English Summer Required Reading and Contracts

Note: Students should be prepared for an essay assignment at the beginning of the school year that demonstrates evidence and analysis garnered from the summer readings. Failure to complete the summer reading requirements and related assignments may disqualify a student from enrollment in the course.

English 1 – Accelerated (read both of the following) Contract

The Odyssey by Homer—Robert Fagles translation only

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

English 2 – Accelerated (read at least two of the following) Contract

A Yellow Raft in Blue Water by Michael Dorris All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

The Life of Pi by Yhann Martel Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Animal Farm by George Orwell

American Literature – Honors (read at least two of the following) Contract

Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko

The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan

Macho , by Victor Villasenor

Black Boy by Richard Wright

The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

AP English Lit/Comp (read and annotate all of the following) Contract

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

Grendel by John Gardner

 “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T. S. Eliot

Hamlet by William Shakespeare.

(See AP Eng. teacher for detailed instructions.)

A critical essay writing assignment based on these works will begin the first day of class.