Summer Reading Purpose GRADE 9
The works of literature presented to you on the summer reading lists have been carefully selected to help prepare students for subject matter they will encounter in their history and literature courses in the fall. Summer reading encourages independent reading outside of school, provides students with a shared experience that can serve as a reference point for discussion and writing in the coming school year, and reinforces Pacifica's mission to instruct students in the Western tradition.
The Gangs of
Autobiography of Madame Guyon, Jeanne Guyon. ISBN#1449575358, (184 pages)
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English 9 H: Honors Ancient Literature and Composition (Three texts)
The Gangs of
Autobiography of Madame Guyon, Jeanne Guyon. ISBN#1449575358, (184 pages)
Iphigenia in
o Assignment: Please read and enjoy this play. Then, select a significant passage or monologue (
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GRADE 10
English 10: World Literature and Composition (Two texts)
The Screwtape Letters, C.S. Lewis. ISBN#0060652934, (209 pages)
Love Stories, edited by Diana Secker Tesdell. ISBN#978-0-307-27087-0, (390 pages)
o Assignment: Please read and enjoy
Contact Mrs. Kelsey if you have any questions: ckelsey@pacificachristian.org
English 10 H: Honors World Literature and Composition (Three texts)
The Screwtape Letters, C.S. Lewis. ISBN#0060652934, (209 pages)
Love Stories, edited by Diana Secker Tesdell. ISBN#978-0-307-27087-0, (390 pages)
The Mo
*Assignment: Please read and enjoy this information-packed and often humorous account of the English language. For each chapter, write a research question about a topic from that chapter that interests you. Each question should be accompanied by a brief explanation (two to three sentences) of what raises the question and why it is worth pursuing.
After you have finished the book, respond to the following prompt in approximately 1000 words: How might the English language change in the next 100 years? Include both specific aspects of the language that may change (e.g., words and their meanings, grammar, spelling, idioms, etc.) as well as the causes that may bring about these changes (including historical, cultural, practical, and other causes). Your answer will necessarily be speculative, even imaginative—for instance, you could posit a foreign invasion or the invention or destruction of some relevant piece of technology—but it must take into account and demonstrate specific knowledge of the principles laid out in The Mother Tongue, both about the ways that languages in general change and about the ways that English has developed over the last 1500 years. It strongly recommended that you read the book with this question in mind from the very beginning, so that you can gather ideas as you go!
Warning: Chapter 14, “Swearing,” lives up to its name. The obscenities it contains are not bandied about gratuitously, but, rather, in order to make an argument about the development and idiosyncrasies of the English language; however, you are not required to read this chapter and will not be held responsible for the information it presents. All of the written portions of the summer reading assignment must be typed and must employ MLA format.
Contact Mr. Bailey if you have any questions: jbailey@pacificachristian.org
GRADE 11
English 11: American Literature (Two texts)
Choose two of
Catcher in
A Separate Peace, John Knowles. ISBN#0743253973
I Know Why
To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee. ISBN#0446310786
Assignment:
rated) – to be recited in front of
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*Ms Kemble will provide a detailed explanation of her expectations of the Reading Journal via email.
English 11AP: Advanced Placement Language and Composition (Three texts)
Catcher in
Letters to a Young Poet, Ranier Maria Rilke. ISBN#0486422453
Selected Poems, Langston Hughes. ISBN#067972818X
Assignment:
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English 12: Great Books (Three texts)
Choose one book from each genre to read during
Sci-Fi: Neverwhere, Neil Gaiman. ISBN#0060557818
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, Philip K. Dick. ISBN#0345404475
Brave New World , Aldous Huxley. ISBN#0060850523
Detective: Farewell, My Lovely, Raymond Chandler. ISBN#0394758277
The Maltese Falcon, Dashiell Hammett. ISBN#0752847643
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman, P.D. James. ISBN#0743219554
Memoir: Girl, Interrupted , Susanna Kaysen. ISBN#0679746048
Fat Girl, Judith Moore. ISBN#0452285852
Survival in
Assignment:
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*Ms Kemble will provide a detailed explanation of her expectations of the Reading Journal via email.
English 12 AP: Advanced Placement Literature and Composition (Three texts)
The Sound of Water: Haiku by Basho, Buson, Issa, and o
The Fountainhead, Ayn Rand. ISBN#0451158237, (695 pages)
Conquering
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*Students in Ms. Kemble’s Great Books class will be writing their college essays under her direction during the first few months of school.