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    2023-2024
    SUMMER READING REQUIREMENT  

     
    12th Grade
     

    AP: Eng Lit- Reviewing the plot, characters, and settings of the following works: The Crucible, Medea, Antigone, Lord of the Flies, Romeo and Juliet, A Lesson Before Dying, The Odyssey

    IB: Eng Lit- The Awakening by Kate Chopin; The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood; Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe required for summer reading. 

    AP Micro- History and Historians by Mark Gilderhus (IB Contemporary History) Doughnut Economic by Kate Raworth 

     
    11th Grade
     
    AP: AP English Lang:  Elements of Style (4th edition) by Strunk & White
    On Writing by Stephen King
     
    IB:  Essays that Worked for College Applications (2003)
          Candide
     
    10th Grade
     
    English 2 Honors:  The Odyssey by Homer (Rouse version of The Odyssey)
    AP Euro: Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
     
    9th Grade

    All Quiet Along the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Jacksonville Public Library

    • Students are instructed to read the entire novel prior to the first day of school.
    • Assessments (e.g., test, quizzes, or essays) will be assigned at the start of the school year.

    Supplemental Text for 9th grade

    How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Jacksonville Public Library

    • Students are asked to obtain a copy of this book prior to the first day of school.
    • Chapters will be assigned in the first week of the new school year.

    World Language Summer Reading:

    French AP/IB HL -        Carmen by Prosper Mérimée and Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Mrs. Griner provided books)

    Latin IB SL -      The Aeneid in translation and the Metamorphoses of Ovid also in Translation, Additional Instructions

    Latin AP - Vergil's Aeneid in English (Flagel's) (both available on Amazon)

    Chinese SL/HL/AP: 《亲爱的安德烈》by 龙应台

    Spanish AP Literature: Read “La casa de Bernarda Alba”. List and describe each character. In your opinion, who is the protagonist? You can find the complete text here: https://biblioteca.org.ar/libros/157286.pdf