East Lake High School Summer Reading 2015
Reading is an integral part of the curriculum of East Lake High School. To keep our students in the habit of reading and to
support the curriculum of the school year, the follow summer reading books and assignments are required. All students
at East Lake are to complete the readings and assignments before the first week of school. Teachers will be collecting
the work assigned and it will be a substantial grade. Listed below are the books for all English classes except the AP
courses; please see the separate lists provided for AP. While ISBN numbers are provided, students are not required to
buy these editions of the books; they may read books from public libraries, electronic editions or older editions – as long
as they read the titles listed. These books were chosen thoughtfully to both challenge and engage our students; if for
some reason your family finds a title objectionable, please contact the school for an alternate title. All students are
required to read two books and complete two reading logs – instructions and examples are included with this document.
ALL COURSES REQUIRE TWO BOOKS TO BE READ THIS SUMMER.
Questions? Contact your child’s teacher. If you have questions over the summer, please contact Mrs. Jennifer
Anderson andersonjen@pcsb.org
Class/Course
English 1 Regular
Book Title
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time
Indian
The Hot Zone
Author
Sherman Alexie
ISBN
9780316013697
Richard Preston
978-0385479561
The Sword of the Rightful King
Jane Yolen
978-0152025335
The Hot Zone
Richard Preston
978-0385479561
English 2 Regular
Night
Every Day
Elie Wiesel
David Levithan
978-0-374-50001-6
978-0307931894
English 2 Honors—
Into the Wild
Jon Krakauer
978-0385486804
Every Day
David Levithan
978-0307931894
The Things They Carried (paperback)
Ask Me No Questions
An Unfinished Season
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Black Like Me
A Hope In the Unseen
All the Light We Cannot See
A Thousand Splendid Suns
InvisibleMan
Tim O’Brien
Marina Budhos
Ward Just
Frederick Douglass
John Howard Griffin
Ron Suskind
Anthony Doerr
Khaled Hosseini
Ralph Ellison
978-0618706419
978-1416949206
978-0618568284
978-1629100081
978-0451234216
978-0767901260
978-1476746586
978-1594483851
978-0679732761
1984
George Orwell
978-0451524935
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Ken Kesey
978-0451163967
Comp 1
1984
George Orwell
978-0451524935
Comp 2
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley
978-0060850524
English 1 Honors
English 3 Standard
English 3 Honors
English 4 Standard
Choose 2 of the following
books
English 4 Honors
FOR BOTH SUMMER READING BOOKS: Create a reading log about the book as you read. Complete the log by choosing
five ( 5 )quotes from the text that cover the book’s entirety, responding to each quote with a personal thought or
observation and five (5) scenes in the book which made an impact on you or were pivotal to the plot of the book; be
sure to include important imagery and details. Remember, teachers have access to Sparknotes, too, so choose your own
material!
Example of Quote Log
The Great Santini
by Pat Conroy
PAGE/
CHAPTER
41/4
Sally Jones: Reading Log
7/15/14
WHAT THE BOOK SAYS . . .
WHAT I THOUGHT . . .
“He longed for a sense of place, of
belonging and of permanence. He wanted
to live in one house, grow old in one
neighborhood, and wanted friends whose
faces did not change yearly.”
I can’t imagine what it must have been like
to move every single year. I have lived in the
same house my entire life, from
kindergarten until now. To have to grow
accustomed to new places, new rules, and to
make new friends every year would be really
tough.
Example of Scene Log
Ender’s Game
by Orson Scott Card
PAGE/
CHAPTER
33-34/4
Sally Jones: Reading Log
8/1/14
SCENE IN THE BOOK . . .
IMPORTANCE/IMPACT . . .
When Ender arrives at Battle School, he has
just broken the arm of Bernard, another
Launchie who had tried to hurt him on the
transport ship. He asks why Colonel Graff
didn’t help him when he was being
harassed, why Graff started the rift
between the students in the first place, and
Graff says he is not Ender’s friend.
This scene was important because it was the
beginning of Ender’s separation from the
other boys. I learned that Graff was setting
Ender apart on purpose and Ender begins to
feel afraid of the adults around him, as well
as the other Battle School kids.
When you return to school, your reading log, with 5 quotes and 5 scenes, will be due within the first week
of classes.
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You may also be asked to complete other tests or assignments on your summer reading books.
The summer reading assignments will be a substantial portion of your grade for the first grading period, so
please take this assignment seriously.
Reading logs are to be typed or neatly hand-written in blue or black ink.
Any typed logs must be printed prior to turning in the assignment.
Plagiarism from websites or other students will result in a 0 for the summer reading assignment.