Grady High School Summer Reading 2013-2014
Incoming 9th graders, ALL LEVELS
Business and Entrepreneurship: Dreams of my Father, Barak Obama
Communication and Journalism: Life of Pi, by Yan Martel
Public Policy and Justice: To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
Biomedical Science and Engineering: Lord of the Flies, by William Golding
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Incoming 10th Graders
GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIRED READING
Business and Entrepreneurship
A Lesson Before Dying, by Ernest J. Gaines
Communication and Journalism
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
OR The Hotel at the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
Public Policy and Justice
1984, by George Orwell
Biomedical Science and Engineering
Ender’s Game, by Orson Scott Card
Incoming 10th Graders
HONORS REQUIRED READING
Business and Entrepreneurship:
The House of Spirits, by Isabelle Allende
Communication and Journalism:
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
Public Policy and Justice:
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, by Ishmael Beah
Biomedical Science and Engineering:
Profiles in Courage, by John F. Kennedy
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Incoming 11th graders
General Education, Honors, and APUSH Classes (ALL 11th Graders)
Students must choose one book from each list, equaling a total of 2 books:
List 1:
Classics
List 2: Modern
Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger
The Secret Life of Bees, by Sue Monk Kidd
The Awakening, by Kate Chopin
The Brief, Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, by Junot Diaz
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Incoming 12th graders
General Education Required Reading - Students are required to read both books.
Kaffir Boy, by Mark Mathabane
Grendel, by John Gardner
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TURN OVER FOR MORE 11TH AP, APUSH, 12TH HONORS AND 12TH AP
AP US History (APUSH – Pope and Willoughby prospective students only)
In addition to completing the above literature reading, students must complete the following:
REQUIRED WILLOUGHBY:
1. The Thirteen American Arguments, by Howard Fineman
2. SEE MS. WILLOUGHBY FOR ADDITIONAL TITLES. SHE HAS A LIST FROM WHICH YOU MUST CHOOSE.
REQUIRED POPE:
1. TEXTBOOK: You are to read Chapter 1 (no notes necessary) and take Cornell Notes on Chapters 2, 3, 4, & 5.
Remember NOT to take notes on the right side of the page….THAT is for lecture notes. Your notes do not have to
be in complete sentences; it is whatever you need to remember what was covered in the text. Then LATER you will
summarize the two together at the bottom of the page. BEFORE I begin a new chapter of the textbook you will
take an open Cornell Notes quiz. Therefore, if you have done the work, you SHOULD make an A on the quiz! I am a
FIRM BELIEVER that the textbook is a key component making a 5 on the AP exam!! On the first day of school you
will give me your notebook and I will make sure that you are doing the process correctly. THEN on the second day
you will take an open Cornell Note Quiz. The notebook is worth 400 points (100 per chapter) and the quiz, which is
chronological, is worth 400 points (100 per chapter).
2. Search the internet and find four documents for each chapter you read. This is to include AT LEAST ONE
PIECE OF ART!!! Then, you are to read that document and interpret its meaning focusing on the context of the
chapter you are applying it to. NOTE!! You can use the documents at the end of a chapter for an IDEA, BUT you
CANNOT use them for your documents. This is worth 400 points as well.
3. Purchase a copy of After the Fact, the Art of Historical Detection, VOLUME ONE!!!! This is REALLY cheap
online. I mean like .75 cheap….as in the shipping can cost more than the book!! Read the essay titled “Starving
Time in Virginia and Visible and Invisible World. “ I will have questions related to this for you to answer. This is
worth 200 points
4. FINALLY, (I know POPE STOP!!!!!!) You need to purchase The Scarlet Letter. You do not have to start reading it
yet. You can, but it isn’t necessary until school starts (those taking four AP classes might want to get a jump on
this). We will read a couple of novels this year and a few short stories or plays that relate to the perspectives of
the time periods we cover.
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12TH AP & HONORS READING ASSIGNMENTS
AP and Honors Required - Students must choose one from each list,
for a total of 2 books:
List 1:
Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde
The Stranger, by Albert Camus
Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
Atonement, by Ian McEwen
List 2:
The Greek Way, by Edith Hamilton
The Hero with a Thousand Faces, by Joseph Campbell