Following are lists of required reading for students entering grades seven through 12 in the fall of 2009. Students will be tested on these books during the first day of class; therefore, these books should be completed before the first day of school. Students in grades K-6 are also expected to participate in summer reading, and each teacher has provided a grade-specific list of suggested titles from which students may choose.
Summer reading packets, with instructions on what is expected, will be distributed during the final week of classes in the students' English classes. They will also be available in the Upper School front office during the summer break.
Grade |
Class |
Books |
7 |
English |
Old Yeller by Fred Gipson
Gifted Hands by Ben Carson |
8 |
English |
Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton |
| 9 |
College Prep English |
The Story of My Life by Helen Keller
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee |
| 9 |
Honors English |
The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee |
| 10 |
College Prep English |
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
*Book cards are required for all readings.
|
10 |
Honors English |
My Antonia by Willa Cather
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
*Book cards are required for all readings.
|
| 11 |
College Prep English |
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
|
11 |
Advanced Placement English |
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
|
11 |
Advanced Placement History |
There is an AP History Packet - It may picked up in the Upper School office.
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| 12 |
College Prep English |
Choose one from two of the groups below under AP English IV.
|
12 |
Advanced Placement English |
Choose one in each of the following groups:
The Stranger by Albert Camus; The Awakening, Kate Chopin; Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Hurston; Ethan Frome, Edith Wharton
Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky; The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver; The Invisible Man, Ralph Ellison
The Cherry Orchard, Anton Chekhov; Glass Menagerie, Tennessee Williams; Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller; A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry
|
12 |
All Seniors (English) |
Begin a Reader's Journal (a 70 page spiral will work).
1. Keep notes of your reactions and opinions about each book: How does the author stat? Chronologically? In medias res? Flashback from the end of the story? How much background information or description does he/she use? What kind of diction and syntax does the author use? Are the characters well developed and believable? What kind of conflict does the protagonist try to overcome? How successful is he/she?
2. After you have finished the book rite a short plot summary, and record when and where the author lives/lived, and the kind of works and style for which he/she is known.
Due dates: Reader's Journals will be checked the first day of class.
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12 |
Advanced Placement Calculus |
There is an AP Calculus Packet - It may picked up in the Upper School office.
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