East Bridgewater High School
English Department
Summer Reading
2014
Grade Ten
Students entering grade ten Honors English : A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway and one selection from the list below.
Students entering grade ten College Preparatory English : One selection from the list below and an additional book from the list for extra credit. A Farewell to Arms may be selected for either the required selection or for extra credit.
Ceremony
—Leslie Marmon Silko
Cruise Control (Companion Book to Stuck in Neutral )—Terry Trueman
Buddha Boy
—Kathe Koja
Ellen Foster —Kaye Gibbons
Blood Fever –Charlie Higson
Bleachers - John Grisham
Monster
—Walter Dean Myers
The Second Summer of the Sisterhood
—Ann Brashares
Stuck in Neutral (Companion Book to Cruise Control )—Terry Trueman
Grade Eleven
Students entering grade eleven Advanced Placement English Language and Composition : unSpun: Finding
Facts in a World of Disinformation by Brooks Jackson and The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls.
Students entering grade eleven Honors English : Great Expectations by Charles Dickens and one selection from the list below.
Students entering grade eleven College Preparatory English: Two titles from the list below:
The Sun Also Rises
—Ernest Hemingway
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
—Mark Haddon
Angela’s Ashes —Frank McCourt
Brave New World
– Aldous Huxley
Boot Camp –Todd Strasser
Skate - Michael Harmon
The Street Lawyer
—John Grisham
The Glass Castle – Jeannette Walls
Grade Twelve
Students entering grade twelve Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition : The Talk Funny Girl by Roland Merullo, Fences by August Wilson and Losing Season by Jack Ridl.
Students entering grade twelve Honors English : Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck and one of the books on the list below.
Students entering grade twelve College Preparatory English : Two selections from the list below:
The Cardinal of the Kremlin
—Tom Clancy
Samurai Shortstop – Alan Gratz
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
—Stephen King
The Talk Funny Girl – Roland Merullo
The Things They Carried
—Tim O’Brien
Losing Season – Jack Ridl
The Lovely Bones —Alice Sebold
The Grapes of Wrath
—John Steinbeck

East Bridgewater High School English Department
2014
Summer Reading
Angela’s Ashes: A Memoir, Frank McCourt— “ Frank McCourt, a teacher , Grandfather and occasional actor, was born in New York City, but grew up in the Irish town of Limerick during the grim 1930s and
‘40s before he came back here as a teenager. His recollections of childhood are mournful and humorous, angry and forgiving.” — N.Y. Times Book Review.
Bleachers, John Grisham—Fifteen years after graduation, Neely Crenshaw, one-time star quarterback of the Messina Spartans, returns home on hearing news of the impending death of tough-as-nails coach Eddie
Rake. Neely knows the score: "When you're famous at eighteen, you spend the rest of your life fading away."Publishers Weekly
Blood Fever : A James Bond Adventure , Charlie Higson —The novel chronicles the adventures of a 13 year-old James Bond. The second in a “Young Bond” series, this book “takes a confident quantum leap into maturity,” unlike the first “Young Bond” book, SilverFin . — Review by student John Cox
Boot Camp, Todd Strasser — In this vivid and realistic novel, Strasser describes the horrifying violence and injustices experienced by teens sent to a disciplinary boot camp at the behest of their parents. —
Library Journal
Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
—Why do we read? That's as fair a question as any to extract from
Huxley's famous 1932 novel, Brave New World . In the society of this book, reading becomes a kind of mythical act of rebellion, a deed charged with subversiveness and anger. And Huxley is right -- that is how totalitarian societies of our century have regarded the choice to read freely. And why do those of us in democratic societies read a book like Brave New World ? Surely we have no need to worry about the alarmist issues Huxley raises! — James Schellenberg
Buddha Boy , Kathe Koja—Condemned as a freak at his high school, Jinsen, called “Buddha Boy” by his classmates, is paired with Justin for a class project. While Justin discovers Jinsen’s artistic side, he is forced into a cruel contest with the jocks who won’t leave Jinsen alone. — EBHS Librarian’s Notes
The Cardinal of the Kremlin , Tom Clancy—Two men possess data on Russia’s Star Wars missile defense system. One is CARDINAL - America’s agent in the Kremlin—who’s about to be killed by the KGB. The other is the one American who can save the CARDINAL and lead the world to peace.
Ceremony, Leslie Marmon Silko—A tale about the importance of Native American stories in the lives of the book’s characters. The setting is post World War II Laguna, New Mexico, and there is much here for those who enjoy reading about Native American mythology and lore.
Cruise Control , Terry Trueman—“Fueled by rage at what has happened to his family, Paul is ready to explode. And he is haunted by something even worse—something he can never tell anyone. It is something he will have to face if he is to have any hope of a future at all. While Cruise Control is a companion to
Stuck in Neutral (see notes below) , it is the completely independent story of a family’s “other” son- the one who is healthy, gifted, normal. It is a courageously hopeful story told with power, compassion, and humor.” — EBHS Librarian.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time , Mark Haddon—“Alex Award (best adult book for teens), Kliatt NYT Book Reviews. Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitols and every prime number up to 7,057. He relates well to animals but has no understanding of human emotions. He cannot stand to be touched. And he detests the color yellow. This improbable story of Christopher’s quest to investigate the suspicious death of a neighborhood dog makes for one of the most captivating, unusual, and widely heralded novels in recent years.” — Amazon

