Summer Reading 2011
Ninth Grade:
Waiting for Odysseus by Clemence McClaren
· Introduces the Greek culture to students who will be reading The ILiad.
· Teaches annotation skills
Do Hard Things by Alex Harris
· Introduces young adults to skills for making life choices.
Human Comedy by William Saroyan (PAP only)
· Helps PAP students to see connections between modern and ancient literature
Tenth Grade Regular World Literature
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Both of these novels are:
Nobel prize winners.
Relatively modern.
Existentialistic·
Frequently cited in
college entrance examinations.
Nicely led into Camus and nihilism.
Tenth Grade Pre-AP World Literature
The Chronicles of Narnia Series (entire series) by C.S. Lewis
Each will be used for analysis purposes
Eleventh Grade American Literature
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis
Eleventh Grade AP American Literature
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte’
Assessment will be made the first week of school.
Twelfth Grade
1984 by George Orwell
TEST given the first week of school