2008-2009 Summer Reading List

Grade 9

English 9 (Choose ONE)
Buried Onions by Soto
Breaking Rank by Randle
Nothing by the Truth by AVI

Honors English 9 (Read TWO)
The Pearl by Steinbeck (required)
The Ender's Game by Card
Nothing by the Truth by AVI

World Cultures Honors English 9 (Both)
 Pride and Prejudice by Austen
Princess by Sasson
(All students will complete a dialectic journal for each selection. Journals will be due on the first day of class.)

Grade 10

English 10 (Choose ONE)
Alas, Babylon by Frank
A Separate Peace by Knowles

Honors English 10 (Choose TWO)
Oedipus Rex by Sophocles (required)
Choose one from the English 10 or European Studies list

European Studies Honors English 10 (ALL)
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas
A Tale of Two Cities by Dickens
A World Lit Only By Fire by Manchester (History)
(All students will complete a dialectic journal for each selection. Journals will be due on the first day of class.)

Grade 11

Professional English (Choose ONE)
Sam Walton: Made in America by Same Walton and John Huey
Trump: The Art of the Deal by Donald Trump and Tony Schwartz
Iaccocca: An Autobiography by Lee Iaccocca and William Novak
(All students will complete a dialectic journal for each selection. Journals will be due on the first day of class.)

English 11 (Choose ONE)
Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass by Douglass
Ethan Frome by Wharton
Durable Goods by Berg
Having Our Say by Delany
Of Mice and Men by Steinbeck

Honors English 11 (Both)
Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass by Douglass
Ethan Frome by Wharton
(All students will complete a dialectic journal for each selection. Journals will be due on the first day of class. Additional assessment of these selections may be objective, short answer, performance based or essay in nature.)

AP English Language and Composition (ALL)
Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass by Douglass
Ethan Frome by Wharton
The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne
The Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck
(All students will complete a dialectic journal for each selection. Journals will be due on the first day of class. Additional assessment of these selections may be objective, short answer, performance based or essay in nature.)

Grade 12

Professional English (Choose ONE)
 Sam Walton: Made in America by Sam Walton and John Huey
Trump: The Art of the Deal by Donald Trump and Tony Schwartz
Iaccocca: An Autobiography by Lee Iaccocca and William Novak
(All students will complete a dialectic journal for each selection. Journals will be due on the first day of class.)

English 12 (Both)
1984 by Orwell
Brave New World by Huxley

AP/DE English: (Choose TWO)
Catch-22 by Heller
East of Eden by Steinbeck
Jane Eyre by Bronte
Song of Solomon by Morrison
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Hurston
(All students will complete a dialectic journal for each selection. Journals will be due on the first day of class.)

Dialectic Reading Journals

Purpose

  • To show that you have read a book in a thoughtful way.

Format

  • Divide pages into two columns.
  • In the left column write a quote from the book. This does not necessarily have to be something a character said; it can be any selection from the text.
    • Pick a quote that jumps off the page for you. Choose one that you want to interact with.
  • In the right side column, respond thoughtfully to the quote.
  • See example below.

How many do I do?

  • Approximatley 4-6 per chatper depending on the length and richness of the chapter. Always provide the page number from which the quote came.
    • This may var, though, since there will be some chapters that are chock full of quotes you will want to say something about, and some that don't resonate as much for you as a reader.
  • Also, although you should somehow mark the quote you plan to discuss later on, you should wait to write your response until you have finished reading for the day.
Quote Response
"To the education of her daughters, Lady Bertram paid not the smallest attention. She had no time for such cares. She was a woman who spent her days in sitting nicely dressed on a sofa, doing some long piece of needlework, of little use and no beauty, thinking more of her pug than her children." (Mansfield Park, p. 17) Mrs. Bertram seems like she is much like many middle to upper class women of her time. Bored, unmotivated, and superficial. Becuase there is nothing of great importance happening in their lives, they oftern have no care for what they can do for their family. This also shows that Fanny will have no comfort from Mr. or Mrs. Bertram. Picturing a lazy woman making ugly needlepoint and fussing over her ugly little dog is also funny even while it makes a point.