Middle School Summer Reading List 2021 – 2022 School Year

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Sixth Grade R.W.W.

Required Summer Reading:

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen (ISBN 13: 978-1-4169-3647-3

The books below will be taught during the school year:

Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman ISBN: 0-060447107-8

The Watsons go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis – ISBN: 978-0- 385-38294-6

Seventh Grade R. W. W.

Required Summer Reading:

Refugee by Alan Gratz – ISBN: 9780545880831

Eighth Grade R.W.W.

Required Summer Reading:

Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Rick Riordan

Ninth Grade Summer Reading List 2021 – 2022 School Year

Ninth Grade World Geography and AP Human Geography

Summer Project Details link provided: Geography and AP Human Geography Assignment

Ninth Grade English I

Required Summer Reading: White Rose by Kip Wilson

Throughout the year in English I, we will discuss how experience and perspective affect the way humans interpret the world. Kip Wilson’s White Rose explores a unique angle of events in World War II in free verse format. We will utilize this concept for the first major project of the year in 9th grade. As you read this novel, pay attention to: . The characteristics of free verse (poetic features, figurative language, lyrical nature, etc.) . Point of view: How does the author use storytellers to provide new perspectives on previously learned events? . Characterization: How does the author describe/develop each character? What might they represent?

***You may annotate your novel or use post-it notes to track significant moments or examples you find throughout the book. You will be asked to reference this information the first few days of class, so be sure you are ACTIVELY reading and engaging with the text. (*Hint: a great way to approach summer reading is to note powerful, important quotes/lines as you read.) ______Though I’m sure this will not come as a shock to any of you, I LOVE and ENCOURAGE reading! Want to be smarter? Better writers? Better thinkers? Better humans? Read! 

It is in this spirit I also ask you to read at least ONE other book of YOUR choosing. Reading is always more fun when you explore something you like! You should pick a book that is age- appropriate (young adult), has a well-developed plot, and rich, interesting characters. Graphic novels are allowed!

I am looking forward to an awesome year with you all! Enjoy your summer, and happy reading! Tenth Grade Summer Reading List 2021 – 2022 School Year

Tenth Grade AP U. S. Government

Required Summer Reading:

The Sun Does Shine: How I found life and freedom by Anthony Ray Hinton – ISBN: 978-1-250-20579-7

This is the story of Anthony Ray Hinton, a man convicted of capital murder in Alabama in 1985. He spent 30 years on Alabama’s Death Row, including several years after he proved his innocence. This book takes a look not only at the reality of prison life, but some of the ways Mr. Hinton tried to survive his incarceration. In this course we will look at the government and its role in issues of domestic policy1, which includes law enforcement and punishment. We also work on argumentative essay writing, a key component of the AP examination next May. For this assignment, I ask that you read the book, answer the following questions, and be prepared to write an argumentative essay when we begin school in August. It’s not difficult, but you have to articulate a point and support it with evidence from a text. This probably sounds familiar, right? ------After reading the book, please type your responses to the following prompts—to turn in the second day of school (Thursday, August 12th). Part One: Write a summary of Mr. Hinton’s case. You should include the facts surrounding the crime and his arrest, the trial(s), and his appeals. How did Mr. Hinton finally obtain his release from prison? (Write enough so that I can tell that you actually read the book.) Part Two: Research a recent news story (within the past year) that is similar to the one in the book. Turn in a copy of the news story and a one-paragraph written summary including the facts of the events, how it is similar (or different) to the case in the book, and your thoughts on the issue. **Make sure your article is about a person, NOT about the death penalty or wrongful incarceration in general.

1 Domestic policy is an administrative decision, law, or program that impacts issues within the nation’s borders. Examples include healthcare, education, and police (law enforcement). Part Three: Read the following articles about Ledell Lee, a man executed in 2017. After his death, DNA evidence cleared him. What rights do accused individuals deserve? Should death penalty cases receive any greater scrutiny? Answer in a paragraph! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/07/us/ledell-lee-dna-testing-arkansas.html https://innocenceproject.org/ledell-lee-what-you-should-know-about-his-case-and-execution/

Part Four: Explore the following websites: https://innocenceproject.org/ (Innocence Project) https://eji.org/ (Equal Justice Initiative—Bryan Stevenson’s organization) --What are your thoughts on the death penalty? Should it remain, or should we abolish it? Write a paragraph (minimum 5-6 sentences) supporting your position. Use evidence from one of the articles you’ve read, the Hinton book, or any other sources you choose.

