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Coach Chappell - AP Language and Composition/Creative Writing |
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Summer Reading For 2009 - 2010Summer Reading for 2009 - 20102009 Summer Reading List
English 9 (Standard classes choose one) Jane Eyre Charlotte Bronte Watership Down Richard Adams The Prince and the Pauper Mark Twain The Count of Monte Cristo Alexandre Dumas Ellen Foster Kaye Gibbons A Tree Grows in The Contender Robert Lipsyte Ender’s Game Orson Scott Card Black Boy Richard T. Wright Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe
English 9 Honors Must read three books from the above list
English 9 CLUE (read all three) To Kill A Mockingbird Harper Lee Jane Eyre Charlotte Bronte The Count of Monte Cristo Alexndre Dumas
English 10 (Standard classes choose one) A Painted House John Grisham The Once and Future King T.H. White Slam Walter Dean Myers How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents Julia Alvaraez The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini Tears of a Tiger Sharon Draper
English 10 Honors (must read three books) The Once and Future King T.H.White and Choose two others from the above list
Summer Reading for10 th grade Pre-AP: All Pre-AP students are required to read a novel of their choice that has been published in the last two years plus two more from the list below. Students are required to bring a copy of their novel of choice to class the first day of school and be prepared to present it to the class in an informal manner. 1.The Kit eRunner by Khaled Hosseini (This books contains violence and sexual content.) 2.Anthem byAyn Rand 3.The Handmaid'sTale by Margaret Atwood (This books contains violence and sexual content.) 4.The Once and Future Kingby T. H. White 5.Brave NewWorld by Aldous Huxley I would like for all students to read The Kite Runner. We will use it as a basis for several class discussions, and it has appeared on the AP Literature Exam, as have all of the books I have listed. Because of the content of the novel, it is not required.
Pre-AP students get additional information at our class web side: http://teacherweb.com/TN/CordovaHighSchool/JChappell/
English 11 (Standard classes choose one) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck A Lesson Before Dying Ernest Gaines The Bean Trees Barbara Kingsolver The Things They Carried Tim O’Brien
English 11 Honors Choose three books from the above list
English 11 AP (choose three from this list only) Angela’s Ashes Frank McCourt A River Runs Through It Norman Maclean The Things They Carried Tim O’Brien Blue Highways William Least Heat-Moon The Way to Rainy Mountain N.Scott Momaday In Cold Blood Truman Capote The Poisonwood Bible Barbara Kingsolver
English 12 (Standard classes choose one from this list or the AP English list) The Testament John Grisham The Lovely Bones (parental advisory) Alice Sebold The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Mark Haddon (parental advisory) (possibly some strong language and adult themes)
English 12 AP (choose three from this list only) A Prayer for Owen Meany John Irving Catch-22 Joseph Heller One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Ken Kesey Madame Bovary Gustave Flaubert The Mayor of Casterbridge Thomas Hardy The Stranger (APonly)Albert Camus Invisible Man Ralph Ellison |
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