FBISD High School ELA Summer Reading

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1 The purpose of summer reading in FBISD is to engage students in an enjoyable reading experience that maintains and fosters literacy. Austin High School Mythology, Edith Hamilton Selected Short Stories To access the stories and assignments, go to Required: How to Read Literature like a Professor by Thomas Foster Read and annotate. Also choose one of the following: A Separate Peace- John Knowles Dandelion Wine- Ray Bradbury Joy Luck Club- Amy Tan A Tale of Two Cities- Charles Dickens I. Assignment 1: Read and annotate Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell. Assignment 2: Read They Say, I Say by Gerald Graff and Kathy Birkenstein and complete the assignment. Assignment 3: Locate six editorials/commentaries/essays from reputable newspapers or magazines and create an editorial journal. Choose one of the following novels or play to read and complete the assignment before school begins. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley King Lear by William Shakespeare Dune by Frank Herbert The Firm by John Grisham Bush High School Summer School Clements High School Anthem by Ayn Rand Ender s Game by Orson Scott Card Students can find the assignment for summer reading on the CHS website by George Orwell Lord of the Flies by William

2 Golding The Crucible by Arthur Miller the student s choice of one of the following non-fiction texts: The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell I Dulles High School I Elkins High School Additional choices for GSA students: Cheap by Ellen Ruppel Shell A Path Appears by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell Quiet by Susan Cain Flashpoints by George Friedman Students can find an assignment for I AP summer reading on the CHS website. Crime and Punishment by Fydor Dostoyevsky, translated by Richard Peavear All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros Follow one area of current events over the summer through local or national publications by George Orwell A Separate Peace by John Knowles Follow one are of current events over the summer. Choose from environment, social policy, or the economy Choose two of the following: My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar Required: How To Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas Foster Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

3 I Hightower High School I The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros Animal Farm by George Orwell Lord of the Flies by William Golding choose one of the following: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Nora Zeale Hurston A Separate Piece by John Knowles A Lesson Before Dying by Earnest J. Gaines The Help by Kathryn Stockett Beloved by Toni Morrison Pilgrim on Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Foster choose one of the following: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce In Cold Blood by Truman Capote Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neals Hurston Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte A Passage to India by E. M. Forster The Awakening by Kate Chopin All the Pretty Horses by Cormack McCarthy The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan Emma by Jane Austen The Color of Water by James McBride The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury The Shallows by Nicholas Carr Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson Brave New World by Aldous Huxley College Now Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

4 Kempner High School I Marshall High School Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson Lord of the Flies by William Golding The Scarlett Letter by I Nathaniel Hawthorne Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe Ridge Point High School Choose ONE of the following: Ender s Game by Orson Scott Card The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros The Color of Water by James McBride The Pearl by John Steinbeck I Choose ONE of the following: Black Boy by Richard Wright Bless Me Ultima by Rudolfo Mythology by Edith Hamilton The Fire Thief by Terry Deary The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom Dune by Frank Herbert No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster Life of Pi by Yann Martel AP Art History The Annotated Mona Lisa: A Crash Course in Art History from Prehistoric to Post-Modern by Carol Strickland and John Boswell Lord of the Flies by William Golding Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury The Awakening by Kate Chopin Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen America Street: A Multicultural Anthology of Stories by Anne Mazer The Color of Water by James McBride Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank 1984 by George Orwell, The Pearl by John Steinbeck In Cold Blood by Truman Copote, Bless Me Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya

5 Travis High School I Anaya Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger Choose ONE of the following titles: Looking for Alaska by John Green The Book Thief by Markus Zusak The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie Willowridge High School Animal Farm by George Orwell I Lord of the Flies by William Golding Black Boy by Richard Wright Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger Required: The Stranger by Albert Camus Choose one: The Goldfinch, by Donna Tartt All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr Orphan Master s Son by Adam Johnson College Now David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell, Looking for Alaska by John Green The Book Thief by Markus Zusak The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie Anthem by Ayn Rand GSA Anthem by Ayn Rand The Red Umbrella by Christina Diaz Gonzalez How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster The Lord of the Flies by William Goulding Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell East of Eden by John Steinbeck Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky A Clockwork Universe by Edward Dolnick Animal Farm by George Orwell Anthem by Ayn Rand Lord of the Flies by William Golding The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck Black Boy by Richard Wright

6 Native Son by Richard Wright How to Read Literature like a Professor by Thomas Foster Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich Native Son by Richard Wright OR Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte OR Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky How to Read Literature like a Professor by Thomas Foster