Morris Catholic High School Summer Reading List 2016

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1 Morris Catholic High School Summer Reading List 2016 Summer provides time that is less structured than the school year. It offers us an opportunity to pursue learning at a more leisurely pace. All students are asked to read works of literature chosen by the English Department. Various departments have also chosen enriching reads, views, or work for students enrolled in specific courses. English Below are the English Department s selections for this year s summer reading. All of our students are asked to read either two or three literary selections, depending on the class they will be taking. While we know that summer will be busy with many scheduled events, taking the time to engage with good works of literature will prove enriching and offer a life-long habit of learning. Below are some good books we hope you will enjoy. English I College And Then There Were None The Cricket on The Hearth Agatha Christie Charles Dickens English I And Then There Were None Agatha Christie The Cricket on the Hearth Charles Dickens Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe English II College Fahrenheit 451 Into Thin Air Ray Bradbury Jon Krakauer English II Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury Into Thin Air Jon Krakauer Travels With Charley in Search of America John Steinbeck English III College Lord of the Flies Any 3 Adventure Short Stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle William Golding Sir Arthur Conan Doyle English III Lord of the Flies William Golding Any 2 Adventure Short Stories by Sir Arthur Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Conan Doyle The Importance of Being Earnest Oscar Wilde AP Language and Composition Four approved College Board independent reading titles, all of which form a Quotations Project-similar to a dialectical journal, but more text-based because there is no plot and no characters; any print editions. The list can be found on the school website.

2 English IV College Catcher in the Rye Oedipus the King J.D. Salinger Sophocles Berg/Clay translation English IV Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger The Glass Menagerie Tennessee Williams AP English Literature and Composition Catcher in the Rye The Glass Menagerie J.D. Salinger Tennessee Williams Two approved College Board independent reading novels. The list can be found on the website. Mathematics Algebra I Algebra II Algebra II and Trigonometry Geometry PreCalculus Trigonometry Math 4 AP Statistics AP Calculus AB AP Calculus BC All of the math course listed on the left will have a math packet that must be completed during the summer months. These are meant to be skill sharpeners to help prepare our students for the upcoming course. Packets for each course can be found on the website. Social Studies World History Hiroshima John Hersey US History II College and AP Microeconomics AP European History Introduction to Psychology The Devil in the White City Naked Economics Candide Chapter 11 of the Textbook A Child Called It Erik Larson Chris Wheelan Voltaire Dave Pelzer

3 AP Psychology An Unquiet Mind Kay Redfield Jamison Sociology The Wave Todd Strasser Science Physics Longitude Dava Sobel AP Physics Complete the Summer Work Packet. The Packet can be found on the website. World Languages French II and French II Watch the following 3 episodes of T Choupi on YouTube, then write three 50-word summative paragraphs in French on each of the following 3 videos: 1. T Choupi et Ses Amis: 1, 2, 3, Solei 2. T Choupi au Bord de la Mer 3. T Choupi a Peur de l Orage Watch the following 3 episodes of T Choupi on YouTube, then write three 50- word summative paragraphs on each of the following 3 videos: 1. T Choupi et Ses Amis: 1, 2, 3, Soleil 2. T Choupi au Bord de la Mer 3. T Choupi a Peur de l Orage In addition, French IIH will read and answer the questions for the poem Le Relais, by Gérard de Nerval, found on Schoology and on our website. AP French Language and French IV Read and answers questions for chapters 17, 18 and 19 of Le Petit Nicolas. Questions are found on Schoology. Complete an Introductory Chapter of the AP French Language and Culture book. Watch 1 of the following French films and write a 100-word summative essay in French: Haute Cuisine Les Choristes (The Choristers) Le Scaphandre et le Papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) Deux Jours, Une Nuit (Two Days, One Night)

4 L Emploi du Temps (Time Out) German II and III College and Prologue to Luther's Translation of the Gospel of St. John (Johannes 1:1-18). Students will identify the case (nominative, accusative or dative) of all nouns and pronouns in the passage, and underline and translate all verbs. The text is provided as a PDF on our website. German IV Italian II and Italian II Luther's translation of Genesis (I Mose) chapters 1-3. The text is provided as a PDF on our website. Watch any one of the following films: Roma, Città Aperta (Rome, Open City) Rossellini Il Postino (the Postman) Radford La Vita è Bella (Life is Beautiful) Benigni Caterina in Città (Catherine in the City) Virzì My Voyage to Italy (documentary by Martin Scorsese on Italian cinema) Read the first two stories of Marcovoldo Italo Calvino Weaver Translation Italian II Read the third and fourth stories of Marcovoldo Italo Calvino Weaver Translation Latin II College and Latin III Latin III and IV Or Book 1 of The Aeneid And Book 1 of The Aeneid Virgil (Cranch or Mandelbaum translation) Virgil (Cranch or Mandelbaum translation) Spanish II and II Extra-spanish show on YouTube. Episodios 1, 2, 3. Use Duolingo basic and start self-assessment to evaluate where you are. Buenas Noches Luna (Spanish Margaret Wise Brown.

5 edition) Write a 1-paragraph summary of 8 sentences in Spanish. This is due the first day of class Spanish III and III Extra-spanish show on YouTube. Episodios 4, 5, 6. Use Duolingo level 3/4 and start self-assessment to evaluate where you are. El Arbol Generoso (Spanish edition) Shel Silverstein Write a 1-paragraph summary of 8 sentences in Spanish. This is due the first day of class. Spanish IV Watch a Spanish TV and pick a show. You must be able to discuss in class, in Spanish. Come the first day of school with a 2 paragraph summary on one of the following authors and his or her literary works. The authors we will be doing are: Miguel de Unamuno Federico Garcia Lorca Ruben Dario Pablo Neruda Jorge Luis Borges. This is due the first day of class.