2015-16 JUNIOR IBDP READING LIST/TENTATIVE(!) CALENDAR
Weeks of
Text
9/8
9/14
9/21
9/28
10/5
10/12
10/19
10/26
11/2
11/9
11/16
11/23
11/30
12/7
12/14
1/4
1/11
1/18
1/25
1/25
2/1
2/8
2/8
2/15
2/22
2/29
3/7
3/14
Discuss summer reading
ISBN Number
PSAT prep
Pedro Paramo (Mexico) by Juan Rulfo
(ISBN: 978-0802133908)
(cont. PSAT prep)
Broken April (Albania), by Ismail Kadare
(ISBN: 978-1561310654)
Snow Country (Japan) by Yasunari Kawabata
(ISBN: 978-0679761044)
Written Assignment
Beloved (USA), by Toni Morrison
(ISBN: 978-1-4000-3341-6)
AP Language and Composition Prep
The Things They Carried (USA), by Tim O’Brien
IB/AP Mock Exams
3/21
(ISBN: 9780618706419)
3/28
4/4
4/11
4/18
4/25
5/2
(ISBN: 9780679745587)
In Cold Blood (USA), by Truman Capote
5/9
5/16
5/23
5/30
You are required to purchase these texts. It is important that we all use the same editions for ease of class
discussion and citations.
Copies will be available at Barnes and Noble, 1441 W Webster Ave, Chicago, IL 60614 (773) 871-3610
Each student is responsible Each student will complete a
Each student is required to
for helping to lead an
SUPERVISED WRITING (incomplete an INDIVIDUAL
INTERACTIVE ORAL on one of class written response) for all ORAL PRESENTATION on one
the following works:
of the following works and a
of the following works:
WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT on
one of the following works:
Pedro Paramo
Broken April
Snow Country
Pedro Paramo
Broken April
Snow Country
Beloved
The Things They Carried
In Cold Blood