Summer Reading

This upcoming school year, there will be a few changes to the summer reading program as well as to the acquisition of novels for English courses for 7-12th graders. 

                   

Summer Reading Changes for 2011-2012

For summer reading, the school has adopted a new policy wherein the students read two books over the summer.  Students will read a literature selection designated by their English teacher; the other book has been selected from another area of the students' curriculum.    There will be no accompanying projects for these books.   However students will be tested over the books within the first few days of the fall semester.  See the accompanying handout for focused reading instructions.      

For upcoming 7th graders:

Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson, ISBN 978-0-553-21249-5  HANDOUT

The Eagle and the Raven, James A. Michener, ISBN 0-938349-57-0.

         

For upcoming 8th graders:

The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien, ISBN 978-0-345-33968-3 HANDOUT

Rifles for Watie, Harold Keith, ISBN-10:9780064470308; ISBN-13: 978-0064470308

         

For upcoming 9th graders:

Around the World in Eighty Days, Jules Verne, ISBN 0-14-036711-X  HANDOUT

Do Hard Things, Alex and Brett Harris, ISBN 978-1-601-42112-8

         

For upcoming 10th graders:

To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee, ISBN 10: 0-446-31078-6; ISBN 13: 978-0-446-31078-9 HANDOUT

The Evolution Lie, Ken Ham, ISBN-13: 9780890511589; ISBN 10: 0890511586

         

For upcoming 11th graders:

The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne, ISBN 0-451-52608-2 HANDOUT

Radical, David Platt, ISBN 978-1-60142-112-8

         

For upcoming 12th graders:

1984, George Orwell, ISBN 978-0-451-52493-5 HANDOUT

Dance of Legislation, Eric Redmon, ISBN 978-0-295-98023-2

         

AP Literature and Composition (juniors, you will read the Orwell selections listed below; (you will read the junior selection for Bible):

1984, George Orwell, ISBN 978-0-451-52493-5 HANDOUT

Animal Farm, George Orwell, ISBN 0-451-52634-1, HANDOUT

 “Shooting an Elephant” George Orwell, find the short story on the internet

Dance of Legislation, Eric Redmon             

When we return in the fall:

Each of our English courses has a textbook provided to students when they return in the fall.

Extra novels that accompany the text book will be purchased by the student.  The first day of class students will receive a required reading list: including novels, publishers, and respective ISBN numbers.   For the 2011-2012 school year, Covenant will be selling our remaining used novels at a reduced rate, or students may purchase books at any retailer.


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