9 CP and 9SCP 2009 Summer Assignment and Book Listing

Jefferson Township High School

Language Arts Department

Summer Reading 2009-2010

With the input from faculty, students, parents and community members, we are proud to announce the summer reading program for the high school. In order to continue to foster positive reading experiences and make connections to what you will be studying next year, please complete the following:

First, please select and read one of the novels as listed. You may choose any novel on this list. You might consider what type of reading you like to do. The purpose of this is to have you find something you would enjoy.

Once completed, please respond to the following prompt in a typed open-ended response of three to five paragraphs. Be certain to proofread and utilize MLA formatting.

Consider the following themes as one or more relates to the novel you chose to read:

· Trustworthiness

· Respect

· Responsibility

· Fairness

· Caring

· Citizenship

These six qualities are viewed by many as being the key to being an ethical and good person. Select and explain one of those qualities that you believe is epitomized by a character in your novel:

· Use specific examples as proof.

· Be certain to consider how this quality affects the character in the novel through his/her dealings with other characters and in his/her decision making processes.

· Be sure to discuss why this quality is or is not important to society in which we live.

Final Considerations:

· All work will be due Friday, September 4, 2009.

· Since this is a summer reading assignments, no late work will be accepted.

· You will find a rubric for how you will be graded on the school website.

We hope you have a wonderful summer. Happy Reading! Please feel free to contact Mrs. Knutelsky, the Language Arts Supervisor, if you have any questions. You can also email her at RKnutelsky@jefftwp.org

Jefferson Township High School

Language Arts Department

Summer Reading Texts 2009-2010

l Sci-Fi

– Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Game

– Meg Rosoff, How I Live Now

– David Klass, Firestorm (Caretaker Trilogy #1)

l Historical Fiction/Romance

– Jean M. Auel, The Clan of the Cave Bear(Earth’s Children #1)

– Sharon M. Draper, Fire from the Rock

– Margaret Mitchell, Gone With The Wind

– Cindy Thomson, Brigid of Ireland: A Historical Novel

l Contemporary Fiction

– Pete Hautman, All-In

– John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany

– Sue Monk Kidd, The Mermaid Chair

– Stephenie Meyer, New Moon

– Susan Beth Pfeffer, Life as We Knew It

l Classics

– Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

– Joseph Heller, Catch-22

– Shirley Jackson, The Haunting of Hill House

l War Novels/Historical

– Jenna Blum, Those Who Save Us

– Walter Dean Myers, Sunrise Over Fallujah

– William Styron, Sophie’s Choice

l Horror/Creepy

– Ray Bradbury, Something Wicked This Way Comes

– Peter David, Robin Furth, Jae Lee, Richard Isanove, Stephen King’s The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born

l Sports

– Dara Torres and Elizabeth Weil, Age is just a Number: Achieve your Dreams at Any Stage in Your Life

– John Grisham, Bleachers

l Memoir

– Lynne Cox, Grayson

– James Herriot, All Creatures Great and Small

– Joe Simpson, Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man’s Miraculous Survival

– Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

l Biography

– Harry Bernstein, The Invisible Wall: A Love Story that Broke Barriers

– Stacey O’Brien, Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and his Girl