Summer Assignments

Summer 2023 Assignments
 
Below you will find Summer 2023 assignments for ALL English courses as well as AP classes. 
 
***All grades have reading assignments. 
 
 
 

2023 Summer Reading Assignments

(The following include PDF and online books. If you cannot access the book via the internet please obtain one from your local library or purchase a copy.)

 

Incoming    

ELA 9R

Summer Reading: 

Speak- Laurie Halse Anderson

http://lsabala.weebly.com/uploads/3/2/0/9/32096327/speak_by_laurie.pdf

 

The Five People You Meet in Heaven – Mitch Albom

http://alicebrowndiv1.weebly.com/uploads/2/4/9/3/24931747/the_five_people.pdf

 

https://archive.org/details/the-five-people-you-meet-in-heaven_202107/mode/2up

 

 

ELA 9H

Summer Reading: 

Speak- Laurie Halse Anderson

http://lsabala.weebly.com/uploads/3/2/0/9/32096327/speak_by_laurie.pdf

 

The Five People You Meet in Heaven – Mitch Albom

http://alicebrowndiv1.weebly.com/uploads/2/4/9/3/24931747/the_five_people.pdf

 

https://archive.org/details/the-five-people-you-meet-in-heaven_202107/mode/2up

 

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

http://www.kkoworld.com/kitablar/deniel_kiz_elcernon_ucun_guller_eng.pdf

 

Students who next year will be:

 

ELA 10R

Summer Reading: 

The Secret Life of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd

https://pbsreading.weebly.com/uploads/1/9/9/2/19924975/the_secret_life_of_bees.pdf

 

 https://fliphtml5.com/lkxhp/flek/basic

 

Rite of Passage - Richard Wright

DUE TO COPYRIGHT THIS BOOK MUST BE PURCHASED.

 

ELA 10H

Summer Reading: 

Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury

https://www.ccsoh.us/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=16792&dataid=23409&FileName=Fahrenheit%20451.pdf

 

The Secret Life of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd

https://pbsreading.weebly.com/uploads/1/9/9/2/19924975/the_secret_life_of_bees.pdf

 

 https://fliphtml5.com/lkxhp/flek/basic

 

Rite of Passage - Richard Wright

DUE TO COPYRIGHT THIS BOOK MUST BE PURCHASED.

 

ELA 11R

Summer Reading:

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 ¾ - Sue Townsend

 https://vabiblioteka.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/the-secret-diary-of-adrian-mole.pdf

 

Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland – Lewis Carroll

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/11/11-h/11-h.htm

 

ELA 11H

Summer Reading: 

The Book Thief - Markus Zusak

https://westernhs.bcps.org/UserFiles/Servers/Server_4204286/Image/Grade9GT--TheBookThiefMarkusZusak.pdf

 The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 ¾ - Sue Townsend

 https://vabiblioteka.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/the-secret-diary-of-adrian-mole.pdf

 

Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland – Lewis Carroll

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/11/11-h/11-h.htm

 

 

Composition & Literature of The American Immigrant 12th grade:

Summer Reading Assignments:

The Art of Racing in the Rain – Garth Stein

https://www.scollingsworthenglish.com/uploads/3/8/4/2/38422447/garth_stein_-_the_art_of_racing_in_the_rain.pdf

The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini

https://online.fliphtml5.com/kmfb/xrnv/#p=30

 

https://mrsmeganparrish.weebly.com/uploads/3/8/0/5/38056115/the_kite_runner.pdf

 

  

AP Eng Lit 12th grade:

Summer Reading Assignments:

A Tale of Two Cities Charles – Dickens

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/98/98-h/98-h.htm

 Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1342/1342-h/1342-h.htm

Tess of the D’Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy

 https://www.gutenberg.org/files/110/110-h/110-h.htm

 

 

THE NY SCENE IN LITERATURE/THE LANGUAGE OF FILM -12th grade:

College Course (St. Joseph’s University):

Summer Reading Assignments:

Girl with a Pearl Earring - Tracy Chevalier

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d2hDrBp7pGZtK9TFxEBj0MJVyPzSyo5d/view?usp=drive_web&authuser=0

 https://books-library.net/files/books-library.online-01052204Tl9U4.pdf

 

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn- Betty Smith 

https://archive.org/details/ATreeGrowsInBrooklynByBettySmith/page/n1/mode/2up

The Art of Racing in the Rain – Garth Stein

https://www.scollingsworthenglish.com/uploads/3/8/4/2/38422447/garth_stein_-_the_art_of_racing_in_the_rain.pdf

 

NY Scene/Language of Film Summer Reading: 

Girl with a Pearl Earring – Tracy Chevalier  

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn – Betty Smith  

The Art of Racing in the Rain – Garth Stein

Writing Assignment: 

All three summer readings present the topic of young characters seeking love, and happiness in their strict societies, while attempting to maintain their distinctly different personalities. Select any two characters from TWO of the three novels, and in a well-developed 2-3 page essay, compare how their personalities made things easier or more difficult for them to achieve their goals. Were they successful in the end? Do you foresee more trouble or ease in their futures beyond the ending of their novels? What potential societal or cultural rules made the personalities, qualities, or goals of the characters a problem/struggle or benefitted them?  

You will be graded on: 

  • Proper introduction and conclusion 
  • Inclusion of at least two characters from two of the three books
  • Use of evidence and support from at least two of the three novels with proper citation (author’s last name page#) 
  • Do not simply summarize  
  • Essay length 
  • Adherence to the conventions of standard English and grammar 
  • Typed in Times New Roman 12 point font; double-spaced; MLA format 



A.P. English Summer Reading: 

Tale of Two Cities – Charles Dickens 

Tess of D’Urbervilles – Thomas Hardy 

Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen  

Writing Assignment: 

Gender and marriage are two huge themes in all three summer reading books and many of the novels we are reading throughout the year. In a well-developed 2-3 page essay, compare and contrast the relationship/marriage of at least two couples within two of the three books. What effect does gender play in the roles of marriage? What does the time period have to do with how the marriages play out? What effects might social status and wealth play on who gets married to whom and how? Given the struggles or ease, what is the outcome of the relationship/marriage? 

You will be graded on: 

  • Proper introduction and conclusion 
  • Inclusion of at least two couples from two of the three books
  • Use of evidence and support from at least two of the three novels with proper citation (author’s last name page#)  
  • Do not simply summarize 
  • Essay length 
  • Adherence to the conventions of standard English and grammar 
  • Typed in Times New Roman 12 point font; double-spaced; MLA format 
Advanced Placement Summer Assignments for the 2023-2024 Academic Year
AND
Summer English Reading Assignments for the 2023-2024 Academic Year for
Incoming freshmen, 
rising sophomores Class of 2026, 
rising juniors Class of 2025, 
and rising seniors Class of 2024
AP US History Assignments