Summer Reading Requirements 2012
All students (Traditional, Plus, Honors & AP) will be required to read one summer reading book from the REQUIRED list below at the student’s grade level. Please note that students taking Advanced Placement classes have additional REQUIRED reading.
- Students taking Traditional/Plus/Honors will be given a multiple choice test (on REQUIRED reading) on Monday, August 27. The test will be preceded by classroom discussion the previous week.
- Students taking Advanced Placement English will be assigned a writing assignment over the summer due on Monday, August 20, on the second required reading book.
- In addition to the multiple choice test, each student will be required to write a paper relating to some aspect of that REQUIRED summer reading book during the first nine week grading period.
- Students have an opportunity to earn 1 – 5 extra credit points on the multiple choice test by reading ONE of the books from the OPTIONAL TEXTS list below. They will be required to write a brief essay on one optional text as part of the multiple choice test administered on Monday, Aug. 27.
REQUIRED TEXTS: GRADES 9 -12
(TRADITIONAL, PLUS, HONORS, AND ADVANCED PLACEMENT)
9th Grade:
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
10th Grade:
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
11th Grade:
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
- In addition to the above mentioned book, 11th Grade AP Classes will also read: How to Read Literature Like A Professor by Thomas C. Foster
12th Grade:
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
- In addition to the above-mentioned book, 12th Grade AP Classes will also read: Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz
OPTIONAL TEXTS:
Students may choose one book from their grade level to read and have an opportunity to earn 1 – 5 extra credit points on the Summer Reading Test by successfully writing a brief essay on that book on the test given August 27.
9th Grade:
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
10th Grade:
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
11th Grade:
The Once and Future King by T. H. White
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis
12th Grade:
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Saving Fish From Drowning by Amy Tan Cry
The Beloved Country by Alan Paton