CHRISTIAN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL SUMMER READING 2011
1) All students entering grades 9, 10, 11 and 12 are required to read a minimum of 2
books this summer.
2) BOOK ONE is a book of choice. Students have expressed a desire to read a book “just
for fun” or one of a particular series they enjoy. For this reason, for the first book
of summer reading students may choose to read any book they wish,
provided they have parental approval, so long as it falls within generally accepted
guidelines of what is appropriate for Christian students to read and is on grade
level. If there is any question about a book’s appropriateness, the teacher should
be contacted prior to the student’s reading the book.
3) BOOK TWO is to be selected from the ENCLOSED BOOK LIST for the appropriate
grade level.
4) Following are the minimum reading requirements for each grade level:
~ 1 book of choice (as outlined above)
~ 1 book from book list
5) EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITIES:
At Christian Academy we recognize the importance of reading in all facets of
a student’s development and success, and we desire to encourage it in a variety of
ways. For this reason, we are pleased to offer the opportunity for extra credit in
this area. Students may choose to read (and do the written assignment) on
more books FROM THE LIST than those which are required. Amount of
extra credit given will be determined by the additional number of pages, at
a rate of 1 bonus point per 10 pages read. So, for example, if a student reads
1) a book from the list, then
2) a book of choice, then
3) another book from the list which is 270 pages in length,
he/she then earns 27 extra credit points (assuming, of course, the written
assignment is completed well.) Please note, however, that ONLY BOOKS
FROM THE LIST MAY BE READ FOR EXTRA CREDIT.
6) Written requirements for each book:
Prepare a PERSONAL RESPONSE to the book, following all guidelines provided
on the enclosed PERSONAL RESPONSE GUIDELINES.
7) Due dates for summer reading/writing:
a) ALL reading and written assignments are to be completed and handed
in NOT LATER THAN MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 2011.
b) A completed, signed (by student and parent) Student/Parent
Acknowledgement Form must be submitted with the written
assignments.
c) Written assignments will not be accepted unless they are
accompanied by Student/Parent Acknowledgement Form.
d) Late submission will result in a lowered grade on the project, with
5% per day deducted for each day late.
8) It is, of course, understood that each student is expected to:
~ completely read (cover to cover) the selected books—in their
original, full version (no abridged or “junior” editions)
~ do his/her own work, entirely,
~ use NO OUTSIDE SOURCES in the written portion of this project.
JUST TO SUM IT ALL UP---STUDENTS MUST BRING THE FOLLOWING ITEMS
TO ENGLISH CLASS ON MONDAY, AUGUST 29.
1) Fully completed and signed (by both student and parent) Student/Parent
Acknowledgement Form
2) Personal Response for Book of Choice
3) Personal Response for Book from List
Additionally: Personal Response(s) for any EXTRA CREDIT reading from
the list IF YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO DO SO.
If there are questions or concerns about any part of this project, please feel free to
contact me (Brenda Raney) by email ([email protected]) or by
phone (750-0209).
Have a blessed summer, read some good books, and I’ll look forward to seeing
you (and your responses ) NEXT (SCHOOL) YEAR!!!
STUDENT/PARENT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF SUMMER READING
The signatures below indicate the following:
I understand the requirements of and for my student in the English/Language Arts
Program of Christian Academy. The student will turn in this form and the personal
response written assignment required for each book to his/her teacher by
Monday, August 29, 2011.
I approve of my student’s novel choices for participation in the Summer Reading
Program.
STUDENT’S NAME (please print):__________________________________________
1) Book of Choice:________________________________________________________
Number of Pages in Book:______________Number of Pages Read:___________
2) Selected book from reading list:__________________________________________
Number of Pages in Book:______________Number of Pages Read:___________
3) Extra Credit Book # 1(Optional)_________________________________________
Number of pages in Book:______________Number of Pages Read:___________
(If more books are read for extra credit, please continue list on the bottom of this page.)
My student has read (cover-to-cover, in their original, full versions--not “junior
editions”) and has completed the requirements for all books listed above. When I
sign below, I know my student has read the entire text of each book listed since June
1, 2011 (and he/she had not read the book previously). I also know that he/she has
completed the Personal Response, carefully following the prescribed guidelines.
As a parent/guardian, I verify that this was done with my knowledge and approval.