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, Stephen King—“A girl gets lost in the Northeast woods and begins to lose hope of ever getting out alive. She listens to Red Sox baseball games on her Walkman, creating an imaginary friendship with her hero Tom Gordon. As she struggles to survive she realizes that something in the woods is watching her.” — Amazon
The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls — “Walls’s journalistic barebones style makes for a chilling, wrenching, incredible testimony of childhood neglect. A pull-yourself-up-by-the-bootstraps, thoroughly American story.” — Kirkus Reviews
The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck—An American literary classic, this is a chronicle of families forced off their land during the Great Depression.
Ellen Foster, Kaye Gibbons—“ Ellen Foster is the often heart-wrenching tale of an 11 -year-old girl who loses her dearly loved mother through suicide and is left to coexist with her alcoholic father.” — Library
Journal
Losing Season , Jack Ridl — Losing Season explores in poems the often unsettlingly central role that sports play in American life. From the star player to the kid who never gets in a game to the town religious fanatic to the disgruntled parent - all have their say. Even if you haven't lived in this town, you will recognize the lives of quiet endurance, unrecognized triumph, harsh weather, and hardnosed hope that propel people through the season.
— Google Books
The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold—“0fficial Selection” of the Good Morning America "Read This" Book
Club, "Sebold has given us a fantasy-fable of great authority, charm, and daring. She's a one-of-a-kind writer." Jonathan Franzen, author of The Corrections. When we first meet Susie Salmon, she is already in heaven. As she looks down from this strange new place, she tells us, in the fresh and spirited voice of a fourteen-year-old girl, a tale that is both haunting and full of hope.
March , Geraldine Brooks—-Brooks's luminous second novel, after 2001's acclaimed Year of Wonders , imagines the Civil War experiences of Mr. March, the absent father in Louisa May Alcott's Little Women .
— Publishers Weekly
Monster , Walter Dean Myers—While on trial as an accomplice to a murder, sixteen–year-old Steve
Harmon records his experiences in prison and in the courtroom in the form of a film script as he tries to come to terms with the course his life has taken.” — Baker and Taylor
Samurai Shortstop , Alan Gratz— “…this is the intense and realistic story of a boy who finds himself caught between old and new Japan, only to discover that his samurai heritage and the sport of baseball have more in common than anyone could ever have guessed.” — Dial Books
The Second Summer of the Sisterhood , Ann Brashares—“Teens who loved Ann Brashares's The
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2001) will cheer its equally riveting sequel, The Second Summer of the
Sisterhood . As in the first novel, four teen girls who have known each other since birth (their moms shared a pregnancy aerobics class) further forge their bond of friendship through a pair of thrift-store jeans that magically, impossibly, fits them all perfectly.” — Target Entertainmen t
Skate , Michael Harmon— “Ian McDermott, a punk skater, does not fit in at the sports-driven Morrison
High School. “ Find out what happens when the school’s principal decides that ‘cleaning up the school’ means Ian should transfer to a technical school.” — Review by student Kyle Alden
Stuck in Neutral, Terry Trueman— “ Fourteen-year-old Shawn McDaniel has cerebral palsy, a condition he has had since birth that has robbed him of all muscle control. He can’t walk, talk, or even focus his eyes on his own. But despite all of these handicaps, despite the frustration of not being able to communicate, Shawn

