SW Guilford High School: Summer Reading 2013-2014

 

The following contains details and instructions for the 2013-2014 School Year Summer Reading. Because schedules often change during the first few weeks of school, it is expected that  CP and Honors students will be prepared to test on summer reading during the first week of school regardless of which semester they are currently enrolled in English.

  • AP English students have to have their summer assignments completed by the first day of class.  Scroll to the bottom for AP details.  If a student changes from Honors to AP they have to complete the summer reading within a week. 
  • Any student who is scheduled to take English 2nd semester is allowed to take their summer reading first semester during that testing window.  This arrangement can be made by speaking with any teacher from the English department. If a student does decide to test first semester, they are not allowed to retest the second semester.  The grade will stand for second semester.  
  • All Honors English Classes will need to read TWO selections from the list for their grade level. 
  • All CP classes will need to read ONE selection from the list for their grade level.
  • CP classes (10th-12th) are encouraged to read The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore and write a summary of each chapter and a reaction to each chapter. This would be used as extra credit and would be applied to your summer reading grade.  
  • AP 11 and AP 12 students will find their summer reading at the bottom of the page and their work is due the first day of class. 

 

English 9

Adventures of Tom Sawyer       Mark Twain

Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman Ernest J. Gaines

Clover. A Novel   Dori Sanders

Great Expectations     Charles Dickens

I Heard the Owl Call My Name   Margaret Craven

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings     Maya Angelou

Jacob Have I Loved     Katherine Paterson

The Pearl John Steinbeck

Cold Sassy Tree Olive Ann Burns

The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates Wes Moore

 

 

 

English 10

The Scarlet Pimpernel   Baroness Emmuska Orczy

Hiroshima John Hersey

Siddhartha  Herman Hesse

The Stranger   Albert Camus 

The Iliad   Homer

Cyrano de Bergerac   Edmond Rostand

Ender's Game Orson Scott Card

 

English 11

 Grapes of Wrath     John Steinbeck  

 Death of a Salesman     Arthur Miller

Uncle Tom's Cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe

The Color Purple   Alice Walker

As I Lay Dying  William Faulkner

Pudd'nhead Wilson Mark Twain

Native Son     Richard Wright  

Beloved     Toni Morrison

Ferris Beach     Jill McCorkle

Red Prophet     Orson Scott Card

 

 

English 12

The Hobbit  J.R.R. Tolkien
Catch-22   Joseph  Heller

Angela's Ashes   Frank McCourt

Heart of Darkness  Joseph Conrad

Passage to India     E.M. Forster

Pride and Prejudice     Jane Austen

Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens

The Picture of Dorian Gray   Oscar Wilde

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson

 

 

All AP English Students: READ and Please NOTE the Following!

 All AP English students are expected to complete a Major Works Data sheet for all novels.Please note that any outside sources used for your better understanding of these works needs to be documented or the assignment will be considered plagiarized. You are expected to cite where any additional sources were used to clarify the readings assigned. Please follow the MLA format to document any additional sources referenced for these assignments.  You are expected to bring a copy of any assigned readings or novels on the first day of class. As an AP student you are expected to research and find copies of the essay and copies of the books for class.

 

AP English Language 11

"Resistance to Civil Government" by Henry David Thoreau

http://www2.wwnorton.com/college/history/archive/resources/documents/ch13_04.htm

 

"Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/frequentdocs/birmingham.pdf

PICK TWO OUT OF THE FOLLOWING FOUR

Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain 

The Things They Carry    Tim O'Brian

Native Son Richard Wright

  The Golden Apples  Eudora Welty

Complete a Major Works Data sheet for both novels and read both essays, and type a brief description of the author's purpose and describe their use of tone and syntax

 

 

AP English Literature 12 : All Work is Due the 1st day of AP English 12

1. You must read two works. You may select from the works below and from the English 12 list on this page for honors. 

Jane Eyre  Charlotte Bronte The Bluest Eye  Toni Morrison   Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger  Grendel  John Gardner  Kite Runner  Khaled Hosseinl

2.  Write an essay for each book addressing the following prompt (two typed essays 500 words). 

Frequently a work of literature will concern itself with a major transformation in a character.  Write a well-organized essay in which you discuss the nature of the transformation and its relationship to character and theme.

(Question from 5 Steps to a Five on the AP English Literature Exam)

3.  You must also complete a "Major Works Data Sheet" for each novel 

This document is linked to the Summer Reading WebPage below this text box.

Mrs. Davis has the rubric that will be used to grade the essays on her page.  

 


Please click on the attachment to open the AP Major Works Data Sheet.


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