From: CCHS English Department
Date: 2008-2009
The CCHS English Department firmly believes summer reading complements our curriculum and benefits our students by providing challenging, interesting literature that stimulates the intellect and the imagination. Like athletes training in the off-season, students continue reading to exercise the skills required for doing their best. Further, these selections provide common bases for diagnostic assessments of student performance, from basic reading comprehension to the identification and application of literary terms to the more formal analysis of imagery, themes, and genres. By providing engaging, provocative stories, summer reading books set the academic tone and expectations for the upcoming school year.
Both English 11 and Honors English 11 will be reading The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien (ISBN10 0767902890 or ISBN 13 9780767902892).
Honors English 11 will also be reading Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer (ISBN # 0385486804).
· Mark significant passages and make notes in the margins. Such active reading will help you better prepare for extensive assessments of both novels at the very beginning of the year. Refer to the notes on “How to Annotate a Text” which appears on www.gocougars.org.
· To further that end, complete the English 11 and Honors 11 summer reading assignment which also can be found at www.gocougars.org, which is due the second day of classes
As always, your work should reflect your best effort. We look forward to a rewarding year together. Enjoy a restful summer!