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Benjamin Elijah Mays High School

Summer Reading Assignment 2014

9th Grade Required Reading: The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens – Sean Covey Recommended Reading: Divergent – Veronica Roth The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Arthur Doyle Tuesdays with Morrie – Mitch Albom

10th Grade Required Reading: Parallel Journeys by Eleanor Ayer Recommended Reading: The Tipping Point – Malcolm Gladwell Speak – Laurie Anderson Life of Pi – Yann Martel

11th Grade Required Reading: The Things They Carried – Tim O’Brien

Recommended Reading: Feed – M.T. Anderson The Outliers – Malcolm Gladwell Makes Me Wanna Holler – Nathan McCall

British Literature Required Reading:  How to Read Literature Like a Professor – Thomas C. Foster The New Jim Crow – Michelle Alexander Recommended Reading: Born to Rebel – Dr. Benjamin Elijah Mays The Importance of Being Earnest – Oscar Wilde Beautiful Creatures - Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl

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AP Literature Required Reading:   1984 – George Orwell How to Read Literature Like a Professor – Thomas C. Foster Recommended Reading: The Jungle – Upton Sinclair Cane River – Lalita Tademy

Benjamin Elijah Mays High School

Summer Reading Assignment 2014

Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen

AP Language Required Reading:  How to Read Literature Like a Professor – Thomas C. Foster The Autobiography of Malcolm X – Alex Haley Recommended Reading: Freakonomics - Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner Beloved – Toni Morrison The Bluest Eye – Toni Morrison Assignment: Answer any three of the following questions for each chapter or section in your primary required text. Keep a journal of your responses to the questions; submit the assignment to your English teacher on the first day of school. Responding to Text 1. Discuss three (3) facts that you learned from reading the chapter. 2. What is the chapter mainly about? 3. Select a passage or quote from the chapter that most interests you. Did the passage/quote leave you with unanswered questions? If so, what are...