Summer Reading 2008

Incoming Freshmen

English I and English I Honors
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

Honors and Regular World Cultures
Life of Pi by Yann Martel

Incoming Sophomores

English II and English II Honors
A Separate Peace by John Knowles

Old Testament
The Weight of All Things by Sandra Benitez

World History Regular
Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness de Orczy

World History Honors
In the Wake of the Plague by Norman Cantor

AP World History
First six chapters of the text

Incoming Juniors

Ethics/Morality
A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines

English III
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

English III Honors
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller and The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

AP English III
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller and How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster

AP US History
Focused reading assignments

American History Honors
To America by Stephen Ambrose
A Land Remembered by Patrick D. Smith

American History Regular
A Land Remembered by Patrick D. Smith

AP Biology
Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin

Incoming Seniors

English IV, English IV Honors
The Power and the Glory, Graham Greene

AP English IV
King Lear, William Shakespeare and A Thousand Acres, Jane Smiley

AP Government/AP Economics
Article Reviews/Critiques

World Religions
Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

AP Biology
Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin