Summer Reading List - 2008
This summer you will be required to complete the reading assignments for your particular grade level to fulfill the summer reading requirement. Books and assignments must be completed by the first day of school. See below for details.



Seventh through Twelfth Grades

English:
Choose two books from the list below.
Read the book.
Write one page (typed or neatly handwritten) for each book telling:
1. Title and author of the book.
2. Brief summary (not from the Internet please!).
3. Theme - What did the author want you to learn or what was the main point of ths story?
4. What did you think of this book? Love, it, totally dislike it?


Both book reports are due to the Library on the first day of school. 10 points will be taken off for every day late after that.
I have copies of all the books in the Library.

*P.S. Plagarism of these book reports will result in a "0" test grade on the first 6 weeks English grade and you will do the report over again.
Doing a book report from watching a movie (movies leave out lots of material that is in the book!) will also earn a "0" test grade.

Any questions or book problems, call 826-5967 (Ms. Julie!)

Summer Reading for Mrs. Moore (10th Grade US History (Honors); 12th Grade World History (Honors); 12th Grade English IV (Honors and CP):
All papers should be typed in Times New Roman font, 1" margins on all sides, doubled spaced. Heading should be on the top left, followed by the subject and the date. Title of essay should be centered below the heading. Papers should be 3-4 pages. There should be a definite introduction and a concluding paragraph. No block quotes. Failure to submit the typed paper will earn you a "0" for the first test grade.
7th Grade Books:    
Read at least two books from the list.

Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis
Revenge of the Whale: The True Story of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick
The Wright 3 by Blue Balliett
Gentle's Holler by Kerry Madden
Good Brother, Bad Brother: The Story of Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth by James Cross Giblin
Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins

8th Grade Books:    
Read at least two books from the list.

Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis
Revenge of the Whale: The True Story of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick
The Wright 3 by Blue Balliett
Gentle's Holler by Kerry Madden
Firegirl by Tony Abbott
Shark Girl by Kelly Bingham

9th Grade Books:    
Read at least two books from the list.

Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis
Revenge of the Whale: The True Story of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick
Crackback by John Coy
Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow by James Sturm
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightime by Mark Haddon
Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins


10th Grade Books:    
Read at least one book from the list.

Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis
Crackback by John Coy
Revenge of the Whale: The True Story of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Fatal Forecast: An Incredible True Tale of Disaster and Survival at Sea by Michael Tougias
Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

US History Students (Honors) also read:
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Jacobs (check NC section)

11th Grade Books:    
Read at least two books from the list.

Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis
Crackback by John Coy
Revenge of the Whale: The True Story of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County and Other Stories by Mark Twain

12th Grade Books:    
English IV (Honors)
Read at least one book from the list if you plan to take Honors World History, two if not.

Pride and Prejudice by Austen
Brave New World by Huxley
Wuthering Heights by Bronte
Oliver Twist by Twain

English IV (CP)
Read at least one book from the list if you plan to take Honors World History, two if not.

And Then There Were None by Christie
Brave New World by Huxley

World History Honor students should also read one of the following:

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsynn
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Nectar in a Sieve by Kamala Markandaya