ALL SCHOOL SUMMER READING |
ADDITIONAL REQUIRED READINGAll 9th graders, Honors II, Honors III, AP IV |
Every single student, regardless of grade or track, chooses and reads a book during the summer. |
Honors/AP students ALSO read the book below that corresponds to their course. Honors/AP Students read a total of 2 books. 1 Choice, 1 Required. |
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That's right, you get to pick. Please make sure the book you choose demonstrates a good faith effort to be a book that...
There will be discussions and activities related to the book you choose when we return in September.
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9th Grade Common Read (9th):Almost American Girl and one other book of their choice (2 books total)
Honors II (10th):Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood, or It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime (Adapted for Young Readers) , by Trevor Noah.
Honors III (11th):Choose one non-fiction title from the following list Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You by Ibram X. Kendi and Jason ReynoldsWe Were Dreamers* by Simu LiuSilent Spring by Rachel CarsonUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandThe Glass Castle* by Jeanette WallsThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonAn Indigenous People’s History of the United States (For Young People edition) by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Adapted by Jean Mendoza and Debbie Reese
AP (12th):Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley.
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You're not "locked in" with this choice, but we'd love to know what you think you might read. Please click on the survey link below (Thanks!!!)
If you have filled this out in class, you don't need to do it again. If you fill this out here, you don't need to do it again in class...
"Choose and read one book that you want to read,"
Just like it says. We want you to pick your own book from the nearly limitless options.
"in good faith... "
At Central Catholic, character matters. We are trusting that, as Central Catholic students, you will be people of character with the honesty, self-discipline, integrity, responsibility, and conscientiousness, to respect the request that you read a book.
"...that it will enrich you and/or bring you joy."
The purpose of Summer Reading is actually just to get people to enjoy reading. There's substantive evidence that reading in the summer produces stronger student outcomes, but really we want to cultivate a culture of reading. So we want you to like what you read. Some may want to go a route of self-improvement, or challenge themselves with something, for many others of you (who read in the summer anyway) we want to respect that choice as a valid one and not take time away from it.
"...that you have not it read before, and will read it this summer."
The purpose is reading something new and reading it in the summer. Falling back on a book you read in middle school, or a book you read during this school year doesn't count. Have the integrity to make a new choice, and the self-discipline and conscientiousness to follow through with reading it
"...that you will feel comfortable talking about it with others. "
We do want to have conversations about what you've chosen, and there will be in-school activities based around the book you are choosing as your Summer Reading book, so it will need to be something you feel comfortable talking about in our community.
"...that it is a good fit for who you are as a person and a reader."
The book you choose should be something that you legitimately want to read and are interested in, for whatever reason you are interested in the book. There are not any length or level guidelines, but, for example, a 12th grader choosing Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile to check the box of reading "a book" is not within the spirit of this activity. We have a range of reading levels that we want to respect in our community, and we want every student to be honest and discerning about what kind of book is a good fit for them.
