The members of the English Department believe that the truth and beauty found in language can inspire students to become life-long learners. We believe that reading deepens students’ understanding of ideas, provides an opportunity for reflection and self-discovery, and broadens perspectives. With that in mind, we have long supported a summer reading program that encourages students to read for pleasure as well as enlightenment. Summer reading is an integral part of the English curriculum, providing an opportunity to foster imagination, and enhance critical reading skills.
Please read the books listed and bring them to school with you on the first day of classes. For some courses, you are asked to complete an accompanying exercise, thinking guide or dialectical journal. Bring those assignments to school with you on the first day of classes as well.
We look forward to exploring these texts with you in the fall.
Happy Summer Reading!
English 1: Down the Rabbit Hole, Peter Abrahams. Click here for assignment
Honors English 1: Down the Rabbit Hole, Peter Abrahams. Click here for assignment
World History: Sugar Changed The World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom and Science by Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos. Click here for instructions. Click here & here for resources to complete the assignment.
Honors World History: Sugar Changed The World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom and Science by Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos. Click here for assignments. Click here & here for the resources to complete your assignment.
Theology 1: Tuesdays with Morrie, Mitch Albom, Click here for assignment
French: Please contact Mr. Palmacci at: apalmacci@achs.net
English 2: Choose one of the following: The Lord of the Flies, William Golding, The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros, Long Way Down, Jason Reynolds. Click here for assignment
Honors English 2: Choose one of the following: The Lord of the Flies, William Golding, The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros, Long Way Down, Jason Reynolds.
Click here for instructions and handouts, for the two assignments.
Honors Modern World History: Click here for assignment
Modern World History: Click here for assignment
AP World History: Guns, Germs and Steel, The Fates of Human Societies, Jared Diamond. Click here for assignment
AP Seminar: Summer Assignment, click here
French: Please contact Mr. Palmacci at: apalmacci@achs.net
AP Chemistry: click here
AP Biology: click here
English 3: Choose one of the following: The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger, A Separate Peace, John Knowles, One of Us is Lying, Karen McManus. Click here for assignment
Honors English 3: Choose one of the following: The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger, A Separate Peace, John Knowles, One of Us is Lying, Karen McManus. Click here for assignment
AP Language & Composition: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain, On Writing, Stephen King. Click here for assignment
United States History: Click here for assignment
Honors US History: American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies in the Founding of the Republic, Joseph J. Ellis. Click here for assignment
AP United States History: Killer Angels, Michael Shaara. Click here for assignment
Honors Anatomy and Physiology: Click here for assignment
Honors Chemistry 2: Click here for assignment
AP Seminar: Summer Assignment, click here
AP Research: Summer assignment, click here
French: Please contact Mr. Palmacci at: apalmacci@achs.net
AP Chemistry: click here
AP Biology: click here
English 4: The Screwtape Letters, CS Lewis. Click here for assignment
Honors English 4: The Screwtape Letters, CS Lewis. Click here for assignment
AP Language & Composition: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain, On Writing, Stephen King - click here for assignment
AP Literature & Composition: Click here for assignment and book choice
AP Psychology: Click here for assignment
Honors Anatomy and Physiology: Click here for assignment
Honors Chemistry 2: Click here for assignment
Theology 4 and all Senior Theology Classes: Man's Search for Meaning, Viktor E. Frankl. Click here for assignment. Note:
For "Man's Search for Meaning" by Victor Frankl. Students are required to read the first half of the book on Frankl's experience in a concentration camp. The second half of the book on "logotherapy" is not required but highly recommended.
Law and Society: Click here for Summer Assignment
AP Spanish: See Google Classroom
AP Seminar: Summer Assignment, click here
AP Research: Summer assignment, click here
French: Please contact Mr. Palmacci at: apalmacci@achs.net
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