Entering Grade 12 Summer Assignments 2020: Home

Entering Honors Seniors (EN490): Summer Reading Handout and Description:  Please click on this Google Doc and read the instructions for summer reading.  Note that there are TWO assignments.

Assignment #1: Read at Least ONE novel of literary merit below. Although we highly recommend you read as many books as you can this summer, you are required to read at least one of your choosing from the list below. You must obtain your own hard copy of the book, as you must actively read and annotate the novel (directly on the page or by using post-it notes). Bring your annotated copy of the book on the first day of academics. 

• The Road by Cormac McCarthy
• Beloved by Toni Morrison
• Station 11 by Emily St. John Mandel
• All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
• ​ A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
• A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
• Kindred by Octavia Butler
• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Assignment #2: Read and takes notes on How to Read Literature like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster. You may purchase your own copy or click on this link to view the PDF.

Apply Foster’s concepts to your summer reading. Click on this Google Doc for the assignment. To make a copy, click here.

Summer Reading Handout and Description:  Please click on this Google Doc and read the instructions for summer reading.  Note that there are TWO assignments.

Assignment #1: Read at Least ONE novel of literary merit below. Although we highly recommend you read as many books as you can this summer, you are required to read at least one of your choosing from the list below. You must obtain your own hard copy of the book, as you must actively read and annotate the novel (directly on the page or by using post-it notes). Bring your annotated copy of the book on the first day of academics. 

• The Road by Cormac McCarthy
• Beloved by Toni Morrison
• Station 11 by Emily St. John Mandel
• All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
• ​ A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
• A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
• Kindred by Octavia Butler
• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Assignment #2: Read and takes notes on How to Read Literature like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster. You may purchase your own copy or click on this link to view the PDF.

Apply Foster’s concepts to your summer reading. Click on this Google Doc for the assignment. To make a copy, click here.