Summer Reading 2011

(This list is currently being updated.  The summer readings that have been updated for 2011-2012 will have a (2011) noting that it has been updated.)

English (updated for 2011)

Actively read underline/highlight/take notes in the margin of the appropriate assignment. You will be held accountable for having completed the reading during the first week of English class. Reading casually or reading an abridgement such as Cliff’s Notes or Spark Notes  will not prepare you for the test, activity, essay, or class discussion. 

  • Freshman Honors Literary Genres: Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya and The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

  • Freshman College Prep Literary Genres: "The Invalid's Story" by Mark Twain, "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry, "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker, and "Rules of the Game" by Amy Tan (SEE THE APPROPRIATE ATTACHED PDF FILE FOR STORIES)

  • Sophomore Honors British Literature: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

  • Sophomore College Prep British Literature: "The Garden Party" by Katherine Mansfield,  "My Oedipus Complex" by Frank O'Connor, and "No Witchcraft for Sale" by Doris Lessing (SEE THE APPROPRIATE ATTACHED PDF FILE FOR STORIES)

  • Junior Honors American Literature: A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway and Beloved by Toni Morrison

  • Junior College Prep American Literature: "The Short Happy Life of Frances Macomber" by Ernest Hemingway, "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" by Bret Harte,  and "A Wagner Matinee" by Willa Cather (SEE THE APPROPRIATE ATTACHED PDF FILE FOR STORIES)

  • AP English Lit & Composition: AP Lit Summer Reading Assignments

  • Senior College Prep World Literature: Metamorphosis by Franz Kafk

Foreign Language (updated for 2011)

Science (updated for 2011)

Social Studies (updated for 2011)

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