Summer Reading Lists

Honors English Courses 

Honors English courses are rigorous. Students are required to produce research assignments, projects, and several performance tasks in order to receive credit for the course. Outside reading is required including summer reading. Homework/class work includes written assignments, note taking, quizzes, worksheets, peer-editing teams, individual and team presentations, skits, SAT vocabulary preparation, essay construction, library research, grammar review, SSR daily reading, etc. Participating in daily class discussions is expected and required. The curriculum covers a variety of literary and writing genres. Additional studies include vocabulary, grammar, presentation skills, the writing process, research skills, outside reading, and answering open-ended questions. 

English Course

Summer Reading for Honors English


9th grade Honors Lit/Comp

      Read the following book:

1. Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys


Obtain copies ONLY of the following TWO books:

1.  Mythology by Edith Hamilton

2.  The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

10th grade Honors Lit/Comp

  1. Oedipus Rex/King by Sophocles 

  2. Animal Farm by George Orwell

11th grade AP Language

1. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

2. The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown

12th grade AP Literature

Please select ONE of the following two plays by Shakespeare:

  1. King Lear

  2. Hamlet