The purpose of the summer reading program is to prepare students for the work that will be done during the year. Each book contains material that will be the basis for or an introduction to the type of literature being used in that year’s curriculum. All incoming ninth, tenth, and eleventh grade students will be given worksheets at the end of the year to fill out and return in the fall. Worksheets are also available by clicking the links below. This work will be due the first week of school for a grade and will be the basis for further testing.

Ninth grade College Preparatory and Honors

College Prep and Honors – Choose one book from the list.

PreAP Students – Choose two books from the list.

Complete the worksheets from the book(s) you choose.

The Alchemist

The Metamorphosis

The Secret Life of Bees

All tenth grade students – Mythology by Edith Hamilton

Annotate carefully with highlighter for quotes or passages. Use pen for notations in the margins. Fill out the worksheet.

Eleventh grade students

AP students – Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Complete worksheet.

The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams

This will be the basis for an AP-style essay.

College Prep and Honors – The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Complete the worksheet.

Twelfth grade students

AP students – Click the link for your summer reading assignments. The English Department

will also supply a list for anyone registering for AP English Literature and Composition.
See Dr. Springer for additional copies.

College Prep and Honors – Read the books carefully and annotate them. Details are important, but general themes are more important.

1984 by George Orwell (Required)

The Glass Menagerie – Tennessee Williams (Required)

HONOR STUDENTS must choose one additional book from the list.

The Princess Bride – William Goldman

The Book of the Dun Cow – William Wangerin

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court – Mark Twain

• Click the links for worksheets for Grades 9-11.

• Extra copies are also located in the Guidance Office.