Padua Academy
Freshmen
Required Summer Reading (for English, Social Studies, and Math)
College Prep
Rebecca, Daphne Du Maurier
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Betty Smith
Honors
Rebecca, Daphne Du Maurier
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Betty Smith
Their Eyes Were Watching God,
Zora Neale Hurston
O, Pioneers!, Willa Cather
Summer 2015
English Summer Reading
Works must be read by the first day of
school. Students will be assessed in their
respective literature classes.
Sophomores
College Prep
Glass Menagerie, Tennessee Williams
A Lesson Before Dying, Ernest Gaines
Honors
Glass Menagerie, Tennessee Williams
A Lesson Before Dying, Ernest Gaines
Our Town, Thornton Wilder
The Awakening, Kate Chopin
Juniors
College Prep
Emma, Jane Austin
The Importance of Being Ernest, Oscar
Wilde
Honors
Emma, Jane Austen
The Importance of Being Ernest, Oscar Wilde
Jude the Obscure, Thomas Hardy
AP
Emma, Jane Austen
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Gawain Poet
The Importance of Being Ernest, Oscar Wilde
In Cold Blood, Truman Capote
Seniors
College Prep
Research Paper Book Selection
A Farewell to Arms, Ernest Hemingway
Honors
Research Paper Book Selection
A Farewell to Arms, Ernest Hemingway
East of Eden, John Steinbeck
AP
Research Paper Selection
A Farewell to Arms, Ernest Hemingway
East of Eden, John Steinbeck
Invisible Man, Ralph Ellison
Social Studies Summer Reading
Art
AP US History: The American Revolution: A History, Gordon Wood*
AP Studio Art: Art and Fear, David Bayles & Ted Orland
Honors Modern Am. History and Government: 1984, George Orwell*
*Please check your e-mail for assignment
Mathematics Summer Assignments:
Algebra I - Secrets, Lies, and Algebra, Wendy Lichtman
Algebra II/Trig - Learning Upgrade
Pre-Calc, Stats, or Functions - The Housekeeper and the Professor, Yoko Ogawa
** All students in the classes of 2017, 2018, and 2019 are required to have the TI-84 Plus C Silver Edition **