Summer Reading List Sign-Off Form
9th Grade Summer Reading List
Stewarts Creek High School
Honors English I (Optional for Standard*)
All Honors English I students will be required to have read one of the optionsof the novels listed below:
A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson (book may contain explicit language, sexual references, or mature subject matter.)
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (Book 1) by Ransom Riggs
Carve the Mark by Veronica Roth
Your summer reading will be evaluated during the first few weeks of school and will count as extra credit on your first nine weeks’ grade.
Advanced Honors (Pre-AP) English I
All Advanced Honors (Pre-AP) English I students will be required to read the2 (TWO) novels listed below:
Required-
*Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison (ALL Pre-AP English and AP English students are required to read this text.) (*On the AP Test-listed at College Board)
Choice #2 Options:
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie (book may contain explicit language, sexual references, or mature subject matter. Contact the teacher if you require an alternate reading.)
The Autobiography of Ms. Jane Pittman by Ernest J. Gaines
Your summer reading will be evaluated during the first few weeks of school and will count as practice/assessments on your first nine weeks’ grade.
10th Grade Summer Reading List
Stewarts Creek High School
Honors English II
All Honors English II students will be required to have read one of the optionsof the novels listed below:
Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac
A Long Way Goneby Ishmael Beah
I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
Your summer reading will be evaluated during the first few weeks of school and will count as practice/assessments on your first nine weeks’ grade.
Advanced Honors (Pre-AP) English II
All Advanced Honors (Pre-AP) English II students will be required to read the 2 (TWO) novels listed below:
*Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison (ALL Pre-AP English and AP English students are required to read this text.) (*On the AP Test-listed at College Board)
Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
Your summer reading will be evaluated during the first few weeks of school and will count as practice/assessments on your first nine weeks’ grade.
11th Grade Summer Reading List
Stewarts Creek High School
Honors English III
All Honors English III students will be required to have read one of the novel listed below:
A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry – students will be responsible for keeping a reading journal that will include the elements identified below. Students will turn this in to their English III teacher the first day full day of school.
- Summarize the plot occurrences or ideas in the scene, including how they further the story (Act 1 scene i, Act I scene ii, Act II scene i, Act II scene ii, Act III).
- Include one significant quote from each scene that you appreciated, identified with, or recognized as powerful. For each quote, explain why you chose it in a fully developed paragraph.
Your summer reading will be evaluated during the first few weeks of school and will count as practice/assessments on your first nine weeks’ grade.
Advanced Honors English III
All Advanced Honors III students will be required to have read one of theselections listed below:
A Raisin in the Sunby Lorraine Hansberry
The Glass Menagerieby Tennessee Williams
Advanced Placement English III – Language and Composition
All AP English III students will be required to read the2 (TWO) novels listed below:
*Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison (ALL Pre-AP English and AP English students are required to read this text.) (*On the AP Test-listed at College Board)
How to Read Literature like a Professorby Thomas C. Foster. (This book is suggested on the College Board LISTSERV to assist students in AP English / College-level English course work. This work of nonfiction may contain sections addressing intense and mature subject matter found in AP meritable works. Contact the teacher if you require an alternate read.)
Your summer reading will be evaluated during the first few weeks of school and will count as practice/assessments on your first nine weeks’ grade.
12th Grade Summer Reading List
Stewarts Creek High School
Honors English IV
All Honors English IV students will be required to have read the novel listed below:
Lord of the Fliesby William Golding
Hillbilly Elegyby J D Vance
Your summer reading will be evaluated during the first few weeks of school and will count as practice/assessments on your first nine weeks’ grade.
*Optional for ALL Rising Seniors:
Hillbilly Elegyby J D Vance
This year’s essay contest is a bit different. More details can be found in the MTSU Reading Folder - including some important suggestions and guidelines for students to follow when writing their essay.
One essay winner will be selected from EACH Rutherford County High School that participates. These students and their teacher will be invited to meet the author at a luncheon prior to MTSU’s Convocation on Sunday, August 21, 2016. Essays should be mailed or emailed to the C.O. by August 5, 2016, to the attention of Jackie Drake. That information is on the outside of the folder for the students, as well.
Advanced Placement English IV – Literature and Composition
All AP English IV students will be required to read the 2 (TWO) novels listed below:
*Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison (ALL Pre-AP English and AP English students are required to read this text.) (*On the AP Test-listed at College Board)
(*On the AP Test-listed at College Board)
Choice #2 Options:
I am Malalaby Malala Yousafzai
Fencesby August Wilson (*On the AP Test-listed at College Board)
Your summer reading will be evaluated during the first few weeks of school and will count as practice/assessments on your first nine weeks’ grade.