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FRESHMEN SUMMER READING
ENGLISH
REQUIRED
THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES
Sue Monk Kidd
LITTLE WOMEN
Louisa May Alcott
SOCIAL STUDIES REQUIRED
SOPHIE'S WORLD Jostein Gaarder World History AP 213
CHINESE CINDERELLA Adeline Yen Mah Regular 210
Since your subject teacher will test your
knowledge of the above mandated books by either objective tests or
essay questions, notes on index cards or journal entries are
strongly recommended. You should chronicle the following from each
book: Title, Author, Characters, Setting, Conflict and Resolution.
Your grade will be a major test grade for Trimester I.
INCOMING
SOPHOMORES READING
ENGLISH
REQUIRED
THE COLOR OF WATER
James McBride
GIRL WITH THE PEARL EARRING
Tracy Chevalier
SOCIAL STUDIES
REQUIRED
THINGS FALL APART
Chinua Achebe
World History AP 223
DIARY OF ANNE FRANK Anne Frank
Regular 220
Since your subject teacher will test your knowledge of the
above mandated books by either objective tests or essay questions, notes on
index cards or journal entries are strongly recommended.
You should chronicle the following from each book:
Title, Author, Characters, Setting, Conflict and Resolution.
Your grade will be a major test grade for Trimester I.
INCOMING
JUNIORS READING
ENGLISH
REQUIRED
ODD THOMAS Dean Koontz
THE
KITE RUNNER Khaled Hosseini
SOCIAL STUDIES REQUIRED
Flags of Our Fathers
James Bradley
US History 230
FOUNDING MOTHERS
Cokie Roberts AP American
History 231
Since your subject teacher will test your knowledge of the above
mandated books by either objective tests or essay questions, notes on index
cards or journal entries are strongly recommended.
You should chronicle the following from each book:
Title, Author, Characters, Setting, Conflict and Resolution.
Your grade will be a major test grade for Trimester I.
INCOMING JUNIOR HONORS READING
ENGLISH REQUIRED
THE
KITE RUNNER
Khaled Hosseini
ODD THOMAS Dean Koontz
SOCIAL STUDIES REQUIRED
Flags
of Our Fathers
James Bradley
US History 230
FOUNDING MOTHERS
Cokie Roberts AP American
History 231
Since your subject teacher will test your knowledge
of the above mandated books by either objective tests or essay questions, notes
on index cards or journal entries are strongly recommended.
You should chronicle the following from each book: Title, Author,
Characters, Setting, Conflict and Resolution.
Your grade will be a major test grade for trimester I.
INCOMING SENIORS READING
ENGLISH
REQUIRED
A WOMAN IN BERLIN - EIGHT WEEKS IN A CONQUERED CITY anon. (Picardor
Press)
'TIS Frank McCourt
SOCIAL STUDIES
REQUIRED
THE FIRM John Grisham
(all classes other than Current Issues)
THE
NEW AMERICAN STORY Bill
Bradley (Current
Issues)
Since your subject teacher will test your knowledge of the
above mandated books by either objective tests or essay questions, notes on
index cards or journal entries are strongly recommended.
You should chronicle the following from each book:
Title, Author, Characters, Setting, Conflict and Resolution.
Your grade will be a major test grade for Trimester I.
INCOMING
SENIOR SCIENCE FICTION
ENGLISH
REQUIRED – Choose 2 of the following 3 books:
Starship Troopers
Robert Heinlein
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Phillip K. Dick
2001: A Space Odyssey
Arthur C. Clarke
SOCIAL STUDIES
REQUIRED
THE
FIRM John Grisham
(all classes other than Current Issues)
THE
NEW AMERICAN STORY Bill
Bradley (Current
Issues)
Since your subject teacher will test your knowledge of the
above mandated books by either objective tests or essay questions, notes on
index cards or journal entries are strongly recommended.
You should chronicle the following from each book: Title, Author,
Characters, Setting, Conflict and Resolution.
Your grade will be a major test grade for trimester I
Incoming
Senior
English
644
Shakespeare, Drama and Theater Class
ENGLISH Read both of the
following plays:
ANTIGONE
Sophocles
A
MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM William Shakespeare
Please keep a reader response
journal for each play. It is important to commit your ideas about
each of the plays into writing. Your writing forces you to clarify your
thinking, to examine details and elements of the play, and to develop your
creative interpretations for performance and evaluation. A critical essay for
each of the plays will include an objective observation and well as a subjective
analysis.
In addition, please attend one of the many free performances
offered to the public around New York City. save the playbill or program
and write some observations about the productions. For example, Central Park
hosts the Public theater's Shakespeare in the park, a free and excellent
event. Your grades will be major test grades for Trimester I.
SOCIAL STUDIES Required
THE FIRM John Grisham (all classes other than Current
Issues)
THE
NEW AMERICAN STORY Bill
Bradley (Current
Issues)
Since your subject teacher will test your knowledge of the
above mandated books by either objective tests or essay questions, notes on
index cards or journal entries are strongly recommended. You should chronicle
the following from each book: Title, Author, Characters, Setting, Conflict
and Resolution. Your grade will be a major test grade for Trimester I.
ENGLISH – Read 2 of the following books of
your choice:
Angela’s Ashes
Frank McCourt
The
Kitchen God's Wife Amy Tan
In the Time of the Butterflies Julia
Alvarez
SOCIAL STUDIES Required
THE
FIRM John Grisham (all classes other than Current
Issues)
THE
NEW AMERICAN STORY Bill
Bradley (Current
Issues)
Since your subject teacher will test your knowledge
of the above mandated books by either objective tests or essay questions, notes
on index cards or journal entries are strongly recommended.
You should chronicle the following from each book: Title, Author,
Characters, Setting, Conflict and Resolution.
Your grade will be a major test grade for trimester I.
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