Summer Assignments
2025 Summer Reading Assignments
(The following include PDF and online books. If you cannot access the book via the internet please obtain a copy from your local library or purchase a copy.)
Students who next year will be:
2025 SUGGESTED SUMMER READING
ELA 9R
The Five People You Meet in Heaven – Mitch Albom
http://alicebrowndiv1.weebly.com/uploads/2/4/9/3/24931747/the_five_people.pdf
ELA 9H
The Five People You Meet in Heaven – Mitch Albom
http://alicebrowndiv1.weebly.com/uploads/2/4/9/3/24931747/the_five_people.pdf
ELA 10R
Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
https://jghsenglish.edublogs.org/files/2015/02/Fahrenheit-451.pdf
https://eclass.uoa.gr/modules/document/file.php/THEATRE155/Brandbury_Fahrenheit%20451.pdf
https://lexiconic.net/english/F451.pdf
ELA 10H
(The following include PDF and online books. If you cannot access the book via the internet please obtain a copy from your local library or purchase a copy.)
Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
https://jghsenglish.edublogs.org/files/2015/02/Fahrenheit-451.pdf
https://eclass.uoa.gr/modules/document/file.php/THEATRE155/Brandbury_Fahrenheit%20451.pdf
https://lexiconic.net/english/F451.pdf
ELA 11R
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 ¾ - Sue Townsend
https://vabiblioteka.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/the-secret-diary-of-adrian-mole.pdf
ELA 11H
(The following include PDF and online books. If you cannot access the book via the internet please obtain a copy from your local library or purchase a copy.)
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 ¾ - Sue Townsend
https://vabiblioteka.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/the-secret-diary-of-adrian-mole.pdf
2025 Summer Reading Assignments
Literature of the American Immigrant Grade12 – 1 Novel for Summer Reading Assignment
College ELA 12 NY Scene/LIT Film – 2 Novels for Summer Reading Assignment
AP English Grade 12 – 2 Novels for Summer Reading Assignment (from a choice of 4) and a Writing Assignment
(The following include PDF and online books. If you cannot access the book via the internet please obtain a copy from your local library or purchase a copy.)
Composition & Literature of The American Immigrant 12th grade:
The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
https://online.fliphtml5.com/kmfb/xrnv/#p=30
https://mrsmeganparrish.weebly.com/uploads/3/8/0/5/38056115/the_kite_runner.pdf
THE NY SCENE IN LITERATURE/THE LANGUAGE OF FILM -12th grade:
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn- Betty Smith
https://archive.org/details/ATreeGrowsInBrooklynByBettySmith/page/n1/mode/2up
The Art of Racing in the Rain –Garth Stein
https://www.scollingsworthenglish.com/uploads/3/8/4/2/38422447/garth_stein_-_the_art_of_racing_in_the_rain.pdf
AP Eng. Lit 12th grade:
The Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
https://foa.sourceforge.net/examples/darkness/Darkness.pdf
https://www.ibiblio.org/ebooks/Conrad/Heart_Darkness.pdf
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1342/1342-h/1342-h.htm
https://giove.isti.cnr.it/demo/eread/Libri/joy/Pride.pdf
Beloved -Toni Morrison
https://www.matermiddlehigh.org/ourpages/auto/2012/11/16/50246772/Beloved.pdf
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
https://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/luminist/EB/H/Heller%20-%20Catch-22.pdf
A.P. English Writing Assignment:
Choose the main character from at least two of the novels (Beloved, Pride and Prejudice, Heart of Darkness, Catch-22) and analyze them. Be sure to include their positive and negative characteristics and at least one major action or decision made during the novel. In your opinion, are these characters ' heroes'? Explain your answer.
You will be graded on:
· Proper introduction and conclusion
· Inclusion of at least two characters from two of the four books
· Use of evidence and support from at least two of the four novels with proper citation (author’s last name page#)
· Do not simply summarize
· Essay length
· Adherence to the conventions of Standard English and grammar
· Typed in Times New Roman 12 point font; double-spaced; MLA format