Students in each grade should choose

one title to read prior to the first day of school in August.

 

9th grade

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Theme/focus: poetry—> may lead to poetry workshop with poet to open the year

 

Titles:

Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds     

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo    

The Watch that Ends the Night by Allan Wolf

Bull by David Elliott  

 

10th grade

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Theme: Archetypes--the quest/the hero’s journey

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Titles:

Goodbye Days by Jeff Zentner  

Field Notes on Love by Jennifer Smith

The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein

 

11th grade

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Theme: “Tapestry of America”

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Titles:

Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue

Dear Martin by Nic Stone

Fresh Off the Boat by Eddie Huang

12th grade

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Theme: ‘Growing Up, Looking Outward’ 

 

Titles:

CP English  & Honors English

Maid by Stephanie Land

Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

The Making of A Navy Seal by Brandon Webb

 

Selective Classes

 

Sports Literature

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No Excuses by Kyle Maynard

Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen by Christopher McDougall

Good to Go by Christie Aschwanden

Language, Myth & Culture

Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

The Red Tent by Anita Diamant

Origin by Dan Brown

 

Literature of the Holocaust

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All But My Life by Gerda Klein

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

Mark it with a Stone by Joseph Horn

 

Assessment:

Every teacher will administer at minimum a Speaking & Listening assessment based on the summer reading books. This can be in the form of a one-on-one conference with the teacher, a Socratic Seminar, or a presentation to the class. Teachers will also use the summer reading texts to launch into the curricular focus at grade level in other ways.