10Th Grade Independent Reading Assignment

10th Grade Independent Reading Assignment

This year you will be required to read independently. You will choose one book per marking period (MPD’s 1/2 – 4).

Choose a book that is approximately 150 pages or longer. It does not have to be on this list.

Book List Cervantes, Cervantes Don Quixote Camus, Albert The Stranger Hawthorne, Nathaniel The Scarlet Letter Melville, Herman Moby Dick Shelley, Mary Frankenstein Hosseini, Khaled The Kite Runner Hickam, Homer Rocket Boys Steinbeck, John The Grapes of Wrath Of Mice and Men McCarthy, Cormac All the Pretty Horses Momaday, M. Scott House Made of Dawn Forbes, Esther Johnny Tremain Myers, Walter Dean Monster Hoops Cormier, Robert The Rag and Bone Shop After the First Death Golding, Arthur Memoirs of a Geisha Bates, Judy Fong Midnight at the Dragon Café Martel, Yann The Life of Pi Carter, Forrest The Education of Little Tree Edgerton, Clyde Walking Across Egypt Lupica, Mike The Big Field Enger, Leif Peace Like a River Morrison, Toni The Bluest Eye Chevalier, Tracy Girl With a Pearl Earring Grisham, John A Painted House Cooney, Caroline B. Code Orange Knowles, John A Separate Peace Lipsyte, Robert The Contender Houston, Jeanne Wakatsuki Farewell to Manzanar Gunther, John Death Be Not Proud Giff, Patricia Reilly Lily’s Crossing Brooks, Bruce Moves Make the Man Asher, Jay Thirteen Reasons Why Crutcher, Chris Whale Talk See, Lisa Snow Flower and the Secret Fan Step 1: Get the book approved if it is not on the list. (Show it to me for approval.)

Step 2: Read the book. Bring the book to class with you every day. You will be given time to read after tests and sometimes during class.

Step 3: Complete the weekly reading log. You should record the date, unknown vocabulary words and definitions, pages read, literary devices used: examples, and a brief summary of what you read that week. Hand it in every Friday for grading.

Step 4: At the end of the marking period -take an assessment on the book at the end of the marking period.

Step 5: At the end of the year -complete the project. Create a power point presentation on one of the books you read. The presentation will be divided into six parts of information: 1) author biography, 2) historical context, 3) culture, 4) plot summary, 5) Top 5 reasons to read the book, and 6) sources.

Each slide should have at least 5 bullet points. You must get your facts from credible sources, like an encyclopedia (NOT WIKIPEDIA), to reveal any exaggerations or emphasis to real life connections. Presentation Time limit:3 to 5 minutes