**Want more? Watch the movie “Just Mercy” starring Jamie Foxx and Michael B. Jordan (streams on Amazon Prime). OR, read the book of the same name written by Bryan Stevenson, the attorney who helped the release of Mr. Hinton.

I look forward to meeting you in the fall! Have a great summer Dr. Cambre [email protected]

Tenth Grade English II Summer Reading

Goal: To read and view a variety of texts for pleasure, while also connecting aspects of your reading history and reading interests to literary concepts discussed throughout the upcoming school year. Directions: Read/view five texts in a row or four corners and the middle for BINGO. Record your choices on the board.

A fairy/folktale from Reread a favorite LA Teen Readers’ A historical fiction, A fantasy or list childhood book Choice or auto/biography science fiction novel

A banned or A movie from list Non-fiction or graphic A fairy/folktale from Reread a favorite challenged novel novel list childhood book from list

LA Teen Readers’ A fairy/folktale Game Changer by Neal Reread favorite A movie from the Choice from list Shusterman childhood book list

Reread a favorite Non-fiction or A banned or challenged A fantasy or A fairy/folktale childhood book graphic novel novel from list science fiction from list novel

A Jason Reynolds A banned or A fairy/folktale from list A movie from the LA Teen Readers’ novel challenged novel list Choice from list

With the consent of your parents, the following movies are great studies in some of character, conflict, theme, history, and various forms of symbolism. THIS IS NOT MANDATORY or necessary to watch all of these. However, these provide a great common ground for many literary related discussions. Remember this is Hollywood and not necessarily a true representation of history or even life. Keep a list of short notes for the movies viewed. See questions below. Black Hawk Down Varsity Blues Bruce Almighty The Shining (1980) Gladiator Dances with Wolves Contagion The Goonies Braveheart Groundhog Day Shrek Star Wars series The Godfather I and II National Lampoon’s Vacation (I) Blood Diamond Saving Private Ryan Gattaca Toy Story Ferris Bueller’s Day Off Forrest Gump 2001 – A Space Odyssey The Matrix The Breakfast Club The Lord of the Rings Trilogy Glory Finding Nemo Dodgeball Rocky I and II The Truman Show Hercules (Disney) Raiders of the Lost Ark Jaws (one only) The Princess Bride Avitir Remember the Titans Questions for movies: What about gender, race, or class is represented in the movie? What and how does the movie represent human nature (even broadly)? Think about both the good things (the bright/right side) and bad things (the dark side) humans do or think – both consciously and subconsciously. What does the director/writer want you, the viewer, to take away from the movie? If music is present, listen to the words of the lyrics. How do they introduce or relate to what is going on at the moment and/or the entire movie? You may want to take a lyric and look up the rest of the lyrics.. What other movies or stories have similar concepts to the movies viewed? List both the movies and similar concepts to the movie viewed.

Banned or Challenged Books: You may choose one of the books from any of these lists EXCEPT To Kill A Mockingbird. Top 10 Challenged or Banned Books by the year according to ALA (American Library Association): http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/top10 Top 100 Challenged or Banned Book by the decade according to ALA: http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks Fairy/Folktale List: What are the intended lessons, morals, or habits a reader might take from the story? What problems, issues, or concerns do you have with the story? You may not have any at all. “Cinderella” “Sleeping Beauty” or “Briar Rose” “Rumpelstiltskin” “Three Billy Goats Gruff” “Ugly Duckling” “Red Riding Hood” or “Little Red Cap” “Three Little Pigs” “Beauty and the Beast” “Pinocchio” “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” “Snow White” “Jack in the Beanstalk” “Hansel & Gretel” “The Emperor’s New Clothes” “The Pied Piper of Hamlin” If the fairy/folktale has different versions, feel free to read and note the differences. In looking for these, try to find the older versions.

2021 Louisiana Teen Readers’ Choice (LTRC) Summer Reading Information

2021-2022 LTRC Nominated Title List 2020-2021 LTRC Grade Nominated Title List

1. Downstairs Girl, The by Stacey Lee 1. Belles, The by Dhonielle Clayton 2. Hot Dog Girl by Jennifer Dugan 2. Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air: Book 1), The by Holly Black 3. Ordinary Hazards by Nikki Grimes 3. Dry by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod 4. Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay Shusterman 5. SLAY by Brittney Morris 4. Hey, Kiddo by Jarrett J. Krosoczka 6. Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson 5. Lying Woods, The by Ashley Elston 7. They Called Us Enemy by George Takei, 6. Poet X, The by Elizabeth Acevedo Justin Eisinger, and Steven Scott; illustrated by Harmony Becker 7. Price of Duty by Todd Strasser 8. Two Can Keep a Secret by Karen M. 8. Pride by Ibi Zoboi McManus 9. Sadie by Courtney Summer 9. With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo 10. Summer of Jordi Perez, The (And the Best 10. XL by Scott Brown Burger in Los Angeles) by Amy Spalding

