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TBCS English Summer Reading 2017-2018 Grade
Course(s)
Text and Author
Rising 7th
English 7
Prisoner B 3087 (Jack Gruener)
Rising 8th
English 8 English I Honors
The Secret Life of Bees (Sue Monk Kidd) The Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Rising 9th
English I CP & Honors English II CP & Honors
The Life of Pi (Yann Martel) The Book Thief (Mark Zusak)
Rising 10th
American Lit (English III) CP
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Honors American Lit (English III)
1984 (George Orwell)
British Literature (English IV) CP
Frankenstein: The Graphic Novel (Jason Cobley) (https://www.amazon.com/Frankenstein-GraphicAmerican-English-Original/dp/1906332495)
Honors British Literature (English IV)
Station 11 (Emily St. John Mandel)
Contemporary Themes Honors
Station 11 (Emily St. John Mandel)
AP Language and Composition
packet of speeches--choose 8 (pdf available for download on TBCS website)
AP Literature and Composition
(choose 2) Station 11(Emily St. John Mandel), Memory Keeper’s Daughter (Kim Edwards), The Handmaid’s Tale (Margaret Atwood)
Seminar (Young Adult Lit)
All American Boys (Jason Reynolds & Brendan Kiely) or The Wrong Side of Right ( Jenn Marie Thorne)
Film Literature
Casablanca (view film)
Creative Writing
both Love That Dog (Sharon Creech), An Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life (Amy Krouse Rosenthal)
Public Speaking
packet of speeches--choose 3 from pdf downloadable
Rising 11th
Rising 12th
Varied Grade Levels
Students must complete the assigned reading for their enrolled English course(s) and be prepared to discuss required materials. Major assessments of these works will vary by teacher and course, but will involve both speaking and writing.