Duluth High School Summer Reading 2009
The language arts department of Duluth High School recognizes the importance of summer reading in the educational development of our students. The benefits range from improved vocabulary (hence better SAT/ACT scores) to better understanding of the world and its inhabitants. Realizing that incentive is a key to motivation, the language arts teachers will be giving extra credit points at the end of the first semester based on the students’ responses to the books (maximum total of 3 books).
Following is a list of books, from which you may choose. No credit will be given for any book already read in middle school or as a part of a former language arts course or in any other academic course such as a history class. Because the following may contain mature subject matter and language, we recommend that parents serve an active role in deciding on the appropriateness of the books chosen . All students should consult amazon.com for reviews. Lists are available in the main office at Duluth High
School.
Rising Sophomores Summer Reading List
Achebe
Albom
Arrow of God
TheFive People You Meet in Heaven
Alvarez
Alvarez
In the Time of the Butterflies
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
Time of the Butterflies ten Boom The Hiding Place
Buck The Good Earth
Crowther Saffron Kitchen
Dangarembga Nervous Conditions
Hosseini A Thousand Splendid Suns
Kincaid
Krakauer
Annie John
Into the Wild
Magona
McCourt
Satrapi
Mother to Mother
Angela’s Ashes
Persepolis (Graphic Novel)
The Kitchen God’s Wif
Tan
To receive extra credit, students should submit the following “story form” information to their language arts teacher during the first week of school:
I. Title
II. Author
III. Vocabulary – Five new words which the student has learned from reading the book. Give the author’s sentence and explain the word’s meaning in that context.
IV.
ONE of the following: A. Character Analysis
(at least one typed page) B. Theme Discussion
C.
Critical Review