2019-2020 LTRC Grade Nominated Title List Slides and booktrailers for 2019-2020 Nominees: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1- 1. The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives by Dashka Slater doKmcy990TTe_5rhgD3D_9Bf- 90pWaL/edit#slide=id.p1 2. An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson 2018-2019 LTRC Grade Nominated Title List 3. Geekerella by Ashley Poston 1. Aging Out by Alton Carter 4. Goodbye Days by Jeff Zentner 2. The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis 3. Heartless by Marissa Meyer 5. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas 4. Highly Illogical Behavior by John Corey 6. Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds Whaley 5. Riders (Book 1) by Veronica Rossi 7. Nyxia by Scott Reintgen 6. Scythe: Arc of a Scythe (Book 1) by Neal Shusterman 8. One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus 7. The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner 8. The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon 9. Warcross by Maria Lu 9. This Is Our Story by Ashley Elston 10. Three Dark Crowns (Book 1) by Kendare Blake 10. You Bring the Distant Near by Mitali Perkins Link to summaries and book Link to summaries and book information: http://www.state.lib.la.us/literacy- information: http://www.state.lib.la.us/literacy-and- and-reading/louisiana-young-readers-choice/ltrc- reading/louisiana-readers-choice/2019-2020-ltrc- 2019-discussion-guides-and-additional-resources additional-resources 2017-2018 Link to summaries and book 2017-2018 LTRC Grade Nominated Title List information: http://www.state.lib.la.us/literacy-and- 1. All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely reading/louisiana-young-readers-choice/2018-ltrc- study-guides-and-additional-resources 2. All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven 3. The Bunker Diary by Kevin Brooks 4. The Dead Girls of Hysteria Hall by Katie Alender 5. Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy 6. Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff 7. The Improbable Theory of Ana and Zak by Brian Katcher 8. Nimona by Noelle Stevenson 9. Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard 10. The Walls Around Us by Nova Ren Suma

Eleventh and Twelfth Grade Summer Reading List 2021 – 2022 School Year

English IB and English III Honors The bingo board is back by popular demand! Please use the board as a guide and inspiration to pick at least four books to read this summer. You can challenge yourself to read from one row, column, or diagonal line, or you can rebel and read books from any four squares you wish. As you read, think about the following: ● What sections, characters or events stand out to you in some way? Mark them with a sticky note and write a note so that you remember. ● How difficult, vivid, or precise is the vocabulary? Mark words that you had to look up, or passages that contain especially beautiful language. ● What questions does this book raise? Write those down. ● How does this book fit into the knowledge you already have on a particular subject, genre, or the world in general? Again, take some notes.

Please join my Summer Reading Book Club on Google Classroom. The join code is qoghnxw I will use this platform to post recommendations, book talks, online author events and suggested activities if you get stuck. This can also be a place to communicate with me and with other students if you need to ask questions or share some good ideas. Your bingo board is on the next page. Enjoy! Here are the supplies you will need for class next year: ● 2 composition notebooks ● black pens ● colored pens for editing ● highlighters AND colored pencils for marking text ● access to the internet and a printer ● USB drive, Dropbox or Google Drive to save your work ● Required texts—You will need to provide your own copies of the works we study. Each semester your books will cost no more than $50. You can use the library or borrow from a friend who is not currently in the class.

Your Name ______Summer Reading Log Here is your bingo board. Read at least four selections. Read more if you are inspired! The blank in each box is a place for you to list the title and author of the book you chose. I will ask you to turn in this sheet during the first week of class.

Read an award-winning book: Read a book that was Read a non fiction book Read a graphic novel in the Printz Award, the Pulitzer translated from another which the genre is Prize, the National Book language nonfiction or realistic Award, or a Nobel-winning fiction—not fantasy author

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Read a new (to you) book Free Read! Read a book published in Read a book with a non- from a favorite author 2019 or 2020 human antagonist

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Read a book from the Read a book in poetic or Read the same book your Read a book from a genre Louisiana Young Readers epistolary form friend is reading you don’t normally read Choice high school list, 2015- 2020

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Read a book published before Read a biography, Read a book one of your Read a book that has been you were born autobiography, or parents (or other, older made into a movie (then, if memoir family member) read in high you feel like it, watch the school movie)