is still happy to be alive. That is why he panics when he begins to suspect that his father is thinking of killing him” — EBHS Librarian.
The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway—“Hemingway's first best selling novel, it is the story of a group of 'Lost Generation' Americans and Brits in the 1920s on a sojourn from Paris to Pamploma, Spain. The novel poignantly details their life as expatriates on Paris' Left Bank, and conveys the brutality of bullfighting in Spain. The novel established Hemingway as one of the great prose stylists of all time.”-
Barnes & Noble Annotation
The Street Lawyer, John Grisham—One of Grisham’s lawyer novels, this is a story about the world of the homeless and an attorney’s attempt to help the disenfranchised.
The Talk Funny Girl , Roland Merullo—In one of the poorest parts of rural New Hampshire, teenage girls have been disappearing, snatched from back country roads, never to be seen alive again. For seventeenyear-old Marjorie Richards, the fear raised by these abductions is the backdrop to what she lives with in her own home, every day. Marjorie has been raised by parents so intentionally isolated from normal society that they have developed their own dialect, a kind of mountain hybrid of English that displays both their ignorance of and disdain for the wider world. Marjorie is tormented by her classmates, who call her “The
Talk-funny girl.” Winner of an Alex Award given to books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18 .
The Things They Carried, Tim O’Brien — “First published in 1979, Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried is an unparalleled Vietnam testament, a classic study of men at war that brilliantly—and painfully — illuminates the capacity, and the limits, of the human heart and soul. Focusing on the members of a single platoon (one of whom happens to be a 21-year-old grunt named Tim O'Brien) the 22 interconnected stories of this collection catalogue not only the things they carried into battle—M-16s, grenade launchers, candy,
Kool-Aid, and cigarettes—but more importantly, the things they carried inside, and the nightmares they carried home.” — Barnes & Noble Editors

AP English Literature and Composition
Summer Reading 2014
The AP Literature and Composition course emphasizes close reading and written analysis of fiction, drama, and poetry. Summer is a great time for reading and besides all the books you plan on reading, you must read three books to prepare for AP Lit. You will write on these books within the first few weeks of school so please a copy of each book to class. To get you thinking about writing that leads to a better understanding of a text, you must complete study guides for The Talk-Funny Girl by Roland Merullo and
Fences by August Wilson, plus a poetry guide for Losing Season by Jack Ridl.
.
Fiction
The Talk-Funny Girl by Roland Merullo
Read closely and thoroughly. As evidence of this reading, you must complete a study guide. The study guide must be handwritten in black or blue ink.
Drama
Fence s by August Wilson
Read closely and thoroughly. As evidence of this reading, you must complete a study guide. The study guide must be handwritten in black or blue ink.
Poetry
Losing Season by Jack Ridl
Read closely and thoroughly. As evidence of this reading, complete a poetry guide for two poems in each quarter. The guides must be handwritten in black or blue ink.
Send your work to Mr. David R. Surette, East Bridgewater High School, 143 Plymouth Street, East
Bridgewater, MA 02333 or bring them to the main office at the high school. This material must be postmarked or date stamped by Tuesday, August 19 th . Failure to turn in all completed assignments by
August 19 th will result in your removal from the course.
Have a great summer,
Mr. David R. Surette

