Barry Goldwater High School
English A1 HL 7-8 and AP Senior Language Arts
Summer Assignment 2015
Dear Students:
The English Department requires a mandatory summer reading assignment for the
advanced levels. The selections for senior literature:
Shakespeare
Hamlet (required)
Plus, choose one from the following choices:
Allende
The House of Spirits
Irving
A Prayer for Owen Meany
Kingsolver
The Poisonwood Bible
Rushdie
Midnight’s Children
Martel
Life of Pi
King, Susan
Lady Macbeth: A Novel
Take notes and analyze the significance of setting, characterization, point of view,
conflict, and theme. In addition, focus on tropes, schemes, symbols, and imagery.
You will be tested on Hamlet the first or second day of class. The novel you choose
will be used to test your literary analysis skills first quarter. You must also be prepared to
share your IB Written Assignment and Reflection the first week of class. (You should
already have this from your junior class. It includes internal documentation and a works
cited page.)
First Semester
You will also read and analyze the following pieces:
Shakespeare
Hamlet
Giovanni
The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni: 1968-1998
Morrison
Song of Solomon
Second Semester (plus 1 more play TBD)
Miller
Williams
Shaw
Aidoo
The Death of a Salesman
The Glass Menagerie
Pygmalion
Anowa
For further information you may visit the B.G.H.S. web page at https://bghs.dvusd.org.org.
This site links to “Departments: ELA,” or visit the district web site at www.dvusd.org.
This site links to IB. Feel free to e-mail us during the school year.
Sincerely,
Gina Aroneo
gina.aroneo@dvusd.org
Ronda McWhortor
Ronda.McWhortor@dvusd.org