All students
entering grades 9 through 12 are required to read the TWO books
listed below during the summer:
9th English
10th English
11th English
12th English
9th Honors English
10th
Honors English
11th Honors English
12th Honors DE English
Students will be tested on
each book during the first week of school. One test will be
given on Friday, August 12th during English class and the
second test will be given on Tuesday, August 16th
during English class.
No questions or writing
will be required this year. However, all English teachers
recommend that students take notes to help prepare for the tests.
Students should be able to identify:
Setting
Characters
Point of view
Conflict
Theme
Symbolism
Foreshadowing
Plot Summary
There will be NO In-Class Review before
the tests.
One test will be given on
Friday, August 12th during English class and the second
test will be given on Tuesday, August 16th
during English class. (Please note that the books are not
necessarily listed in the order of testing or importance of the
work.)
Following the tests, each teacher will choose one of the assigned
books for further in-class discussion. This book will be
covered in-depth with further work and assignments being completed
for additional grades.
Grade
Book(s)
Author(s)
9th
Grade
Good Ole Boy (ISBN: 0-916242-10-2)
Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer (ISBN:
9780142417225)
Willie Morris
John Grisham
9th
Honors
To Kill a Mockingbird (ISBN: 0446310786)
And There
Were None
(ISBN: 0312979479)
Harper Lee
Agatha Christie
10th
Grade
To Kill a Mockingbird (ISBN: 0446310786)
And There
Were None (ISBN: 0312979479)
Harper Lee
Agatha Christie
10th
Honors
Fahrenheit 451 (ISBN: 0345342968)
The Red Badge
of Courage (ISBN: 0553210114)
Ray
Bradbury
Stephen Crane
11th
Grade
Fahrenheit 451 (ISBN: 0345342968)
The Red Badge
of Courage (ISBN: 0553210114)
Ray
Bradbury
Stephen Crane
11th
Honors
Wuthering Heights
(ISBN:
9780553212587)
Lord of the Flies (ISBN:
0-399-50148-7)
Emily Bronte
William Golding
12th
Grade
Wuthering Heights
Lord of the Flies (ISBN:
0-399-50148-7)
In selecting
books for reading, Pillow Academy teachers and
the administration consider the contribution
each work may make to the education of the
reader. Furthermore, teachers make every effort
to carefully select appropriate works. Pillow
Academy believes selected materials that address
mature themes and issues can help students to
think critically about and understand our world,
its cultures, and the human experience. For
this reason, students are required to read,
consider, and discuss literary texts which may
include content or language that some may judge
questionable or unsuitable. Pillow Academy
recognizes that a particular work may be
objectionable to a student or parent but further
believes that exposure to these literary works
far outweigh the benefit of censorship. Any
views or opinions presented in the assigned
summer reading books are solely those of the
author and do not necessarily represent those of
Pillow Academy or its staff.
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