Welcome to Landrum High School’s English Department Summer Reading page.  As students journey through their high school years, we are committed to providing them with a meaningful summer reading experience.  The selected books are chosen from the list AP English suggested works in order to help prepare Honors English students for national AP exams and college programs.  Deep reading is imperative for the acquisition of vocabulary, a broader understanding of the world, and the development of one’s IQ. While the reading assignments are listed for Honors English Classes, we want to encourage all students to read.  CP English students can earn extra credit for completing the assignments; please see your CP English teacher for specifics about the point value of the extra credit. 

For more information regarding the benefits of summer reading, please click here.

Please read The Lord of the Flies by William Golding or another novel of similar length and difficulty.  Please email teresa.price@spart1.org for book title approval for any book other than The Lord of the Flies.

Regardless of which semester you have English, you should be ready for an evaluation at the start of school.  Therefore, you will probably want to take notes or annotate the chapters to help you review before the evaluation.  Please contact the teacher listed for your course if you have any questions.

If you choose to read The Lord of the Flies, a digital version is available at http://colleronline.weebly.com/uploads/2/8/2/0/2820270/lotf_text.pdf

Select one book: 

The Chosen by Chaim Potok 

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd 

Or another novel (of your choosing) of similar length and difficulty that explores the importance of adolescence

Email laurin.baker@spart1.org for book title approval! 

The Secret Life of Bees is available online at https://pbsreading.weebly.com/uploads/1/9/9/2/19924975/the_secret_life_of_bees.pdf

Regardless of which semester you have English, you should be ready for an evaluation at the start of school.  Therefore, you will probably want to take notes or annotate the chapters to help you review before the evaluation.  Please contact the teacher listed for your course if you have any questions.

Please pick a play or novel written by an American author and of English III Honors length and difficulty. Texts to consider include A Raisin in the Sun, The Bell Jar, Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Grapes of Wrath. Digital versions of three of the recommendations are linked here.

Please email Mrs. Henson for approval of your specific title at beth.henson@spart1.org. 

Regardless of which semester you have English, you should be ready for an evaluation at the start of school.  Therefore, you will probably want to take notes or annotate the chapters to help you review before the evaluation.  Please contact the teacher listed for your course if you have any questions.

Read Thank You for Arguing by Jay Heinrichs – Chapters 1-13 and

Please join our Google Classroom using the join code pns5vlc. Other assignments will be posted there.  Please email Mrs. Henson at beth.henson@spart1.org if you have any questions.  

You will need to have the responses to your readings submitted to our Google Classroom by the first day of class.  

Please join our Google Classroom for the links to your selections. We will begin the semester using the selections posted on Classroom.  The Google Classroom join code is rgmetbe for English 101.  Please email michelle.dover@spart1.org if you have any questions or problems joining Google Classroom.  

You will have activities on the posted articles starting on the first day of school.  Read each article, and jot down notes (they can be bullet points).  At the end of your notes, quickly explain how you feel about the topic and why.  Submit your notes and response on Google Classroom.