This summer, students in Grades 6-12 will be required to read the book listed below. Each novel is assigned based on the grade they are coming into for the 2015-2016 academic school year. During the first week of school, the students will be given a reading comprehension Test on their assigned novel by their English/Language Arts teacher. In addition to the novel test, they will also be responsible for an Oral Presentation which will take place during the first week of school as well. These will be the first two grades for the first nine weeks and will count as a Test (40%) and a Project (30%) grade.
Students in AP Language & AP Literature: Follow the Summer Project – AP English instructions outlined on the school website.
**NOTE: Novels can be purchased at Barnes and Noble Bookstore / bn.com, Amazon.com, etc…**
6th grade- The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
* Bring in your novel to class on the first day of school for class assignment and essay.
7th grade-Schooled by Gordon Kormon
* Bring in your novel to class on the first day of school for class assignment and essay.
8th grade- Sarny by Gary Paulsen
* Bring in your novel to class on the first day of school for class assignment and essay.
English I- Speak by Laurie H. Anderson
* Bring in your novel to class on the first day of school for class assignment and essay.
English II- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
* Bring in your novel to class on the first day of school for class assignment and essay.
English III – The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
* Bring in your novel to class on the first day of school for class assignment and essay.
English III Honors – We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
* Bring in your novel to class on the first day of school for class assignment and essay.
English IV – All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
* Bring in your novel to class on the first day of school for class assignment and essay.
English IV Honors- Grendel by John Gardner *Download and print packet from Ms. Carbonell's website
AP English Literature and Composition- *Download and print packet from Ms. Astigarraga’s website and read ALL of the following books:
The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba’s Struggle for Freedom by Margarita Engle Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
AP Language: 1. Download and print packet from Ms. Carbonell's website 2. Choose from The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien OR The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls 3. The book should be heavily annotated for style, rhetorical devices and vocabulary.