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2023-2024
SUMMER READING REQUIREMENT12th GradeAP: 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 GradeAP: AP English Lang: Elements of Style (4th edition) by Strunk & WhiteOn Writing by Stephen KingIB: Essays that Worked for College Applications (2003)Candide10th GradeEnglish 2 Honors: The Odyssey by Homer (Rouse version of The Odyssey)AP Euro: Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks9th GradeAll 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