Welcome, Incoming Eleventh and Twelfth Graders!
Each course has specific texts and unique directions as to what you will complete for your summer reading assignment. Identify the specific course for which you have registered, and take careful note of the specific text title and edition noted by the instructor. If you did not recieve a hard copy of the specified text before leaving for summer break, you are responsible for purchasing the specified edition of the required text (using the provided ISBN number). You are also responsible for completing the accompanying assignment before the resumption of classes in August, so do not wait until the last minute! Should you have difficulties acquiring the specified text, or questions about the corresponding assignment, please reach out to the instructor listed for guidance. Have a great summer, and enjoy the reading!
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English 401A, AP English Language & Composition (grade 11)
Required Summer Reading: Please download the the PDF file titled "AP Lang & Comp Summer Reading 2024" (below) for the assignment directions. There is no text to purchase; all of the readings are provided to the right (download them). Should you have additional questions, or any problems with the provided files, please contact Mr. Cicoria at [email protected]. 
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English 401B, IB English Y1 (grade 11)
Required Summer Reading: The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (ISBN 978-0307455918). If you did not receive a copy before the start of vacation, you must purchase your own copy of the specified edition using the provided ISBN. Along with this, you are encouraged to read at least one other text from the recommended texts list at the bottom of this page. For specifics about the assignment, download and carefully read the "Summer Rdg Guidelines" IBY1 document to the right. Should you have additional questions, please contact Ms. Rennie at [email protected] or Ms. Burlow at [email protected]. |
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English 402B, AP Seminar (grades 11 & 12)
Required Summer Reading: Please download the the PDF file titled "Guidelines AP Seminar Summer Rdg 24-25" (at right) for assignment directions. There is no text to purchase; all of the readings will be web-based, and specific links are provided on the assignment guidelines. Should you have additional questions, or any problems with the provided files, please contact Mr. Cicoria at [email protected]. |
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English 402, Junior English (grade 11): Please download the the PDF file titled "Guidelines Junior English Summer Reading" (below) for the assignment directions. There is no text to purchase; all of the readings are provided to the right for you to download. Should you have additional questions, or any problems with the provided files, please contact Mr. Cicoria at [email protected].
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English 501A, AP English Literature & Composition (grade 12)
Required Summer Reading: Choose one of the three options specified on the Summer Reading Guidelines document (below). If you did not receive a copy before the start of vacation, you must purchase your own copy of the required edition using the ISBN provided--it must be the specified edition. Download and carefully read the "AP LIT SummerRdg Guidelines" for assignment directions. I also strongly recommend that you watch (and re-watch, as necessary) the linked video on "How to Annotate" before beginning the assignment. Should you have any additional questions, do not hesitate to contact Mr. Cicoria at [email protected].
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English 501B, IB English Higher LevelY2 (grade 12)
Required Summer Reading: Othello by William Shakespeare, (Arden Edition, ISBN 978-1472571762). If you did not receive a copy before the start of vacation, you must purchase your own copy of the specified edition using the provided ISBN. To the right are instructions for what precisely you must do as you read the text. Should you have additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact Ms. Antoine at [email protected] for more information. |
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English 502, IB Standard Level Y2 (grade 12)
Required Summer Reading: For IB SL summer reading, you will read Othello by William Shakespeare, (Arden Edition, ISBN 978-1472571762). If you did not receive a copy before the start of vacation, you must purchase your own copy of the specified edition using the provided ISBN. To the right are precise instructions for what you must do as you read the text. Should you have additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact Ms. Burlow at [email protected] for more information. |
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English 503, Senior English
Required Summer Reading: You will read two texts for summer reading. First, select either Trevor Noah’s Born A Crime: Stories From A South African Childhood (ISBN: 978-1473635302) or Colum McCann's American Mother (ISBN: 979-8985882452) AND one text of your choice from the "Recommended Texts" list below. Should you have additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact Mr. McEachern at dmceachern@asparis.fr. |
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RECOMMENDED TEXTS Adichie, C.N., Purple Hibiscus
Adiga, A., White Tiger Ali, M., Brick Lane Atwood, M., The Blind Assassin; Cat’s Eye; Alias Grace Austen, J., Pride and Prejudice; Mansfield Park Beah, I., A Long Way Gone The Best American Short Stories (latest) Beckett, S., Endgame; Waiting for Godot; Krapp’s Last Tape Capote, T., Summer Crossing Carr, N., The Big Switch; The Shallows (Nonfiction) Chabon, M., The Amazing Adventures Of Kavalier and Clay Coelho, P., Zahir Coetzee, J. M., Age of Iron; Waiting for the Barbarians Conroy, P., My Losing Season Cunningham, M., The Hours Duncan, D. J., The Brothers K Ehrenreich, B., Nickel and Dimed Ellison, R., Invisible Man Enquist, P. O., The Story of Blanche and Marie Erdrich, L., Love Medicine Fadiman, A., The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down Ferrante, E., My Brilliant Friend Fitzgerald, F. Scott, The Crack-Up and Other Stories Franzen, J., The Corrections Graham, G., Travels with my Aunt Golden, A., Memoirs of a Geisha Ha, H., Brothers Haddon, M., A Spot of Bother Hamid, M., The Reluctant Fundamentalist Harari, Y.N., Sapiens, Homo Deus Hillenbrand, L., Seabiscuit Holden, C., The Jazz Bird Irving, J., A Prayer for Owen Meany; The Cider House Rules |
Ishiguro, K., Never Let Me Go; The Buried Giant
Just, W., An Unfinished Season Kadare, I., The Palace of Dreams; Broken April Kingsolver, B., The Poisonwood Bible Lee, A., Lost Hearts in Italy Lahiri, J., The Namesake Lessing, D., The Golden Notebook; The Grass Is Singing Levy, A., Small Island Lippman, L., What the Dead Know Maisel, E., A Writer’s Paris Mason, D., The Piano Tuner Mc Carthy, C., No Country for Old Men; All the Pretty Horses Mc Ewan, I., Atonement; Enduring Love Mc Inerney, J., Bright Light Big City Mengestu, D., The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears Minot, S., Monkeys; Folly Mistry, R., A Fine Balance Monk Kidd, S., The Secret Life of Bees Murakami, H., 1Q84 Murray, L., Breaking Night Pettersen, P., Out Stealing Horses Pink, D., A Whole New Mind (Nonfiction) Proulx, A., The Shipping News Roth, P., The Human Stain; American Pastoral Russo, R., Empire Falls Sedaris, D., Naked Smith, Z., White Teeth; On Beauty Somoza, J. C., The Art of Murder Stockett, K., The Help Strand, M., The Continuous Life Tan, A., Saving Fish from Drowning Toibin, C., Brooklyn Valdes, Z., Dear First Love Vowell, S., Unfamiliar Fishes Zafón, C., The Shadow of the Wind |
