Required Summer Reading List - High School Level

Dear Students:

• Please be advised that all summer reading works must be read by the first day of English class.
• If you have two English classes because you need to recover credit, it is your responsibility to complete the two summer reading assignments.
• Every student has been notified by his/her English teacher of next year’s placement and this placement has been verified by the guidance counselor during the student’s scheduling session. If you change your placement before the first day of English class, it is your responsibility to complete the correct summer reading assignment.
• Assignments for all English grades and levels have been provided below. If you have any questions, please see this year’s English teacher.

AP and Honors English Students

You are to read the following works.  You will be tested on the works listed. Each test will count for 100 points. The reading must be completed by the first day of English class.

English 9 Honors

Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck
Great Expectations – Charles Dickens

English 10 Honors

Fahrenheit 451- Ray Bradbury
A Separate Peace – John Knowles

English 11 Honors

The Crucible – Arthur Miller
The Awakening – Kate Chopin

English 12 Honors

A Tale of Two Cities – Charles Dickens
Gulliver’s Travels – Jonathan Swift

English 11 AP Language and Composition

The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Crucible – Arthur Miller
Mountains Beyond Mountains – Tracy Kidder

English 12 AP Literature and Composition

A Man for All Seasons - Robert Bolt
Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
A Farewell to Arms - Ernest Hemingway

All CP English Students

You are to read the following works.  You will be tested on the works listed. Each test will count for 100 points. The reading must be completed by the first day of English class.

English 9 CP

Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck

English 10 CP

A Separate Peace - John Knowled

English 11 CP

The Crucible - Arthur Miller

English 12 CP

Frankenstein - Mary Shelley

All Basic/Applied English Students

You are to read one of following works listed for your grade level. You will be tested on the work you have chosen from your grade level list. The test will count for 50 points. The reading must be completed by the first day of English class.

English 9

1. The Pigman  -  Paul Zindel
2. Tears of a Tiger  - Sharon Draper
3. Taking Sides  - Gary Soto
4. Bucking the Sarge  - Christopher Paul Curtis

English 10

1. That Was Then, This Is Now   - S. E. Hinton
2. Hoops  - Walter Dean Myers
3. The Things They Carried  - Tim O'Brien
4. Watsons Go To Birmingham   - Christopher Paul Curtis

English 11

1. Their Eyes Were Watching God - Zora Neale Hurston
2. The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman - Ernest J. Gaines
3. Catcher in the Rye – J.D. Salinger

English 12

1. Animal Farm -  George Orwell
2. A Christmas Carol  - Charles Dickens

Ms. Jones / Ms. Preston’s English Classes (South High School)

South students in Ms. Jones and Ms. Preston’s English classes will read The Call of the Wild or The Big Wave or as assigned by your teacher. Any questions please email Ms. Preston. You must complete your vocabulary/ comprehension packet and your project choice as assigned to you by the first day of school. If you need an additional copy, please email Ms. Preston. (If needed or interested: The Call of the Wild adapted version ISBN# 0835900401 is available from www.pearsonschool.com, and The Big Wave ISBN# 9780065501715 is available from www.harpercollins.com.)