11th Grade Summer Reading 2015
English, AP Psychology, and Foreign Language
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
Students must read and annotate Into the Wild. All students should bring the annotated copies of
their books to class on the first day of school. Detailed information on what it means to annotate a book
is posted separately on the website.
Required Reading (all sections): to be discussed/assessed in class the first week of school:
Krakauer, Jon Into the Wild
Students must also create a personal poetry anthology. You may already have some favorites. You
might also seek out poems in books, from the resources below, or ask your family members for ideas.
Type out a clean copy of each poem and collect them in a folder of your choosing. You should provide
the poet’s name, dates, and the titles of the poems. Then, write a paragraph of approximately one hundred
words explaining why the poem is a favorite of yours. Offer interesting anecdotes or stories about personal
connections to or experiences of the poems, ask interesting questions about the poem, or comment on a
poem’s figures, imagery, prosody, or diction.
You should have fifteen poems and annotations in your collection by the first day of school.
Good resources for poetry:
Poetryfoundation.org
The Best American Poetry Anthology (an annual publication)
Poetry, Crab Orchard, Iowa Review, Kenyon Review, McSweeney's, Paris Review, River Styx (also
online), and other literary journals available in the magazine stands at Talking Leaves and other
bookstores.
The Atlantic, The New Yorker (general interest magazines that publish poetry)
Your parents or grandparents—ask them about their favorites!
HISTORY DEPARTMENT
AP Psychology
Hanson, Rick
Rubin, Gretchen
Buddha’s Brain
Project Happiness
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
CHINESE:
Chinese 4
Writing and Journaling Directions in Schoology
FRENCH:
French 4 /5 (JUNIORS & SENIORS)
Current Events / Journaling Directions in Schoology
French AP (JUNIORS & SENIORS)
Current Events / Journaling Directions in Schoology
French 5 ADVANCED (SENIORS)
Current Events / Journaling Directions in Schoology
LATIN:
Latin AP (JUNIORS & SENIORS)
Virgil, Translated by Stanley Lombardo, Aeneid, Hackett Publishing
ISBN: 1603844295, 9781603844291
(students have textbook)
SPANISH:
Spanish 4 AP & Spanish 4 HONORS (JUNIORS & SENIORS)
Text: Abriendo Puertas: Ampliando Perspectivas, Holt McDougal Publisher
ISBN: 978-0-547-85863-0 (will buy at Nichols bookstore)
READ: 1. Mi caballo mago
2. La siesta del martes
3. La noche boca arriba
pg. 580
pg. 569
pg. 533
Spanish 4 (JUNIORS & SENIORS)
Read the articles in the bottom links and answer the questions provided:
<http://www.abc.es/salud/noticias/diez-puntos-para-vivir-mejor-14653.html>
Read the articles in the bottom links and answer the questions provided:
<http://internacional.elpais.com/internacional/2013/04/12/actualidad/1365731918_640583.html>
Cultures of the Spanish Speaking World (JUNIORS & SENIORS)
Read the articles in the bottom links and answer the questions provided:
<http://www.abc.es/cultura/toros/20130411/abci-cincuenta-especialistas-estudian-fecundacion201304111920.html>
Look at the Photos provided in the link below and answer the questions provided:
<http://sociedad.elpais.com/sociedad/2012/07/06/album/1341569556_760012.html#1341569556_76001
2_1342090795>
Spanish 5 ADVANCED (SENIORS)
Text: Abriendo Puertas: Ampliando Perspectivas, Holt McDougal Publisher
ISBN: 978-0-547-85863-0
(students have textbook)
READ: La Casa de Bernarda Alba
pgs. 453
Spanish 5 (SENIORS)
Quiroga, Horacio Cuentos de amor de locura y de muerte Penguin Book ISBN: 014026631-3
READ:
1. El alambre de pua pg. 60
2. La gallina degollada
pg. 33
3. El almoadon de plumas
pg. 45