“Let us pick up our books and pens.
They are our most powerful weapons.”
– Malala Yousafzai
English 09
Summer Reading Assignment 2018
In order to keep up your reading skills and to prepare yourself for a rigorous year of reading and writing, you are required to read The Color Purple
by Alice Walker and one other book from the list attached to this sheet. This assignment must be brought to your English class on September 10, 2018.
English 10
Summer Reading Assignment 2018
In order to keep up your critical reading skills and to prepare for the English 10, you are required to complete three assignments: read The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Fahrenheit451
by Ray Bradbury and a free choice book. The assignments must be brought to your English class on September 10, 2018 and will count towards your first quarter grade.
English 11
Summer Reading Assignment 2018
In order to keep up your critical reading skills and to prepare for the English Regents and the SAT, both of which you will take in your junior year, you are required to complete two assignments: read Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and a free choice book. The assignments must be brought to your English class on September 10, 2018, and will count towards your first quarter grade.
English 12
Summer Reading Assignment 2018
These are the 2018-2019 Common Application Essay Prompts. The purpose of an essay prompt is to inspire a response. The direction that you take to respond to the prompt is entirely up to you. The final draft of the essay can be no more than 650 words. Your first draft can be up to 800 words.