May, 2012
300 CHURCH STREET LAKE ZURICH, ILLINOIS 60047
PHONE: (847) 438-5155 FAX: (847) 438-5989
Dear LZHS Students and Parents/Guardians:
As an English Department, we firmly believe that reading is the foundation of learning. To be successful in academics and in life, it is critical to have strong reading skills. Therefore, the English Department will require all students to participate in a summer reading assignment.
Please check the list below for your course and complete the reading before the start of school. You can expect your teacher to assign work covering the reading the first week of school. Please check the
English Department homepage for summer reading materials and assignments. They will be available by June 1, 2012.
We recommend that you buy the books which are available at local bookstores and on-line. A limited quantity of each title will be available at the local public library.
We appreciate your support as we continue our efforts in developing continuous learners with strong reading skills.
Freshmen
World Cultures : read the following selections from Mythology by Edith Hamilton:
1. Cupid and Psyche
2. Perseus
3. Theseus
4. Hercules
5. Atalanta
Honors English I : Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
All other freshmen courses: Crossing the Wire by William Hobbs
Sophomores
Honors English II : Ordinary People by Judith Guest
All other sophomore courses: Deadline by Chris Crutcher
Juniors
Honors English III : Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Honors American Studies : The Crucible by Arthur Miller
AP English III : Choose one of the memoirs listed below.
Into Thin Air , Jon Krakauer
An American Childhood , Annie Dillard
The Year of Magical Thinking , Joan Didion
All other junior courses: Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
Seniors
Honors English IV : Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (Signet Classic edition).
AP English IV :
First, read How to Read Literature Like A Professor by Thomas Foster.
Second, read at least two of the following texts; use the skills presented in the first text to help you analyze these two novels.
Bronte,
Bronte,
Conrad,
Heller,
James,
Jane Eyre
Wuthering Heights
Dickens,
Heart of Darkness
Faulkner,
Gardner,
Great Expectations
Dostoevski, Crime and Punishment
Ellison, Invisible Man
Euripides, Medea
Faulkner, As I Lay Dying
Faulkner, Sound and the Fury
Absalom! Absalom!
Grendel
Catch-22
Turn of the Screw
Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible
McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses
McCarthy, The Road
Momaday, House Made of Dawn
Morisson, Beloved
Salinger, Catcher in the Rye
Shakespeare, King Lear
Shakespeare, Macbeth
Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Wharton, The House of Mirth
Williams, Streetcar Named Desire
Wilson, Fences
All other senior courses: The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
Electives
Advanced Journalism : see website for information on the required summer journalism project.
Wishing you a pleasant and productive summer,
Lake Zurich High School English Department Faculty
300 CHURCH STREET
LAKE ZURICH, ILLINOIS 60047