Parent/Guardian Name (please print):_________________________________________
Parent/Guardian Signature:_________________________________________________
Parent/Guardian Phone Number:_______________Email_________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
Student’s Name:__________________________________________________________
Student’s Signature:_______________________________________________________
PERSONAL RESPONSE TO SUMMER READING BOOKS
For each of the books you read this summer, you are to prepare a personal response,
which is YOUR OWN response to the book after you have finished reading it. There are
a variety of things you may discuss in this response, but none of these is required. The
paper is to be your own reflections about the book. Because you may have a little trouble
getting started with this, since it is not a typical book report, I am providing some
suggestions for points of discussion. (Remember, these are not requirements, only
suggestions):
1) The way you feel about a particular character: Could you identify with the
character? with some of his/her problems/struggles? Do you know anyone
who is like this person? who has similar “issues”? How did you see the
character change throughout the course of the novel? Does his/her
characterization seem “believable” to you? Why or why not? Give some specific
details.
2) The way you feel about the development of the plot: Is it believable? Is there
suspense? Give specifics. Are there unexpected “twists”? Explain. Is there
foreshadowing? Explain. Were you surprised by the ending of the book?
Explain why you do or do not think this was a good ending. How might you have
ended it differently?
3) The way you feel about the language of the book: Was it easy to read?
challenging? If challenging, did it become more “readable” as you progressed
through the book? Was there a particular dialect used? Were some sections of
the book particularly descriptive? Give examples. Did the author sometimes
make you feel as if you were “right there” with the characters?
4) The way you feel about the setting: Was the specific setting (time/ place/ etc.)
necessary for the story to be effective/believable? Why is this so? Could the
same story have taken place in a different part of the country/world? What might
have been the effect if it had? Explain.
5) The way you feel about any main ideas/themes presented in the book: What
message is the author trying to get across? How does he/she do this? Do you
agree with his/her message? Do you think he/she does a good job of causing the
reader to think about specific issues/problems, etc.? Does the book cause you to
“think”? What about? Does your view on any subject(s) change at all as a result
of reading the book? Explain.
(CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE)
THE FOLLOWING TOPIC IS A REQUIREMENT FOR INCLUSION IN YOUR
PERSONAL RESPONSE:
Identify at least two Christian ideals/biblical principles presented in the
book. How were these presented in the book? Discuss. FOR EXAMPLE:
(1) If a character lies to others and then gets caught and suffers
consequences for his actions, this would be an example of the biblical
principle that teaches we are not to lie. In that case, you would just need to
explain the specific occurrences and then tell why/how this demonstrates a
biblical principle.
(2) If a character always obeys and honors his/her mother, no matter what
the situation, this would be an example of the biblical principle that teaches
children are to honor/obey their parents. In that case you would just need to
explain why this character is seen as obedient (giving specific examples) and
indicate that the biblical principle being demonstrated is that of honoring
one’s parents.
FOLLOWING ARE THE SPECIFIC FORMAT REQUIREMENTS FOR YOUR
PERSONAL RESPONSE:
1) Your response should be AT LEAST 2 FULL PAGES, typed double-spaced, in 12
point Times New Roman, with 1 inch margins on top, bottom, and sides.
2) Your paper should demonstrate GOOD ESSAY FORMAT. This will include:
~introductory paragraph
~at least 2 body paragraphs (although you will probably need more than 2)
~concluding paragraph
(I strongly suggest that you prepare an outline for your paper before writing it.
This will help you to include all your main ideas and to organize them well
before you begin to write.)
3) You should carefully edit your paper. Check for:
~Sound sentences (No run-on sentences or sentence fragments).
~Correct spelling
~Correct usage of commas and other forms of punctuation
4) Include a “statement of integrity” at the end of each response. It should state:
“I have read ___of the ___pages of this book” and include your signature
and date.
CHRISTIAN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL READING LIST
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Achebe! !
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Cervantes
Things Fall Apart
Don Quixote
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Agee!
A Death in the Family
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Chopin
The Awakening
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Alcorn!
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The Ishbane Conspiracy
Lord Foulgrinʼs Letters
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Clark
The Ox-Bow Incident
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Austen!
