JUNIOR IB READING LIST/TENTATIVE(!) CALENDAR
You must purchase the following texts. It is important that we all use the same editions
for ease of class discussion. In addition, when reading your essays, I need to be able to
easily check your citations.
• through October 14
 PSAT review
• 10/17—11/18
 Broken April (Albania), by Ismail Kadare (ISBN: 9781561310654)
• 11/21—12/23
 A Hero of Our Time (Russia), by Mikhail Lermontov
(ISBN: 0140447954)
• 1/9 – 1/27
 Midaq Alley (Egypt) by Naguib Mahfouz (ISBN: 0385264763)
• 1/30—2/24
 Written Assignment & AP Language Prep
• 2/27-3/30
 Poetry (poetry packet available on teacher website)
• 4/9-5/11
 A Collection of Essays by George Orwell (ISBN: 0156186001)
• 5/14-6/8
 The Things They Carried (A1), by Tim O’Brien
(ISBN: 0767902890)
Each student is responsible for
helping to lead an
INTERACTIVE ORAL on one
of the following works:
Each student will complete an INCLASS WRITTEN
RESPONSE to all of the
following works and a
WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT on
one of the following works:
Each student is required to
complete an INDIVIDUAL
ORAL PRESENTATION on
one of the following works:
Broken April
A Hero of Our Time
Midaq Alley
Broken April
A Hero of Our Time
Midaq Alley
Poetry
Orwell Essays
The Things They Carried