Sophomore Class (Class of 2010)

The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Scribner, ISBN 0-743-27356-7

Sonnets by William Shakespeare and other selected poetry

Selected sonnets will be provided. No purchase is necessary.

Oedipus the King, Sophocles (Trans. by Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald)

Harcourt, ISBN 0-156-02764-X

Sonnets by William Shakespeare and other selected poetry

Sonnets and poetry will be provided to the students. No purchase is necessary.

Hamlet, William Shakespeare

Folger Shakespeare Library, Simon and Schuster ISBN 0-743-48278-6

Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston

HarperCollins ISBN 0-060-83867-1

Mandatory Summer Reading: All novels on this list should be read during the summer. Students should be prepared for a reading test on The Great Gatsby Session 2.

Note: ISBN numbers listed are preferred classroom editions. ISBN numbers and publishers sometimes change; this information was checked on-line in April, 2007.

Junior Class (Class of 2009)

All The King’s Men, Robert Penn Warren

Harcourt ISBN 0-156-00480-1

The Awakening, Kate Chopin

Bantam Books ISBN 0-553-21330-X

"Master Harold " ... and the boys, Athol Fugard

Penguin Group ISBN 0-140-48187-7

One Part IV world literature work will be added next August

The House of the Spirits, Isabel Allende

Bantam Books ISBN 0-553-27391-4

Two Part I and one Part III world literature works will be added next August

Suggest Reference:

English for the IB Diploma   Steven Croft, Helen Cross

ISBN: 0-19-912416-7

Mandatory Summer Reading: Read All the King’s Men over the summer and be prepared for a test on this work during session 2. Also, as you finish reading the book, select two significant passages, duplicate, and then color mark. One of the passages should be from the first half of the book and one from the last half. On a separate page, clearly identify each color mark and make an inference or assertion about each. Based on your color marking and assertions, develop an outline for an oral commentary on each passage, dealing with what is most interesting and significant about the passage and how the writer produces that effect. The completed color marking and outlines will be collected or checked during session 2.  Students should read all novels on the list over the summer in preparation for class activities.

Note: ISBN numbers listed are preferred classroom editions; ISBN numbers and publishers sometimes change. This information was checked on-line in May, 2007.

STUDENTS SHOULD READ ALL NOVELS ON THE LIST OVER THE SUMMER IN PREPARATION FOR CLASS ACTIVITIES.

Senior Class (Class of 2008)

Essays of E. B. White, E. B. White

Perennial Classics, HarperCollins, 0-06-093223-6

Beloved, Toni Morrison

Vintage International Series, Knopf Publishing Group, ISBN 1-400-03341-1

Selected poetry of Robert Frost and Derek Walcott

King Lear, William Shakespeare

Folger Shakespeare Library, Simon & Shuster ISBN 0-743-48276-X

Ceremony, Leslie Marmon Silko

Contemporary American Fiction, Penguin Group, 0-140-08683-8

Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad

Penguin Classics ISBN 0-140-18652-2 (This edition is with The Congo Diary)

The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne

Bantam Books ISBN 0-553-21009-2

SUGGESTED REFERENCE:

English for the IB Diploma,  Steven Croft, Helen Cross

ISBN: 0-19-912416-7

Mandatory Summer Reading: Students should read all of the novels on the list over the summer and be prepared for a test on Beloved session 2. Also, read the following five essays in E. B. White’s Essays of E. B. White: "Coon Tree," "Death of a Pig," "World of Tomorrow," "Ring of Time" and "Once More to the Lake."  Pick two passages from any two of these essays. Type both passages (approximately 40 lines) and color-mark each passage. On a separate sheet of paper for each of the color-marked passages, provide a color-marking key with each color-mark identified. Also, provide an assertion about each color-mark. On yet another sheet of paper for each of the color-marked passages, write a commentary explaining the significance of the passage and exploring the narrative devices by which White reinforces his writing. Remember that a good commentary exhibits a clear understanding of the passage and shows an understanding of how the passage is significant to the work as a whole. A good commentary is an analysis of language. This is a mandatory, graded summer assignment. The Due Date for this assignment is Session 1.