Lakewood
High School Reading List
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Lakewood
High School Reading List |
9th grade || 10th Grade || 11th Grade || 12th Grade
All summer reading is due on the first day of the 2009-10 school year.
For further information, go to http://lakewoodcityschools.org/.
Go to the Lakewood High School main page and look for the link for summer reading.
Letter to Parents and Incoming Ninth Grade Students: click here
Entering Freshmen:
Log on to English 9 Summer Reading on Moodle to view reading and viewing materials and assignments. If you are a student new to the district be sure to complete the Acceptable Use Policy document. Detailed instructions are provided on the school web site under Summer Reading.
Advanced freshmen:
Walk Across America by Peter Jenkins - Project required - log on to English 9-Advanced Summer Reading on Moodle to access the accompanying summer assignments for your reading. If you are new to the district, please complete the Acceptable Use Policy document first!
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Letter to Parents and Incoming Tenth Grade Students: click here
Entering SophomoresChoose one book from the list below:
A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines
Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman
More Than You Know by Beth GutcheonLetter to Parents and Incoming Advanced Tenth Grade Students: click here
- The Odyssey by Homer
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Choose one from below:
Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion
The Essays of E.B. White by E.B. White
Stand Still like the Hummingbird by Henry Miller(top)
Entering Juniors:
Letter to Parents and British Literature Students: click hereBritish Literature:
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
(project required)Letter to Parents and Incoming Eleventh Grade Advanced Students: click here
British Literature Advanced:
Required:
1. Read The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy and complete double-entry journal.
2. Read Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and complete double-entry journal.
Electives:
Please be aware that some of the readings below contain mature themes.Letter to Parents and Incoming Eleventh Grade Advanced Placement Students: click here
English 11 Advanced Placement:
Required:
1. Read The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy and complete double-entry journal.
2. Read Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and complete double-entry journal.
3. Choose one from below, read, and complete double-entry journal:
Dubliners by James Joyce
The Quiet American by Graham Greene
Brighton Rock by Graham Greene
The End of the Affair by Graham Greene
Howard’s End by E.M.ForsterLetter to Parents and Incoming Twelfth Grade Students: click here
Electives:
World Lit. – (semester 1 & 2) The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
Race in Literature - "My Dungeon Shook: A Letter to my Nephew on the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Emancipation" by James Baldwin. Available for free online via a Google search or at: http://www.thenagain.info/Classes/Sources/Baldwin.htmlSpeech – Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman
Drama - The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds by Paul Zindel
Writing for College – Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
Practical Communications and Contemporary Reading - Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
Journalism – Enrique's Journey by Sonia Nazario
Creative Writing - Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg (10 double-entry journals due)
Broadcast Media1. All My Sons by Arthur Miller
2. Twelve Angry Men by Reginald RoseGreat Lit./Great Film - High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
Letter to Parents and Incoming Twelfth Grade A.P. Students: click here
English 12 Advanced Placement:
Required:
The Road by Cormac McCarthy - reduction required
Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood – 10 double-sided journal entries required
Atonement by Ian McEwan – 10 double-sided journal entries required
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving – 10 double-sided journal entries required
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