English 3

NOTE: The purpose of summer reading is to encourage a love of reading and to keep students involved in learning throughout the summer. Although these titles were chosen according to theme, relevance, age appropriateness, and reading level, they represent a varied range of Lexile levels and some novels may contain mature content. We suggest parents review the content of these novels with their children before making selections. Titles align with the Springboard curriculum adopted by our district.

Assignment for Regular Students: Although summer reading is not required for regular students, it is highly recommended.

Assignment for all Honors Students: Choose ONE from list A or B. Students should annotate every chapter of the text, using the example provided here. Annotations MUST be handwritten and submitted during the first week of class. Use this annotation guide for your project.

11th Grade

Fiction-- List A

• The Onion Presents: Our Dumb Century, Scott Dikkers (editor)
• The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway
• Walter Mosley Me Talk Pretty One Day, David Sedaris
• Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck
• The Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan
• The Rule of Four, Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason

Nonfiction-- List B

• Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream, H.G. Bissinger
• Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates
• Great Speeches by African Americans, James Daley (editor)
• Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave, Frederick Douglass
• 12 Years a Slave, Solomon Northup
• The Witches:Salem, 1692, Stacy Schiff
• The Perfect Storm:A True Story of Men Against the Sea, Junger Sebastian

Informational--List C Students should browse these websites and become familiar with them.

• BBC News (website)
• The Dallas Morning News (newspaper/website)
• Los Angeles Times (newspaper/website) Newsweek (magazine/website)
• The New York Times (newspaper/website)
• Slate (online magazine)
• USA Today (newspaper/website)
• The Washington Post (newspaper/website)