2016RequiredSummerReadingAssignmentforStudentsTakingEnglish10
Due:firstdayofclass
Points:50
Assignment:
1. Choosetwobooksthatyouhavenotpreviouslyreadfromthelistsbelow.Or,ifthereisabook
orbooksyou’vewantedtoread,andthereadinglevelmeetsorexceedsbooksonthelistsbelow,
feelfreetoreadsomethingyou’resureyou’llenjoy.Checkwebsitesforyourlocallibraryand
otherlistsofclassicorrecommendedbooksforsuggestions.Askafriend,aparent,alibrarian,ora
teacherforarecommendation,andfeelfreetoemailMr.Johnson
[johnsonseth@minnehahaacademy.net]ifyou’renotsureaboutthelevelofdifficulty.
2. Identifyandcommentonatleastsevenkeypassagesinthebookthatseemsignificantto
understandingthestory.Yournotescanbetyped,writtenonstickynotes,writteninthemargins,
orcolor-coded.Makesure,however,thatyourteacherwillbeabletoreadandunderstandyour
analysiswhenyoushareyournotesinAugust.Thefollowingtopicsaresuggestedareasof
significancetoexplore:
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Referencestothetitle
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Turningpointsinthestory
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Descriptionsofanimportantobject
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Linesindicatingatheme/message
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Interestingdescriptionsofacharacterorofthesetting
Pleasenote:Thesevencommentsrequiredofyoushouldconsistofyourfavoriteormost
insightfulannotationsoutofthemanyyoushouldmakewhilereading.Awell-annotated
bookmayhavenotes/markingsoneverypage.Youmightunderlinepassages,writeshort
notesaboutthetextinthemargins,orboth.Perhapsyouhaveyourownsystemfor
annotatingthatusessymbolstoindicatedifferentthings(likethoselistedinthebulleted
itemsabove).Whateveryoursystemis,pleasemakesureyouhavesufficientannotations
showingevidenceofyourclosereadingandthoughtfulinteractionwiththetext.
3. Bringyourbook(oreBook)andallnoteswithyouonthefirstdayofclass.Youmayincuralate
penaltyiftheassignmentisnotcompleteandthoroughlyannotated.
Key:Longerand/ormoredifficultbooktitlesaremarkedwithanasterisk(**)
Fiction
Achebe,ThingsFallApart
Allende,TheHouseoftheSpirits
Austen,NorthangerAbbey**
Brontë,JaneEyre**
Doerr,AlltheLightWeCannotSee
Grisham,CalicoJoe(oranyothernovelbyJohnGrisham)
Gyasi,Homegoing
Hosseini,TheKiteRunner(oranyothernovelbyHosseini)**
Irving,APrayerforOwenMeany**
Ishiguro,NeverLetMeGo
Kidd,TheSecretLifeofBees
Kingsolver,TheBeanTrees
McCullers,AMemberoftheWedding
Orwell,1984
Oyeyemi,Boy,Snow,Bird
Paton,Cry,theBelovedCountry**
Potok,TheChosenorMyNameIsAsherLev
Sebold,TheLovelyBones
Smith,ATreeGrowsinBrooklyn
Tan,TheJoyLuckClub
Zusak,TheBookThief Non-fiction
Angelou,IKnowWhytheCagedBirdSings
Baldwin,GoTellItontheMountain**
Bolen,AndNotAfraidtoDare:TheStoriesofTenAfrican-AmericanWomen**
Boo,BehindtheBeautifulForevers
Braun,ThePromiseofaPencil:HowanOrdinaryPersonCanCreateExtraordinaryChange
Brown,TheBoysintheBoat
Coates,BetweentheWorldandMeandBaldwin,TheFireNextTime
Cox,SwimmingtoAntarctica
Ehlert,TheScrapsBook:NotesfromaColorfulLife
Halberstam,PlayingforKeeps:MichaelJordanandtheWorldThatHeMade[NOTE:432pages]
Heacox,JohnMuirandtheIceThatStartedaFire:HowaVisionaryandtheGlaciersofAlaskaChanged
America**
Hillenbrand,Unbroken:AWorldWarIIStoryofSurvival,Resilience,andRedemption**orSeabiscuit:An
AmericanLegend
Joravsky,HoopDreams
Krakauer,IntoThinAir**
McBride,TheColorofWater
McCullough,JohnAdamsor1776(oranyotherbookbythisauthor)**
Richtel,ADeadlyWandering:ATaleofTragedyandRedemptionintheAgeofAttention
Rodriquez,KabulBeautySchool:AnAmericanWomanGoesBehindtheVeil
Schaara,TheKillerAngels
Walls, The Glass Castle
Winchester,TheProfessorandtheMadman:ATaleofMurder,Insanity,andtheMakingoftheOxford
EnglishDictionary**