been used often in reading class. Select evidence from the book, explain its significance, and connect it to your own thinking.
Take ongoing notes on your book based on focused questions related to its literary value.
As you read, keep track of topics that apply to your book and take focused notes on the topics that most apply to your text.
Reading Recommendations for High School Students
Prior to the end of the school year, students will confer with their English teachers and the library media specialist to get recommendations of titles that match their interests. Students have completed a Google Form in English classes to let teachers know what title they plan to read over the summer and write about in the fall. The high school faculty members have compiled this list of recommendations and reading plans to support students and reinforce that we are a community of readers! Please use it as a reference if you need recommendations for titles.
Over the summer months, if you would like further title recommendations, please email the English Language Arts supervisor, Ms. Oona Marie Abrams: oona.abrams@pequannock.org. Did you change your title choice over the summer? Not a problem, let us know by completing your grade level Google Form below:
Current Grade 8/Rising Grade 9
Current Grade 9/Rising Grade 10
Current Grade 10/Rising Grade 11
Current Grade 11/Rising Grade 12
Fiction
Suspense
Burn, Patrick Ness (Available via Cloudlibrary through the Pequannock Public Library)
Middle Game, Seanan McGuire (Adult)
The Swallows, Lisa Lutz (Adult)
The Last True Poets of the Sea, Julia Drake (Hoopla audiobook available)
While Justice Sleeps, Stacey Abrams (Fiction by former Minority Leader of the Georgia House of Representatives) (Available via Cloudlibrary through the Pequannock Public Library)
Light It Up, Kekla Magoon
Humorous
The Field guide to the North American Teenager, Ben Philippe (Hoopla audiobook available) (Available via Cloudlibrary through the Pequannock Public Library)
Not So Pure and Simple, Lamar Giles (Hoopla available) (Available via Cloudlibrary through the Pequannock Public Library)
Belly Up, Eva Darrows
Haunting
Bent Heavens, Daniel Krauss
(Hoopla Audiobook available)
Tigers, Not Daughter, Samantha Mabry (Hoopla Audiobook and EBook available)
The Brides of Rollrock Island, Margo Lanagan
Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All, Laura Ruby (Hoopla Audiobook and EBook available)
Red Hood, Elana K. Arnold (Hoopla Audiobook available)
Historical Fiction
They Went Left, Monica Hesse
We Are Not Free, Tracy Chee (Available via Cloudlibrary through the Pequannock Public Library)
The Fountains of Silence, Ruta Sepetys (Available via Cloudlibrary through the Pequannock Public Library)
Dominicana, Angie Cruz (Hoopla Audiobook available)
Where the World Ends, Geraldine McCaughrean (Hoopla Audiobook available)
The Nickel Boys, Colson Whitehead (Adult) (Available via Cloudlibrary through the Pequannock Public Library)
Action - First in Series
Fireborne, Rosaria munda (Available via Cloudlibrary through the Pequannock Public Library)
Call Down the Hawk, Maggie Stiefwater (Hoopla Audiobook available)
Aurora Rising, Amy Kaufman & Jay Kristoff (Available via Cloudlibrary through the Pequannock Public Library)
There Will Come a Darkness, Katy Rose Pool (Hoopla Audiobook available)
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Suzanne Collins (Hunger Games Prequel) (Hoopla Audiobook available)
Emotionally Intense
Clap When You Can, Elizabeth Acevedo (Hoopla Audiobook available)
Know My Name, Chanel Miller (Adult) (Available via Cloudlibrary through the Pequannock Public Library)
Brave Face, Shaun David Hutchinson
A Danger to Herself and Others, Alyssa Sheinmel (Hoopla Audiobook and EBook available)
Action
We Are Not From Here, Jenny Torres Sanchez (Hoopla Audiobook available)
Gravity, Sarah Deming (Available via Cloudlibrary through the Pequannock Public Library)
Patron Saints of Nothing, Randy Ribay (Available via Cloudlibrary through the Pequannock Public Library)
Wilder Girls, Rory Power (Available via Cloudlibrary through the Pequannock Public Library)
Love Stories
Birthday, Meredith Russo (Hoopla Audiobook available)
With the Fire on High, Elizabeth Acevedo (Hoopla Audiobook and EBook available)
The Stars and the Blackness Between Them, Junauda Petrus (Available via Cloudlibrary through the Pequannock Public Library)
Felix Ever After, Kacen Callender Chapter 1 (Hoopla Audiobook available)
Frankly in Love, David Yoon (Available via Cloudlibrary through the Pequannock Public Library)
What If?
Last Bus to Everland, Sophie Cameron (Hoopla Audiobook available)
Again Again, E. Lockhart (Available via Cloudlibrary through the Pequannock Public Library)
Agnes at the End of the World, Kelly McWilliams (Available via Cloudlibrary through the Pequannock Public Library)
Nonfiction
Social Justice
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You, Jason Reynolds (Available via Cloudlibrary through the Pequannock Public Library)
So You Want to Talk About Race, Ijeoma Oluo (Adult) (Hoopla Audiobook available)
I Am Malala, Malala Yousafzai with Christina Lamb (Hoopla EBook available)
Red at the Bone, Jaqueline Woodson (Adult) (Available via Cloudlibrary through the Pequannock Public Library)
Born a Crime: Stories From A South African Childhood, Trevor Noah (Available via Cloudlibrary through the Pequannock Public Library)
How to be an AntiRacist, Ibram X. Kendi (Adult) (Available via Cloudlibrary through the Pequannock Public Library)
Other Non-Fiction
Games of Deception:The True..., Andrew Maraniss
Dreamland: The True Story..., Sam Quinones
The Master Plan: My Journey..., Chris Wilson (Adult)
The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life And Freedom On Death Row, Anthony Ray Hinton, Lara Love Hardin
Graphic Fiction and Non-Fiction
Sapiens: A Graphic History, Yuval Noah Harari
The Daughters of Ys, MT Anderson, Jo Rioux
Kindred, Octavia Butler (Hoopla Audiobook and EBook available)
They Called Us Enemy, George Takei (Hoopla EBook available)
March; Book 1, John Lewis, Andrew Ayden, Nate Powell (Hoopla EBook available)