Study Guide - Fold the page in half. On the left, write the question and on the right the answer.
1. What is the title? 1.
2. Who is the author? (Short bio)
3. What is setting?
4. What is the setting?
2.
3. where and when the action of the story takes place
4.
5. What are characters? 5. people who take part in the action of the story
6. Who are the characters? (two details each) 6.
(Highlight protagonist & antagonist)
7. What is conflict? 7. a struggle between opposing forces
8. What is the conflict? 8.
9. What is background?
10. What are the backgrounds? (3)
11. What are complications?
12. What are the complications?
(One for every chapter/scene)
9. the emotional conflicts before the
10. story
11. problems arising from the conflict and background
12.
13. hints of future events 13. What are foreshadows?
14. What are the foreshadows? (5)
15. What are symbols?
14
15. objects that have a concrete and abstract meaning

16. What are the symbols? (5)
17. What is point-of-view?
18. What is the point of view?
19. What is irony?
16.
17. the narrator 1 st
, 2 nd
, 3rd
18.
19. opposite reveals the truth
20. What are the ironies? (5)
21. What is imagery?
22 What are the images? (2 each)
20.
21. writing appealing to the five senses
23. What are allusions?
24. What are the allusions? (5)
22.
23. literary, cultural or historical
references
24.
24. What is figurative language? 24 to describe something by comparing it to something else
24. What are examples of figurative language? 25.
(3 similes/3 metaphors)
25. What is theme?
26. What are the themes? (6)
25. The meanings of the story
26.
30 Vocabulary (1 word per chapter) 30. Definition

Poetry Guide
Poem
1.
Title __________
2.
Setting_________
3.
Characters ________
4.
Conflict__________
5.
background_______
6.
poetic device/example
__________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
7.
Tone_________
8.
Mood___________
Alliteration The repetition of consonant sounds, especially at the beginning of words.
Apostrophe
Direct
address to a dead or absent person
Assonance The repetition of similar vowel sounds in a line of poetry
Blank verse A line of poetry or prose in unrhymed iambic pentameter
Caesura A strong pause within a line of verse
Couplet A pair of rhymed lines
Dactyl A stressed syllable followed by two unstressed ones
Dialect A regional way of speaking that is different from the norm
Dialogue The conversation of characters
Diction
Author’s word choice
Elegy A lyric poem
that laments the dead

Enjambment A run-on line of poetry which carries over from one line into the next.
Hyperbole A figure of speech involving exaggeration.
Image A concrete representation of a sense impression,
Irony Opposite reveals the truth
Juxtaposition places a person, concept, place, idea or theme parallel to another.
Line length The length of sentences and stanzas in poems
Metaphor A comparison between essentially unlike things
Mood
The reader’s emotional response to the poem
Octave presents a problem situation or raises a question
Onomatopoeia The use of words to imitate the sounds they describe
Personification The endowment of inanimate objects with living qualities
Point of view The narrator in first, second or third person
Rhyme The matching of final vowel or consonant sounds in two or more words.
Simile A comparison between essentially unlike things using the word like or as
Symbol An object or action in a literary work that means more than itself
Tone The implied attitude of a writer toward the subject and characters of a work,

