Ninth/Tenth Humanities Summer Reading-‐ 2015
Ninth/Tenth Humanities
Summer Reading- 2015
Choose one of the following novels to read this summer. These novels are all interesting and are a mix of contemporary and classic fiction. I am happy to suggest one that fits your personality and reading preference.
Assignment: You have been asked by MGM to create either a movie poster or movie trailer for your novel of choice.
Poster: Use a large poster board and illustrate it in a way that reflects the plot and major themes in the novel. Include the name of the movie/novel and characters with actual movie star’s names. Give the movie/novel a catchy tagline too. Be prepared to explain your poster the first week of school.
Trailer: Produce a trailer of your movie/novel. You can do this by filming your own action shots or putting together a variety of montaged scenes/photos from other websites or videos. It should be at least two minutes in length and carefully edited. Be prepared to explain your trailer in the first week of school.
All the King's Men, by Robert Penn Warren
As I Lay Dying, by William Faulkner
Bless the Beasts & Children, by Glenson Swarthout
The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison
Brideshead Revisited, by Evelyn Waugh
A Canticle for Leibowitz, by Walter M. Miller Jr.
Catch-22, by Joseph Heller
Cat's Cradle, by Kurt Vonnegut
Ceremony, by Leslie Marmon Silko
Dancing on the Edge, by Han Nolan
The Da Vinci Code, by Dan Brown
Devil in a Blue Dress, by Walter Mosley
The Diagnosis, by Alan Lightman
El Bronx Remembered, by Nicholasa Mohr
Ethan Frome, by Edith Wharton
A Farewell to Arms, by Ernest Hemingway
The Farming of Bones, by Edwidge Danticat
Five Quarters of the Orange, by Joanne Harris
A Girl Named Disaster, by Nancy Farmer Home of the Braves, by David Klass
Interpreter of Maladies, by Jhumpa Lahiri
In This Sign, by Joanne
Jubilee, by Margaret Walker
The Kitchen God's Wife, by Amy Tan
Lucy, by Jamaica Kincaid
Madame Bovary, by Gustave Flaubert
Native Son, by Richard Wright
On the Beach, by Nevil Shute
A Passage to India, by E. M. Forster
Portrait in Sepia, by Isabel Allende
A Prayer for Owen Meany, by John Irving
Ragtime, by E.L. Doctorow
Return of the Native, by Thomas Hardy
Rules of the Road, by Joan Bauer
The Samurai's Garden, by Gail Tsukiyama
Song of Solomon, by Toni Morrison
Stranger in a Strange Land, by Robert A. Heinlein
The Sun Also Rises, by Ernest Hemingway The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells
Year of Wonders, by Geraldine Brooks
A Yellow Raft in Blue Water, by Michael Dorris
The Help, Kathryn Stockett
Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
Feed, M.T. Anderson
The Woman Warrior, Kingston, Maxine Hong.
In the Time of the Butterflies, Alvarez, Julia.
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, Sijie, Dai and Ina Rilke.
The Alchemist, Paulo Coehlo,
Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver,
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Oliver Sacks
In the Shadow of Man, Jane Goodall
Anthem, Ayn Rand
Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad
StoryCorps Assignment:
StoryCorps’ mission is to provide people of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, share and preserve the stories of our lives. We do this to remind one another of our shared humanity, to strengthen and build the connections between people, to teach the value of listening, and to weave into the fabric of our culture the understanding that everyone’s story matters. At the same time, we are creating an invaluable archive for future generations.
Since 2003, StoryCorps has collected and archived more than 50,000 interviews with over 100,000 participants. Each conversation is recorded on a CD to share, and is preserved at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. StoryCorps is one of the largest oral history projects of its kind, and millions listen to our weekly broadcasts on NPR’s Morning Edition and on our Listen Pages.
Use the app Story Corps to interview someone in your life that you think has an important story to tell. The app will provide you with the questions to ask and you can record right on your (or your parents’) smartphone. Be prepared to share on the first week of school. There will be a place to share your recording on Canvas in September.