Duncan U. Fletcher High School

SUMMER READING

2009

 

PHILOSOPHY

 

Our goal at Fletcher High School is to continue academic learning throughout the summer months.  Reading is a skill that prepares students for life; students read for inspiration, information, perspectives, and enjoyment.

 

Focus books have been selected for each grade level.  These books will be discussed and assessed during the fourth week of school, September 2009.  Students in AP literature should reference the AP literature link for details concerning reading assignments.  A student who chooses not to complete the reading will receive a failing grade on the assignment.  Students in both honors and AP classes must read a second novel from the suggested list.

 

9th Grade – Required Reading                                                               11th Grade – Required Reading

English I                                                                                                                  English III

Focus Book - The Friends –Guy                                                             Focus Book –Death of a Salesman - Miller

English I Honors                                                                                     AP Language Composition

Focus Book – Life of Pi –Martel                                                              Focus Book – Into the Wild –Krakauer

English I Honors – 2nd novel suggested list: (choose one)                                 AP Language -2nd novel suggested list:

The Good Earth –Buck                                                                                      (choose one)

Rebecca –DuMaurier                                                                                The Stranger - Camus

West Side Story –Laurents                                                                        The Members of the Wedding -McCullers

On the Beach –Shute                                                                                 The Bell Jar -Plath

The Old Man and the Sea –Hemingway                                                   The Kite Runner - Hosseini

The Cane Mutiny –Wouk                                                                          Catch 22 -Heller                                                   

Mind’s Eye –Fleischman                                                                           Their Eyes Were Watching God - Hurston

The Martian Chronicles –Bradbury

 

 

 

 

10th Grade – Required Reading                                                           12th Grade – Required Reading

English II                                                                                               English IV

Focus Book – A Raisin in the Sun – Hansberry                                     Focus Book – My Sister’s Keeper - Piccoult

English II Honors                                                                                 AP Literature

Focus Book - The Red Badge of Courage –Crane                                 Focus Book  -

English II Honors – 2nd novel suggested list: (choose one)              How to Read Literature Like a Professor -Foster

My Antonia – Cather                                                                               AP Literature Summer Reading Assignment

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night – Haddon                         AP Literature Secondary Works

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close –Safran-Foer

Oedipus Rex  – Sophocles

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – Twain

The Time Machine -Wells