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Summer Reading 2020

Rising Standard 9^th grade students: Read (1) the NY Times article "Competitive Marble Racing Finds Fans in a World Missing Sports" by Mariel Padilla, (2) the NY Times article "'Murder Hornets' in the US" by Mike Baker and (3) the short story  "All Summer in a Day" by Ray Bradbury.  *Take notes on the readings and bring them to school.

Rising Honors 9th grade students: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. *Take notes in your novel or on notebook paper. 

Rising Standard 10^th grade students: Read (1) the NY Times article “A Kiss Deferred by Civil War” by Nikolina Kulidzan, (2) the short story “How Much Land Does a Man Need” by Leo Tolstoy, and  (3) choose an article to read from one of the following sources: Sports Illustrated, Politico, Our State, Forbes, Time, Popular Science, The Atlantic  *Print out the article you choose, read it, take notes on it, and bring it to school with you.

Rising Honors 10^th grade students: Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys.  *Take notes in your novel or on notebook paper

Rising Standard 11^th grade students: Read (1) the Newsela article “Is It Time for America to Allow Prisoners the Right to Vote?” and write a one-paragraph response giving your opinion on the issue, and (2) choose an article to read from one of the following sources: Sports Illustrated, Politico, Our State, Forbes, Time, Popular Science, The Atlantic  *Print out the article you choose, read it, complete the *SPACECAT analysis organizer: read each description and fill in the boxes based on your article, and bring it all to school with you the first week. *Check out the PPT on SPACECAT for more information.

Rising Honors 11^th grade students: Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer  *Take notes in your book or on notebook paper

Rising AP 11^th grade students: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey  *Take notes in your novel or on notebook paper

Rising Standard 12^th grade students: Read (1) the Quartz article “The Two Mental Shifts Highly Successful People Make” by Benjamin P Hardy, (2) the NY Times article “Out of High School Into Real Life” by Jack Healy, (3) choose an article to read from one of the following sources: Sports Illustrated, Politico, Our State, Forbes, Time, Popular Science, The Atlantic  *Print out the article you choose, read it, take notes on it, and bring it to school with you the first week.

Rising Honors 12^th grade students: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. As you read, complete the Quote Journal --file access below. Due the first week.

 Rising AP 12^th grade students: Read (1) How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster, (2) Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, and (3) a choice novel from Novel Choice List and Quote Journals--file access below. Due the first week.