English Honors,

Advanced Placement, &

International Baccalaureate

Summer Reading Assignments

Students enrolling in English Honors, AP or IB courses will be exposed to a rigorous curriculum covering a variety of genres, time periods and styles. Key to student success is the student’s ability to understand, analyze and write effectively. Students may check out a book from the textbook room, WHS library, a public library, or in some cases, obtain the novel online, free of charge. An objective test and essay relating to the summer reading will be assigned in the first six weeks of the fall semester.

Students are expected to bring the following to the first class meeting in August:

• Notes that analyze selected quotes based on literary devices. Literary devices may include, but are not limited to: plot, setting, character, tone, point of view, symbolism, voice, etc.
• Notes that address the author’s purpose in using the devices as preparation for classroom discussions.
  
  

English 1 Honors: All students enrolling in English 1H will read Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury. Copies are available for check out in the WHS Textbook Room.

English 2 Honors: All students enrolling in English 2H will read two novels. All students will read Nectar in a Sieve by Kamala Markandaya. In addition to this novel, choose one of the following: Thousand Pieces of Gold by Ruthann McCunn or Montana, 1948 by Larry Watson.

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English 3 Honors: All students enrolling in English 3 Honors will read A Yellow Raft in Blue Water by Michael Dorris. Students will also choose two of the following selections: The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingslover, The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, or Daisy Miller by Henry James. *A free, online edition of Daisy Miller is available at www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/208.

English 3 AP: For those entering AP English 3 – read Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass. This work is available for free online at www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23,for check out in the Textbook Room, or at your local library. You may also purchase the book if you wish. Either way, make sure that an unabridged version is used. In addition, you are to write up 15 current event “Headlines.” A packet with instructions and samples can be found immediately below this description and at the bottom of this page. The “Headlines” assignment is due the first day of class. The assessment for Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave will be given during the first week of school. It will be a multiple-choice exam. If you have any questions or concerns, you can email Mr. Kim ([email protected]) or Mrs. Tan ([email protected]).

English IB HL1: Students in the International Baccalaureate program or IBCP program who have chosen to take English HL will read both of the following: The junior level Literature book, pages 359-389. After reading the entire section on The Human Spirit and the Natural World, students will answer all of the Critical Reading Questions for each of the Transcendental works read in this section. Students will also read Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer. IB students should also see the instructions for the additional written assignment, located on this website under the Summer Reading link. There are two links to complete the summer assignment: English IB HL1 RRS Template, and English IB HL1 Sample RRS. We will submit your Into the Wild summer reading assignment through Turnitin on the first day of school. Please print out a hard copy and bring to class. Print out the transcendentalism textbook work and bring to class on the first day as well. Your RRS sheet may be printed back to back—also due the first day of school. Ms. Maletz and I can’t wait to meet you! You only need to complete the RRS for Into the Wild. If you have any questions or concerns, you can email Ms. Donee ([email protected]) or Ms. Maletz ([email protected]).

Mandatory Readings (pg. 359 - 389)

CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE (pg. 388 - 389)

The Human Spirit (pg. 359 - 387)

English 4 Honors/AP: All English 4 Honors and AP students will read three works. All students are required to read Frankenstein, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley. Seniors will also select 1 novel from each of the following groups: Group A: Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez or Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi or The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini Group B: House of the Spirits by Isabella Allende or Kindred by Octavia Butler or The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan.

English IB HL2: Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson