Pre-AP/AP/ English Required Summer Reading for Students Entering Grades 9-12 2020-2021

Dear Cleburne Jacket Pre-AP/Ap/Dual Parents and Guardians,

CISD requires students who are enrolled in Pre-AP ELAR to read over the summer. For ALL students, reading over the summer has many benefits:

● Support student’s growth ● Improves vocabulary ● Improves comprehension ● Improves test scores ● Improves writing skills

Summer reading exposes students to quality literature that they may not pick up on their own and promotes independent reading, inquiry, and scholarship which will facilitate students as lifelong learners.

Expectations for assignments are common across campuses within the district. Within the first three weeks of school, students will be expected to demonstrate understanding of the reading they have completed, so completion of reading prior to the first day of school is highly recommended. Students will receive an assignment grade for the work they complete over ​ ​ their chosen book within the first six weeks of school.

A book list is attached and will also be available on the district and school websites. As students read this summer, it is highly encouraged that they annotate their books to help them develop ​ ​ good reading habits and comprehend the text. Teachers will have more information regarding the tasks for response to reading that will be sent out via email/web page.

Any questions or concerns regarding the summer reading requirements should be directed to the Pre-AP/AP/DUAL campus teacher or the CISD ELAR Curriculum Coordinator.

Respectfully,

Belen Morgan CISD ELAR Curriculum Coordinator

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EI Grade Choices

Students entering Grade 9 Pre-AP will read any ​one ​ book from the following:

1. The Pearl - John Steinbeck 2. Watership Down - Richard Adams 3. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini 4. Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes 5. The Skin I’m In - Sharon Flake 6. Life of Pi - Yann Martel 7. Where the Crawdads Sing - Delia Owens 8. The Gilded Wolves - Roshani Chokshi 9. Chinese Cinderella - Adeline Yen Mah 10. All the Pretty Horses - Cormac McCarthy

EII Grade Choices

Students entering Grade 10 Pre-AP will read any ​one ​ book from the following:

1. The Last Runaway - Tracy Chevalier 2. Revolution - Deborah Wiles 3. Under the Feet of Jesus - Helena Viramontes 4. Between Shades of Gray - Ruta Sepetys 5. All American Boys - Jason Reynolds & Brandon Kiely 6. Dear Martin - Nic Stone 7. The 57 Bus - Dashka Slater 8. Darius the Great Is Not Okay - Adib Khorram 9. The Hate U Give - Angie Thomas 10. American Street - Ibi Zoboi 11. Internment - Samira Ahmed 12. The Last of the Mohicans - James Fenimore Cooper

EIII Grade Choices

Students entering Grade 11 AP/DUAL will read any ​one ​ book from the following:

1. Capote, Truman. ​In Cold Blood. 2. Cisneros, Sandra. T​ he House on Mango Street. 3. Cormier, Robert. ​I Am the Cheese. 4. Erdrich, Louise. T​ he Round House. 5. Faulkner, William. ​A Light in August. 6. Goldman, William. ​The Princess Bride. 7. Kingsolver, Barbara. T​ he Poisonwood Bible. 8. Lee, Harper. T​ o Kill a Mockingbird. 9. Morrison, Toni. S​ ong of Solomon. 10. Salinger, J.D. T​ he Catcher in the Rye.

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11. Twain, Mark. ​The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. 12. Ward, Jesmyn. T​ he Men We Reaped.

EIV Grade Choices

Students entering Grade 12 AP/DUAL will read any o​ ne​ book from the following:

1. Adams, Douglas. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy 2. Doerr, Anthony. ​ All the Light We Cannot See 3. Esquivel, Laura. L​ ike Water for Chocolate 4. Gaiman, Neil.​ The Ocean at the End of the Lane 5. Gardner, John.​ Grendel 6. Gilman, Charlotte Perkins. ​ Herland 7. Hamilton, Edith.​ Timeless Tales of Gods and (recommended background AP Lit) 8. Marquez, Gabriel Garcia. ​ One Hundred Years of Solitude 9. Nafisi, Azar.​ Reading Lolita in Tehran 10. O’Brien, Tim. ​The Things They Carried 11. Tan, Amy. ​The Joy Luck Club 12. White, T.H. ​The Once and Future King (recommended background for Dual Brit Lit)

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