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Summer Reading Lists

Every student will have a required summer reading assignment in English and Social Studies. Additionally, some courses in mathematics and science require a summer learning assignment. Please carefully consider these requirements when planning your course selection for the 2010-2011 school year.

English Requirements

Ninth Grade:

English 92 (One required book) Of Mice and Men (Steinbeck)

English 91 (Two required books)

Required: Of Mice and Men (Steinbeck)

Second Book Required (Choice of one):

Bless Me Ultima (Anayo)

Joy Luck Club (Tan)

Tenth Grade:

English 102 (One required book)

Life of Pi (Martel)

English 101 (Two required books)

Life of Pi (Martel)

Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes (Hamilton)

AP Language (Three required books)

On Writing Well ( Zinsser)

Ecology of a Cracker Childhood (Ray)

The Lost City of Z (Grann)

Eleventh Grade

American Lit. 112 (One required book)

Catcher in the Rye (Salinger)

American Lit. 111 (Two required books)

Catcher in the Rye (Salinger)

Their Eyes Were Watching God (Hurston)

American Lit./AP Lang. (Three required books)

Catcher in the Rye (Salinger)

Their Eyes Were Watching God (Hurston)

As I Lay Dying (Faulkner)

Twelfth Grade

British Lit. 122 (One required book)

Brave New World (Huxley)

British Lit. 121 (Two required books)

Brave New World (Huxley)

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Carroll)

AP Literature (Three required books)

Crime and Punishment (Dostoevsky)

Elements of Style (Strunk and White)

Brave New World (Huxley)

Social Studies Requirements

Ninth Grade- Geography

World Geography (One required book)

Around the World in Eighty Days (George Makepeace Towle translation) (Jules Verne)

Honors Geography (One required book)

The Kalahari Typing School for Men (Alexander McCall Smith)

AP Human Geography (One required book) See attachments below for additional information.

Why Geography Matters: Three Challenges Facing America (Harm de Blij)

Tenth Grade- World History

World History 102 (One required book)

Timeline (Michael Crichton)

World History 101 (Choice of one)

The Lady Elizabeth (Alison Weir)

The Walking Drum (Louis L'amour)

AP World History

The Human Web (McNeill, and Mcneill)

Summer assignment Ch. 1-3 w/questions. See the link below to access.

For the remainder of the year you will read

chapters 4 -9 and complete study guides.

AP European History (Elective Course)

The Agony and The Ecstasy (Irving Stone)

Parallel Reading Assignment:

The Prince- (Machiavelli) - Due the end of August

Eleventh Grade- US History

US History 113 (One required book)

Black Like Me (John Howard Griffin)

US History 112 (One required book)

Follow the River (James Alexander Thom)

US History 111 (One required book)

Rachel Colof's Story: Jewish Homesteade on the Northern Plains (Rachel Colof, J. Sanford Rikoon and Molly Shaw) (translator)

AP US History (Choice of one)

Chesapeake (James Michener)

Andersonville (MacKinlay Kantor)

Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurtry)

Twelfth Grade- American Government/Economics

All Students/All Levels-Government and Economics (One required book)

Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)

Parallel Reading Assignments:

AP Government and Politics

Hard Ball (Chris Matthews)

AP Microeconomics

Freakonomics (Stephen D. Levitt)

American Government 121

Honors parallel reading to be determined

Mathematics

All students enrolled in a GPS mathematics course (Math I-IV) will have a summer packet to complete prior to the first day of school. These are available below and on the mathematics department page. Students should complete the packet for the course they are taking in the fall. Both the enriched and on-level complete the same packet.

Science

AP Environmental Science students will have a summer reading and a book journal. Please visit Dr. Camp’s blog in May for further details. The APES assignment is attached below.

AP World History Study Questions (doc file - 37 KB)

File APES Summer Reading Assignment.doc (doc file - 24 KB)

Accelerated Math I Packet (pdf file - 40 KB)

Accelerated Math II Packet (pdf file - 64 KB)

Accelerated Math III Packet (pdf file - 345 KB)

Math I Packet (pdf file - 62 KB)

Math II Packet (pdf file - 63 KB)

Math III Packet (pdf file - 47 KB)

Math III/IV Packet (pdf file - 51 KB)

Math IV Packet (pdf file - 34 KB)

File AP Human Geography Summer Requirements.pdf (pdf file - 18 KB)

File AP Human Geography Physical List.pdf (pdf file - 14 KB)

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