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Summer Reading
2007-2008
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Each student
will choose two books
from the assigned grade-level list, regardless of course level. He
or she will read the two books during the summer and take an essay
test on them during the first week of the semester.
Because schedules are often
changed, all students must be prepared to take the essay test in the
fall. Students who have English second semester will have the
opportunity to take their tests the first week of school in August
so that they do not have to re-read their books in preparation for
the test second semester. Students should listen to the
school-wide announcements during the first week of school for
details.
During the
test, students may use one handwritten 4x6 index card per book
containing notes on characters, plot, or anything else they think
will help on an essay test. The cards are NOT required, but if
students use them, the cards will be collected and kept at the end
of the essay test.
The grade for
the Summer Reading essays will count as two test grades or
200 points. Teachers will focus their grading of the essays on
content and the student’s ability to discuss the novels in detail
rather than on writing style or competency.
Students are
responsible for obtaining the copies of their reading choices.
Sources for books include bookstores, Internet sources, public
libraries, friends and parents.
Note
to parents: Some of the titles on this list contain mature
content. Parental consent is advised.
9th Lit—Coming of Age
All Over But the Shoutin’—Rick Bragg
The Bean Trees—Barbara Kingsolver
Black Boy—Richard Wright
Bless Me, Ultima—Rudolfo A. Anaya
The Chosen—Chaim Potok
Ecology of a Cracker Childhood—Janisse Ray
Eragon—Christopher Paolini
Monster—Walter Dean Meyers
Rebecca—Daphne du Maurier
The Three Musketeers—Alexandre Dumas
10th Lit—The Journey
The Count of Monte Cristo—Alexandre Dumas
All the Pretty Horses—Cormac McCarthy
The Color of Water—James McBride
Into the Wild—Jon Krakauer
lliad—Homer (Rouse Translation)
Obasan—Joy Kogawa
The Poisonwood Bible—Barbara Kingsolver
The Right Stuff—Tom Wolfe
Song of Solomon—Toni Morrison
Watership Down—Richard Adams
11th Lit—The American Experience
The Age of Innocence—Edith Wharton
The Bridge of San Luis Rey—Thornton Wilder
The Grapes of Wrath—John Steinbeck
The Hours—Michael Cunningham
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven—Sherman Alexie
Native Son—Richard Wright
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest—Ken Kesey
The Optimist’s Daughter—Eudora Welty
The Sun Also Rises—Ernest Hemingway
This Side of Paradise—F. Scott Fitzgerald
12th Lit—The Individual in Society
As I Lay Dying—William Faulkner
A Bend in the River—V.S. Naipaul
Catch 22—Joseph Heller
Crime and Punishment—Fyodor Dostoyevsky
A Fine Balance—Rohinton Mistry
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius— Dave Eggers
The House of the Spirits—Isabel Allende
Invisible Man—Ralph Ellison
Mrs. Dalloway—Virginia Woolf
One Hundred Years of Solitude—Gabriel Garcia Marquez
2006-2007
ESOL Summer Reading Portfolio
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This is the Summer
Reading Portfolio Assignment ONLY for Wheeler High School English
Language Learners entering grades 9, 10, 11, and 12 ESOL English
classes with Ms. Venezia or Ms. Lyons.
To be ready for the next school year, students MUST practice reading
and writing English during the 10 weeks of summer vacation time.
DUE DATE: Give the summer reading portfolio to Ms. Venezia or Ms.
Lyons on the first day of school in August, no matter which semester
you have the English class.
The student will write an essay test about some of the articles
in class the first week of English class.
This Summer Reading Portfolio and the in-class essay test count 2
test grades in your English class. The student may use the portfolio
to write the required essay in class.
Two zeros will begin the semester for those students who do not do
this assignment!
Follow these instructions:
Step 1:
Choose the grade you want to make:
Grade A includes 25 articles.
Grade B includes 20 articles.
Grade C includes 15 articles.
Grade D includes 10 articles.
Step 2:
Cut out articles about CURRENT EVENTS from newspapers, magazines or
print articles from the Internet. Any news subject written in English
and
appropriate for school is ok. Two examples of Internet websites are
http://www.cnn.com and http://usatoday.com
Step 3:
Write a ½ page summary (at least 6-7 sentences) explaining in your
words
what each news article is stating. Choose articles long enough to
write at least ½ page.
YOUR SUMMARY NEEDS TO BE ORIGINAL, NOT COPIED!
Step 4:
*Get a 3-ring notebook and neatly organize articles BY TOPIC.
Glue, staple, or tape articles to notebook paper and place in the
notebook
Step 5:
Bring the portfolio the first day of school in August and give it
to Ms. Venezia
or Ms. Lyons.
*An attractive, colorful, well-organized, and neatly written
notebook will gain points; other notebooks will lose points for poor
effort.
Questions
about ESOL assignment?
Contact Mrs. Lyons: gale.lyons@cobbk12.org
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