REMEMBER: You must read the assigned number of books from the designated list for your appropriate grade.
Each book must be read in the original, unabridged, unadapted version. Movies, Cliff's Notes, Spark Notes, comics, and illlustrated classics may be helpful, BUT THEY WILL NOT BE ACCEPTABLE AS SUBSTITUTES FOR READING THE ENTIRE BOOK. YOU MAY NOT READ A BOOK THAT YOU HAVE READ BEFORE FOR A BOOK REPORT.
Here are some suggestions for taking notes while you are reading. Don't forget: during the first two weeks of school, I will require writing assignments based on your summer reading.
1. Write down each character's name as he or she is introduced in the book, and describe each one. As you read, indicate the importance of each character in the book.
2. Summarize what happens in the book. What are the important conflicts?
3. Put down a few statements or ideas from the book that are especially noteworthy or meaningful. Be sure to note from which chapter the quotations are taken.
4. Is the ending of the book satisfactory? What are the implications of the ending and its effect on the main character? Was the main character successful in overcoming a difficulty? Why or why not? How much do you sympathize with the main character?
5. To what extent do you think that the book is worth-while? Did it help you to gain some insight or to come to a greater understanding in any way?
NINTH GRADE--Choose ONE BOOK from the following list.
ALICE IN WONDERLAND by Lewis Carroll
THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES by Arthur Conan Doyle
DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL by Anne Frank
DEATH BE NOT PROUD by John Gunther
DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE by Robert Louis Stevenson
A JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH BY Jules Verne
CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN by Frank Gilbreath
HUCKLEBERRY FINN by Mark Twain
TENTH GRADE--Choose TWO BOOKS from the following list.
THE DAY CHRIST DIED by Jim Bishop
THE STORY OF MY LIFE by Helen Keller
THE THREE MUSKETEERS by Alexandre Dumas
THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA by Ernest Hemingway
THE PEARL by John Steinbeck
CHRISTY by Catherine Marshall
CHINA CRY by Nora Lam
THE CROSS AND THE SWITCHBLADE by Dave Wilkerson
WAR OF THE WORLDS by H. G. Wells
AND THEN THERE WERE NONE by Agatha Christie
ELEVENTH GRADE--Choose TWO BOOKS from this list.
(Don't forget to work on your family research project!)
LITTLE WOMEN by Louisa May Alcott
THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS by James Fenimore Cooper
THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE by Stephen Crane
SHADOW OF THE ALMIGHTY by Elisabeth Elliot
THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES by Nathaniel Hawthorne
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee
MOBY DICK by Herman Melville
IN HIS STEPS by Charles Sheldon
THE THREAD THAT RUNS SO TRUE by Jesse Stuart
THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER by Mark Twain
TWELFTH GRADE--Choose TWO BOOKS from this list.
SENSE AND SENSIBILITY by Jane Austen
JANE EYRE by Charlotte Bronte
DAVID COPPERFIELD by Charles Dickens
GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS by James Hilton
BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley
MERE CHRISTIANITY by C. S. Lewis
IVANHOE by Sir Walter Scott
THE BLACK ARROW by Robert Louis Stevenson
THE TIME MACHINE by H. G. Wells
THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GREY by Oscar Wilde
Have a great summer---and read, read, read!
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