Saint Dominic Academy 2011 Summer Reading List
Freshman (English I and English I Honors)
Stargirl, Jerry Spinelli
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Betty Smith
Freshman (World History)
The Good Earth, Pearl Buck
Science-Choose One:
An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore
Journey to the Center of the Earth, Jules Verne
The Time Machine, H. G. Wells
Sophomore (English II and British Literature Honors)
Nectar in a Sieve, Kamala Markandaya
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
Sophomore (United States History I)
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Harriet Jacobs
Junior (American Literature and American Literature Honors)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou
The Catcher in the Rye, J. D. Salinger
Junior (United States History II and Holocausts)
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, John Boyne
The following books will be used during the Holocausts Course and should be purchased by the first week of school.
The Diary of Anne Frank, Anne Frank
The Rape of Nanking, Iris Chang
Senior (World Literature) Advanced Placement has a separate list. Please see Mrs. Criaris.
The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe
Senior (IB History)
Guests of the Ayatollah, Mark Bowden
Expectations:
You are expected to carefully read and think about the assigned books for the courses you will be taking in 2011-2012. There will be reading check quizzes and various written exercises involving all books in September. In addition, the books assigned for each grade level will be covered as the initial material for your English class in September. Each sophomore, junior and senior is also expected to prepare a written response from among the choices provided below. (Incoming freshmen do not respond to the following) It is necessary to complete one for each of the assigned books. These will be collected in September.
It is the sincere hope of the English department that the reading we are asking you to complete will provide you with some reading pleasure this summer. Please feel free to read many books of your own choosing as well!
Written response options:
Respond to any of the following for each of your assigned books. These responses should be in paragraph form and approximately 300-500 words in length.
1. Choose three quoted passages from the book and explain how each of these quotes relates to a main character, conflict or theme.
2. Select and discuss two key incidents in which a main character finds himself/herself in some type of conflict.
3. Discuss two key incidents that reflect how a main character experiences awakenings, discoveries and/or changes in attitude.
Summer Courses
Rising Leaders Summer Program
For Future 6th, 7th, and 8th Grade Girls
Schedule
5 Week Program, June 27th to July 28th, 2011
8:15 - 9:15 Raise Your Voice, Make a Face, Wave Your Hand
9:20 - 10:20 Interactive Activities for Math Development
10:25 - 11:25 Exploring Languages
11:25 - 12:00 Lunch
12:00 - 1:00 Drama or Multi-Media Presentation Creation (choose one)
1:00 - 2:15 Cardio Fun
Field Trip Thursdays (1st, 3rd & 4th weeks)
Vocal Training Through Choral Singing and After Care Services
Please Register by June 10, 2011
Contact:
Director of Admissions, 201-434-5938, x31 or
John Seborowski, Director of Summer School @ jseborowski@stdominicacad.com