AP English Language and Composition
Summer Reading 2014
The AP Language and Composition course concerns what author John McPhee calls “the literature of fact.” The course emphasizes close reading and rhetorical analysis of nonfiction, argument, synthesis, and composition. Over the summer, you need to begin working with some quality texts that will help you develop an appreciation of rhetoric and elements of argument. If you encounter any problems with the materials, contact Ms. Hulke at jhulke@ebps.net
or on
Twitter (@HulkeFHten).
The assignments:
Understanding an author’s purpose through nonfiction:
Read the memoir, The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. Complete a SOAPSTone analysis chart
(attached) and a dialectical journal (sample is attached). Your work must be handwritten in black or blue ink.
Discerning citizenship and argument:
Read un•Spun: Finding Facts in a World of Disinformation . Keep a “Reader’s Notebook” as evidence of reading. This notebook must be handwritten in black or blue ink and filled with your responses to the content of the book. Identify and write specifically about particular passages that stand out to you. Make observations about how the authors achieve their aims .
Make connections to other sources. Your “Reader’s Notebook” should provide ample evidence of work; show that you have read and thought about the book. You need a minimum of one entry per chapter.
***Put ALL of the written work (SOAPSTone chart, dialectical journal, and Reader’s Notebook) in a composition notebook. Make sure all of your work is clearly labeled. On the front of your composition notebook write your name and AP Lang. Summer Work.
Researching a topic:
Research/investigate one of the topics/questions below:
EDUCATION—To what extent do our schools serve the goals of a true education?
COMMUNITY—What is the relationship of the individual to the community?
ECONOMY— What is the role of the economy in our everyday lives?
GENDER—What is the impact of the gender roles that society creates and enforces?
SPORTS—How do the values of sports affect the way we see ourselves?
LANGUAGE—How does the language we use reveal who we are?
SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY—How do advances in science and technology affect our humanity?
POPULAR CULTURE—To what extent does pop culture reflect our society’s values?
ENVIRONMENT—What is our responsibility to the natural environment?
POLITICS—What is the nature of the relationship between the citizen and state?
To perform this investigation, you will be expected to collect, read through, and turn in copies of various types of sources. The sources should express a range of opinions, not simply one view.
This research needs to be something that broadens your understanding and viewpoint of the issue, not something that narrows it. The sources are not limited to, but must include:

• two speeches/essays (by two different and well-known and/or qualified speakers/writers— people with knowledge of their topics. When you cite the speech/essay, include who gave it, when, where, where/when published, etc.)
• two newspaper/magazine articles (respected papers and journals)
• two visuals (political cartoons, graphs, polls, etc.—again from respected sources that you cite)
Print/cut out copies of each source. For each source, attach an index card (with a paper clip—no staples!) that includes the following:
A) citation of the source (bibliographically—set up in MLA format)
B) an important quote (for the visual describe a part of the visual)
C) the argument (or more specific question) the source could be used to support
Put the sources together inside the composition notebook.
This I Believe Assignment:
According to National Public Radio (NPR), “Fifty years ago, millions of Americans sat by their radios and listened to This I Believe . For five minutes each day, they heard from statesmen, department store employees, taxi cab drivers, and secretaries—all of whom spoke about their most deeply held beliefs.” A few years ago NPR decided to bring back the This I Believe series.
Each week NPR broadcasts one short essay of approximately 500 words (3 minutes) submitted by a listener.
Go to www.thisibelieve.org
and click on “Explore” in the top ribbon. Read or listen to several different essays to get a feel for both the structure and style of this type of writing. Then locate, print, read, and annotate* one essay of your choice .
Now it’s your turn. Click on “Participate” and select “essay guidelines” from the drop-down menu. Use the guidelines to further plan your piece, and then write the essay . Your piece should be very close to 500 words in length, double-spaced, and typed in MLA format . This includes 12-point, Times New Roman font. To be clear, 500 words is not much, so be concise while still maintaining your style and voice. Organize the examples or anecdotes you employ directly around the belief you have chosen.
Both the annotated essay and your original essay are due on the first day of class. You will also be scheduled to present your belief to the class within the few weeks of school.
Understanding rhetorical/literary devices:
You will need to study the attached list of rhetorical terms. You will want to know the definitions of these terms as well as examples. Be prepared for a test.
All of the assignments are to be completed independently as they should reflect the views, interpretations and abilities of each individual student.
Send your composition notebook to Ms. Jamie Hulke, East Bridgewater High School, 143
Plymouth Street, East Bridgewater, MA 02333 or simply bring them to the main office at the high school. This material must be postmarked or date stamped by Tuesday, August
19 th . Failure to turn in all completed assignments by August 19 th will result in your removal from the course.
Enjoy your reading. Have a great summer. I look forward to seeing you next school year!