Summer Reading
SUMMER READING -
ENGLISH Summer Reading Assignments for MARYVALE PREPARATORY SCHOOL 2020 - 2021
ENGLISH 9 (CP - Accelerated - Honors) Required Reading: Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck
Assessment: Upon returning to school, be prepared to actively participate in a discussion and complete some writing on the novel.
ENGLISH 10 (CP - Accelerated - Honors) Required Reading: The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien
Upon returning to school, be prepared to actively participate in a discussion and complete some writing on the novel.
ENGLISH 11 (CP - Accelerated - Honors) 1. Acquire and read The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas. (Note: Please do not watch the movie in replacement, as you will need to directly reference from the novel for the assignment upon returning to school. You MAY, however, watch the film as a companion). 2. Upon returning to school, complete an in-class timed writing assessment based on an open-ended question provided to you in the first week of class.
ENGLISH 11 (AP) 1. Acquire and read both A Brave New World and A Brave New World: Revisited by Aldous Huxley. 2. Upon returning to school, complete an in-class timed writing assessment and discussion based on open-ended questions provided to you.
ENGLISH 12 (Accelerated - Honors) 1. Acquire and read one of the following:
Kazuo Ishiguro - Never Let Me Go Naguib Mahfouz - The Journey of Ibn Fattouma Gabriel Garcia Marquez - One Hundred Years of Solitude Han Kang - The Vegetarian 2. Upon returning to school, complete an in-class timed writing assessment and discussion based on open-ended questions provided to you that will help set the stage for our next year’s learning in World Literature.
ENGLISH 12 (AP) This summer you will choose one of the following projects and read two books . As you read the two books, think of comparisons and contrasts between the books. Take two pages of notes with your insights and quotations from the books to submit during the first week of class. You will also be asked to do a timed essay on the books you read. The timed essay will be the basis for a 5- to 7-page research paper, which will be completed in steps starting with research periods, continuing with outline and draft, and culminating with a final paper. The timed essay must be about both books, but students may decide to write the research paper about one book only. The research paper must have quotations from primary and secondary sources. The key to success is choosing a theme that appeals to you. Have a wonderful summer, filled with good reading!
Project 1: Allegorical Fictions of Colson Whitehead
The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead
Apex Hides the Hurt by Colson Whitehead
Project 2: Postcolonial Fictions of Chinua Achebe
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
A Man of the People by Chinua Achebe
Project 3: Fictions of the Fall
Atonement by Ian McEwan
Saint Maybe by Anne Tyler
Project 4: Theatrical Fictions
Theatre by W. Somerset Maugham
Morality Play by Barry Unsworth
Project 5: The Baltimore Fictions of Anne Tyler
Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler
Saint Maybe by Anne Tyler
Project 6: The Midwestern Fictions of Willa Cather
My Antonia
The Professor’s House
Project 7: Postwar Fictions of Kazuo Ishiguro
The Remains of the Day
An Artist of the Floating World
Project 8 : The Novels of Donna Tartt The Secret History by Donna Tartt
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt