You must annotate the book(s) in whatever format you choose. To get started, click here for suggestions on how to annotate. You may also want to reflect on how the quotes on this page relate to what you are reading. Your annotations, in whatever format you choose, will be collected on the first day of class.
Alternate Standard classes
Please see your teacher.
Alternate Standard 11/12
You will read The Call of The Wild (Timeless Classics version) in order to be part of the One School, One Theme of persevering toward one’s dreams. You will also complete the chapter packet, to be collected upon returning to school (see Alt 11/12 packet link on the left).
You can find that edition from Saddleback Publishing, or by searching "Call of the Wild Timeless Classics" to find it on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, eBay, etc. If you need help finding it, please reach out to Ms. Cole: tcole@shschools.com
Integrated and CP classes
Read 1 book of your choosing. (See Ms. Lesniak or your teacher if you need specific recommendations.)
Honors classes
Read 2 books of your choosing.
AP 11 – Language and Composition
Read and keep a two-column journal for 2 of the following books – one fiction and one non-fiction.
The Awakening by Kate Chopin (fiction)
A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams (fiction)
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead (fiction)
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond (non-fiction)
Outcasts United by Warren St. John (non-fiction)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (non-fiction)
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalinithi (non-fiction)
Also read and annotate chapter 1 of Language of Composition. Books can be signed out in Ms. Lesniak’s room June 10-June 13.
AP 12 – Literature and Composition
Read and annotate The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini and one of the following:
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Additionally, please read Chapter 1, “Thinking about Literature,” from the Literature & Composition text. Literature & Composition books may be signed out from Mr. Billman-Golemme in Room 512 between June 10 and June 13.