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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.  It will be your responsibility to purchase the specified edition of the required text (using the provided ISBN number) and to complete 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 edition, please reach out to the instructor listed for additional guidance.  Have a great summer, and enjoy the reading! 


English 401A, AP English Language & Composition (grade 11)
​Required Summer Reading
: Please download the the PDF file (at right) titled "Guidelines AP Lang & Comp SR2020" 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 ccicoria@asparis.fr.​


Guidelines_APLang&Comp_SR2020.pdf
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Baldwin - A Talk to Teachers.pdf
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Chesterton - Superstition of School.pdf
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Emerson - Education excerpt.pdf
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Wallace - This Is Water.pdf
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English 401B, IB English Y1 (grade 11)
Required Summer Reading: Fathers and Sons ​by Ivan Turgenev (ISBN 978-0140441475). Please make certain to acquire the specified edition. 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, make certain to download and read the assignment guidelines to the right. Should you have additional questions, please contact Ms. Williams at bwilliams@asparis.fr.​
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English 401 SR Assignment 2019.pdf
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English 401C, AP Seminar (grades 11 & 12) 
Required Summer Reading: 
 Please download the the PDF file (at right) titled "Guidelines AP Seminar Summer RDG" 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 ccicoria@asparis.fr.​
Guidelines APSeminar Summer RDG.pdf
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Have You Renounced Pleasure?.pdf
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High Income Improves Evaluation of Life.pdf
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Genes, Economics. and Happiness.pdf
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The Happiness Project.pdf
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 English 402, Junior English (grade 11): please select one text from the list at the bottom of the page.

English 501A, AP English Literature & Composition (grade 12) 
Required Summer Reading
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Select one (1) of the following texts: The American by Henry James; OR Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte; 
OR Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte; OR Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Please download and carefully read the "AP LIT SummerRdg Guidelines" PDF file (at far right) for suggested editions' ISBNs, assignment directions, and guidelines. Should you have any additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact Mr. Cicoria at ccicoria@asparis.fr.
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2020-AP Lit & Comp Summer Rdg Guidelines.pdf
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English 501B, IB English Higher LevelY2 (grade 12)
Required Summer Reading
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Othello by William Shakespeare, (Arden Edition, ISBN 978-1472571762). Please make certain to acquire the specified edition. 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 mantoine@asparis.fr for more information.
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English 501B IBHL Summer Reading Guide
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English 502, IB Standard Level Y2 (grade 12)
Required Summer Reading:
 For IBSL summer reading, you do not need to purchase a copy of the text, rather you will read the text online, using the MIT archive version of the text; the link is as follows: http://shakespeare.mit.edu/othello/. 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. Burlow at aburlow@asparis.fr for more information. 
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IBSL Summer Rdg Guidelines 20-21.pdf
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English 503, Senior English
Required Summer Reading
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You will read two (2) texts, the first of which is Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar (ISBN 978-0-06-114851-4).  Please make certain to acquire the specified edition. Additionally, you will read one text of your choice from the list of recommended texts at the bottom of this page.  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 Mrs. Schildge at sschildge@asparis.fr for more information.
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English 503 Summer Rdg 2020.pdf
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       The Best American Short Stories (latest)
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