AP Language and Composition Instructor ______Read and annotate the following: Mrs. Sarah (Fitzpatrick) Erdmann  Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates [email protected]  One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson

Additionally, select ONE of the following books to read and annotate:  Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo  Water for Elephants: A Novel by Sarah Gruen  Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly  The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother by James McBride  The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan

***Provide evidence of Close Reading and recording of your thoughts.

OPTIONAL but very helpful due to the work we are doing all year in class: Keep up with news and current events (worldwide, nationally, and locally). Consider the following resources for the best in-depth and varied reports:  The Wall Street Journal  The Washington Post   News and cultural magazines such as The Economist, , , Time, and others (many of these magazines will post articles on Facebook or on their websites that you can read.)  National Public Radio o Includes in-depth news and great programs that will enlighten you about American life and culture such as "This American Life," "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me," "Radio Lab," and others; o Local NPR stations include KNKX 88.5 and KUOW 94.9.

*Please bring your copy of Between the World and Me to class on the first day of school.

*Books may be purchased as a hard copy, digitally, or checked out from the library. I would also recommend finding the audio book of One Summer America, 1927 since it is a longer read; many students have found this to be helpful in the past.

American Literature Instructor ______Read and annotate the following: Mrs. Sarah (Fitzpatrick) Erdmann  Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck [email protected]

***Provide evidence of Close Reading and recording of your thoughts.

Please bring your copy of Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men to class on the first day of school.

*Book may be purchased as a hard copy, digitally, or checked out from the library.

**If you would like to know which class list you are on for next year (AP Lang or Am. Lit), so you know which book(s) you need to read, please come see or email Mrs. Fitz.