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Summer Reading English III

Read a book by a Read book with a Read any fiction Read a book that sports or music non-human book between 300 – addresses a legend. antagonist 600 pages in current event or length social concern (ie bullying, social media, coastal erosion, etc..) Read a book that Read a graphic Read a biography Read a book fits in the novel that or autobiography written in any historical represents of no less than year before you fiction genre realistic fiction 250 pages were born (NO SUPER POWERS or SUPER NATURAL ELEMENTS) Maximum 200 pgs. Free Read! Read a book Read a non-fiction Read a book from recommended by an the Great book recommended adult whom you American Read trust. by your 2020-2021 List science teacher. Read a Louisiana Read a non- Read a book Read a book Young Readers fiction book translated into written in either Choice book from recommended by English from poetic or any year between your 2020-2021 another language. epistolary form. 2010 - 2016 history teacher.

General expectations: a. Students select two squares to read two discrete titles; Any two tiles should connect either horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. b. Selected books should be of 200 or more pages unless otherwise specified; c. Students must be prepared to write a short in-class paper and make a presentation on their selections.

This paper and presentation will involve basic literary devices and literary elements familiar to the student when they enter 11th grade. Specific expectations: a. Create an MLA formatted works cited page with entries for each of the books that you have read. b. Jot down notes to answer the questions: what does it mean to be human? How does this book provide insights into your answer? c. Would you recommend this book to another person? Be specific in your justification. “Yes because it’s good” is only the start of an answer. Jot notes in support of your opinion. Please note: I will check e-mail as I am able, but considerable time may lapse between your e- mail and my response. Use intelligence guided by experience and you should be fine. Since this is how we will begin day one of school, start off on the right foot. Walk into the room with a composition notebook and a blue or black ink pen. Be prepared.

Twelfth Grade IB History of the Americas II

Required Summer Reading:

Europe’s Last Summer by David Fromkin

English IV and English IV DE

Students are to select two of the books listed below:

Allegedly by Tiffany D. Jackson The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls Born a Crime by Trevor Noah Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand The Grace Year by Kim Liggett The Cather In the Rye by J. D. Salinger Into the Wild by John Karkauer

Theme: Identity

For both English IV and English IV Dual Enrollment, you will choose two books from the following list to read and annotate for summer reading. Please make sure the copies you have can stay with you for the summer and the first 2-3 weeks of school. As you read, keep the theme of “identity” in mind. We will discuss this theme at length this year, and you are expected to bring new ideas to our class discussions.

Suggested Guidelines for Annotating Texts:

There is not one “right” way to take notes as you read, but there are some general principles to keep in mind. Write notes that consist of questions and comments, which essentially should be your conversation with the text. Close reading takes more time than quick, superficial reading, but doing so will save you time later as you prepare to discuss these books.

1. Purchase a copy of the book so you can write in it. Always read with a pen or pencil in hand. This will help you to focus and stay alert.

2. Always take your time as you begin a new text. Ask yourself questions as you begin: Who is telling the story? What is the setting? What details does the author provide about characters when they are first introduced?

3. Keep a list of characters and their key traits. A good place for this is the inside cover of the book. You can add brief notes to your lists as you read.

4. Look for patterns as you read. What ideas do you see repeated? Ask yourself what conclusions you can draw from the repetition of these patterns.

5. Make a quick note at the end of each chapter, indicating the most important points. A good way to make sure you are comprehending what you are reading is to ask yourself what surprised you in this section of the text.

6. Think of a memorable title after you read each chapter and write it down.

7. Use question marks. Be alert to what puzzles you. Good readers do not zip along without stopping to monitor their comprehension. You should also write down questions you would like to discuss, especially as they relate to the theme of identity.

8. Use sticky notes in addition to writing marginal notes to give you enough space for your thoughts.

I hope you enjoy your books of choice! I’m looking forward to discussing them with you when we return to school.

English Senior IB The bingo board is back by popular demand! Please use the board as a guide and inspiration to pick at least four books to read this summer. You can challenge yourself to read from one row, column, or diagonal line, or you can rebel and read books from any four squares you wish. As you read, think about the following: ● What sections, characters or events stand out to you in some way? Mark them with a sticky note and write a note so that you remember. ● How difficult, vivid, or precise is the vocabulary? Mark words that you had to look up, or passages that contain especially beautiful language. ● What questions does this book raise? Write those down. ● How does this book fit into the knowledge you already have on a particular subject, genre, or the world in general? Again, take some notes.

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Read a new (to you) book Free Read! Read a book published in Read a book with a non- from a favorite author 2019 or 2020 human antagonist

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