Summer Reading

2012-2013 - NEW!

Required summer reading involves all English classes, Ancient History, and Renaissance Florence.

It is strongly recommended that students purchase the necessary books so that they annotate them as they read. Post-it notes are also an option if the text is borrowed.

As well, students are to bring all the books in on the first day of school and be ready to discuss the books. An assignment will be given by your teacher during the first few days of school. Summer Reading counts for 10% of your first quarter English grade, about the equivalent of a test grade. Your annotated book will be a part of that assessment.

For your convenience these texts are available from Classbook, found on the web at www.classbook.com.

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Click here to download a pdf of the books list below.

• English I
Eight Plus One, Robert Cormier
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
ISBN-10:0440918146
ISBN-13:978-0440108389

• English II:

Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer

Anchor

ISBN-10:0385486804

ISBN-13: 978-0385486804

• English III:

Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck

Penguin Classics

ISBN: 0140186406
ISBN-13: 978-0140186406

• English IV:

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian, Sherman Alexie

Little, Brown Young Readers

ISBN-10: 0316013684

ISBN-13: 978-0316013680

• Renaissance Florence:

Brunelleschi’s Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture, by Ross King

ISBN-10: 0142000159

ISBN: 9780142000151

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** Extra Credit Summer Reading **
If you read these books your teacher will give you the opportunity for extra credit! See your teacher for details!

Ms. Arnold and Mr. Tisdale, English II:
Laughing Without an Accent, Firoozeh Dumas
ISBN: 9780345499561

Mr. Ireland and Ms. Berry, English III:
The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway
ISBN:0743297334

Ms. Berry and Mr. Tisdale, English IV:
Deep River, Shusaku Endo
ISBN:9780811213202

Mrs. Hughes-Lee, Ancient History
Bound, Donna Jo-Napoli
ISBN:9780689861758

Ms. Hawley, U.S. History:
1776, David McCullough
ISBN-13: 9780743226714

Mr. Blanchet:
Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusion of Our Time, Michael Shermer
ISBN: 978-0716733874

Mr. Schirber:
Flatland, Edwin A. Abbott
ISBN-13: 978-0486272634
and/or
Longitude:The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Problem of His Time, Dana Sobel
ISBN-13: 9780743226714

• WHAT DOES
ANNOTATING MEAN*?
Annotating simply involves marking the page as you read. Annotating is easy to do. You note what you think is important in the reading, what you think it means, and what ideas and questions it raises for you. You are to record your reactions to and questions about the text, directly on the page. Here are just a few ways to annotate a text:

- Highlight or underline key words, phrases or sentences

- Write comments or questions in the margins

- Bracket important packages

- Connect related ideas with lines or arrows

- Number related points in sequence

- Make note of anything that strikes you as interesting, important or questionable

- If you prefer, you can use sticky notes to record your reactions and place them in the book. There is no right or wrong way to annotate. The simple act of marking the page as you read makes it more likely that you will read closely and attentively.

* Much of this information is paraphrased from: Axelrod, Rise B. & Cooper, Charles R., Reading Critically, Writing Well. Boston: Bedford, St. Martin's, 2002.

   Michael Morin
   Director of Upper School
   and Academics
   Ph: 401.246.1230 Ext. 3046
   mmorin@standrews-ri.org

   Micky Achilli
   Registrar
   Ph: 401.246.1230 Ext. 3047
    machilli@standrews-ri.org