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Dear Grace Brethren Junior and Senior High Families,
Welcome to Summer 2012 Reading List! Please locate your class below. You will find the required book listed, as well as instructions, if any. These books are required readings; a pre-requisite for the student’s 2012-2013 classe(s).
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Class Name
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Book
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Author
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ISBN
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Instructions
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7th and 8th Grade (not 8th honors see below)
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Eragon - Book 1
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Christopher Paolini
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978-0-375826696
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Choose ONE of the listed books. Come prepared to discuss the characters, and plot.
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Eragon - Book 2
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Christopher Paolini
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0375840400
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Brisingr- book 3
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Christopher Paolini
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0375826740
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The Incredible Journey
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Shela Burnford
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0440226708
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The True confessions of Charlotte Doyle
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Avi
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0380728850
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Class Name
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Book
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Author
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ISBN
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Instructions
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8th Grade Honors
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Holes
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Sachar, Louis
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978-0374332662
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Read the entire novel and be prepared to discuss character development, foreshadowing and thematic elements. We will have a written exam as well as class discussion and a short writing assignment.
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Class Name
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Book
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Author
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ISBN
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Instructions
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9th Grade Honors and College Prep
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Crispin: The Cross of Lead
Crispin: At the Edge of the World
Crispin: The Edge of Time
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Avi
Avi
Avi
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978-0786816583
978-1423103059
978-0061740831
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Read entire book
Read entire book
Read entire book
Students are required to complete the reading only. There will be a class discussion on the books, an essay to evaluate their writing skills, and a presentation project that will be due within the first weeks of school.
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Class Name
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Book
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Author
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ISBN
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Instructions
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AP Literature
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Animal Farm
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George Orwell
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9780451526342
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There will be a quiz on Animal Farm and an essay test the first week of school on the two plays so I can start evaluating their writing abilities. Just reading the text will be required. Both the plays deal more with the "progressive" themes the AP Test seems to be addressing (poverty, social class, race, etc).
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The Importance of Being Ernest
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Oscar Wilde
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978-0486264783
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A Raisin in the Sun
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Lorraine Hansberry
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978-0679755333
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Class Name
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Book
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Author
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ISBN
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Instructions
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Major Themes in Literature
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Animal Farm
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George Orwell
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9780451526342
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Reading the text is all that will be required. I will have a project for them when they come back in August tied into the novel.
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Class Name
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Book
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Author
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ISBN
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Instructions
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Honors American Lit
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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Mark Twain
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978145640-5724
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You MAY NOT read an abridged version, the Sparks Notes or Cliffs Notes and consider that the text. You must read the actual book in its entirety.
It can be downloaded for free on iBooks and the Kindle; or you may pick it up in any bookstore.
Be prepared to write about the book the first week of class. We will explore some of the themes, and you must have knowledge of the book in order to join in that discussion. If a significant portion of the class seems to have no knowledge of the text, there will be a test on the book within the first 5 days of class – so it is in your best interest to read the book.
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Class Name
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Book
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Author
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ISBN
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Instructions
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British Literature
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Read one of the following (YOUR CHOICE):
Sense and Sensibility
Great Expectations
Out Of The Silent Planet
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Jane Austen
Charles Dickens
C.S. Lewis
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You may buy the above book from any distributor or bookstore (you might find them free on
Kindle or iBooks apps!).
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1. You are expected to read the book listed above, unabridged, during the summer and be
ready to be TESTED on the book in an in-class writing response the first week of classes.
The evaluation will be detailed and demanding.
2. Study guides (such as CliffNotes and SparkNotes) may NEVER be used as a substitute
for the reading assigned or as a resource.
Summer Reading Response
You will be expected to:
• Quote, cite, and analyze at least three passages from the novel that represent or discuss gender,
social,
or class- and status-based ideas addressed in the novel.
• Pinpoint in your written response a major theme (central idea) of the novel, and make use of
multiple examples from the novel that support this theme.
• Connect the major theme of the novel to the rest of life in your analysis.
USING SOMEONE ELSE’S IDEAS AS IF THEY WERE YOUR OWN IS PLAGIARISM!
CITE ALL OF YOUR SOURCES! PLAGIARIZED WORK WILL RECEIVE ZERO CREDIT!
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Class Name
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Book
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Author
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ISBN
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Instructions
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AP Language and Composition
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Read one of the following (YOUR CHOICE):
Sense and Sensibility
Great Expectations
Out Of The Silent Planet
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Jane Austen
Charles Dickens
C.S. Lewis
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You may buy the above book from any distributor or bookstore (you might find them free on
Kindle or iBooks apps!).
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Summer Reading Response: Due the first week of class in August!
Write a 3 page minimum essay, doing the following:
• Quote, cite, and analyze at least three passages from the novel that represent or discuss gender,
social, worldview, or class- and status-based ideas addressed in the novel.
• Pinpoint in your written response a major theme (central idea) of the novel, and make use of
multiple examples from the novel that support this theme. Basically, you are analyzing the rhetoric of
the story (what idea it’s arguing the reading into believing).
• Connect the major theme of the novel to the rest of life in your analysis.
USING SOMEONE ELSE’S IDEAS AS IF THEY WERE YOUR OWN IS PLAGIARISM!
CITE ALL OF YOUR SOURCES! PLAGIARIZED WORK WILL RECEIVE ZERO CREDIT! |
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