Emma
Mansfield Park
Northanger Abbey
Persuasion
Pride and Prejudice
Sense and Sensibility
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Conrad
Heart of Darkness
Lord Jim
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Cooper
The Deerslayer
The Last of the Mohicans
The Pathfinder
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Baldwin
Go Tell It on the Mountain
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Crane
The Red Badge of Courage
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Blackmore
Lorna Doone
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Dana
Two Years Before the Mast
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Bradbury
The Martian Chronicles
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Defoe
Robinson Crusoe
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Bronte
Jane Eyre
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Dickens
Bleak House
David Copperfield
Great Expectations
Nicholas Nickleby
Oliver Twist
A Tale of Two Cities
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Bronte
Wuthering Heights
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Brown
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
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Buck
The Good Earth
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Cather
Death Comes for the Archbishop
My Antonia
O Pioneers!
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Dostoyevsky
The Brothers Karamazov
Crime and Punishment
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Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Man in the Iron Mask
The Three Musketeers
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Eliot
Middlemarch
The Mill on the Floss
Silas Marner
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Ellison
The Invisible Man
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Faulkner
Absalom, Absalom
As I Lay Dying
Intruder in the Dust
Light in August
Sanctuary
The Sound and the Fury
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Ferber
Cimarron
Showboat
So Big
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Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby
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Forster
A Passage to India
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Heller
Catch-22
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Hemingway
A Farewell to Arms
For Whom the Bell Tolls
The Old Man and the Sea
The Sun Also Rises
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Hersey
A Bell for Adano
Hiroshima
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Hilton
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Lost Horizon
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Hugo
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Les Miserables (abridged)
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Hurston
Their Eyes Were Watching God
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Huxley
Brave New World
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Gaines
The Autobiography of Miss Jane
Pittman
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James
The Turn of the Screw
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Goldsmith
The Vicar of Wakefield
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Joyce
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
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Haley
Roots
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Kipling
Captains Courageous
Kim
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Hardy
Jude the Obscure
The Mayor of Casterbridge
The Return of the Native
Tess of the DʼUrbervilles
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Hawthorne
The House of Seven Gables
The Scarlet Letter
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Knowles
A Separate Peace
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LaHaye & Jenkins
Left Behind
(Other of the books in this series)
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Leroux
The Phantom of the Opera
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Lewis, C.S.
Out of the Silent Planet
The Screwtape Letters
Parks
The Learning Tree
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Lewis, Sinclair
Arrowsmith
Babbit
Elmer Gantry
Main Street
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Peretti
Piercing the Darkness
The Prophet
This Present Darkness
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London
Martin Eden
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McCullers
A Member of the Wedding
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Malory
Le Morte DʼArthur
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Maugham
Of Human Bondage
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Melville
Billy Budd
Moby Dick
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Mitchell
Gone With the Wind
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Morrison
Beloved
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Nordhoff
Mutiny on the Bounty
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Orczy
The Scarlet Pimpernel
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Orwell
Animal Farm
1984
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Pasternak
Dr. Zhivago
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Plath
The Bell Jar
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Potok
The Chosen
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Remarque
All Quiet on the Western Front
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Rostand
Cyrano de Bergerac
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Scott
Ivanhoe
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Sheldon
In His Steps
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Shelley
Frankenstein
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Sinclair
The Jungle
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Steinbeck
Cannery Row
The Grapes of Wrath
Of Mice and Men
The Pearl
The Winter of our Discontent
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Stevenson
Kidnapped
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and
Mr. Hyde
Treasure Island
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Stowe
Uncle Tomʼs Cabin
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Swift
Gulliverʼs Travels
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Tan
The Joy Luck Club
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Ten Boom
The Hiding Place
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Thackery
Vanity Fair
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Thoreau
Walden
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Tolstoy
Anna Karenina
War and Peace
Wells
The Invisible Man
The Island of Dr. Moreau
The Time Machine
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Weisel
Night
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Wharton
Ethan Frome
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White
The Once and Future King
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Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray
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Wilder
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
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Wolfe, Thomas
Look Homeward Angel
You Canʼt Go Home Again
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Woolf, Virginia
To the Lighthouse
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Turgenev
Fathers and Sons
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Wouk
The Caine Mutiny
The Winds of War
War and Remembrance
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Twain
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurʼs
Court
The Prince and the Pauper
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Wright
Native Son
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Uris
Exodus
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Warren
All the Kingʼs Men
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Waugh
Brideshead Revisited
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