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SUMMER 2011 READING LISTS
Although we have posted the list below, there was no requirement for summer reading during 2011. We will return to summer reading for summer 2012.
Students must select any two of the aforementioned novels to read during the summer for their corresponding grade in the fall. Students are expected to interact with (not summarize) the novel. By enteracting, we mean that students should write a three-page paper (for each novel) in which he/she cites quotations and/or events and/or characters, and state its/their significance and what he/she personally thinks of it in detail. Delve into novel. We do not a "surface level" paper filled with common/obvious predictions and statements. It is not suggested that students merely view DVD's, or read Spark Notes or Cliff's Notes or the like because we will ask and assess with in depth questions concerning the details of the novels not covered in Notes or on DVD. Also, other forms of media may vary from what the author originally wrote or intended. Each novel assignment will count as a major grade. These assignments are due on the second day of class (Tuesday, August 23.) Be original!
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Format for typing paper:
Paper: unlined white paper 8 1/2" x 11"
Font: Times New Roman
Size: 12
Print: single side of paper
Page #'s: bottom-centered
Ink: Black
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Cover Sheet:
Title of Novel Top-centered
Student's Name Center-centered
Mount Carmel Academy Center-centered
Summer Reading Center-centered
Date: August 2009 Bottom Centered
No page number on cover
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IINCOMING FRESHMEN - 9th Graders
Ender's Game Orson Scott Card
The Hobbit J. R. R. Tolkien
Fantastic Voyage Isaac Asminov
Hans Brinker Mary Mapes Dodge
The Good Earth Pearl S. Buck
Scorpion Shards Neal Schusterman
The Land Mildred Taylor
Dairy Queen Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Code Talker Joseph Bruchac
Marley & Me John Grogan
INCOMING SOPHOMORES - 10th Graders:
Animal Farm George Orwell
Great Expectations Charles Dickens
To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee
Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck
Diary of Anne Frank
INCOMING JUNIORS - 11th Graders:
Ethan Frome Edith Wharton
Catch 22 Joseph Heller
Jane Eyre Charlotte Bronte
A Raisin in the Sun Lorraine Hansberry
Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthrone
INCOMING SENIORS - 12th Graders:
Canterbury Tales Geoffrey Chaucer
Tess of the D'Urbervilles Thomas Hardy
Silas Marner George Eliot
Paradise Lost John MIlton
Native Son Richard Wright
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