Summer Reading
List
English Department
Please direct
any questions regarding the following assignments to Mrs. Donna Mulvaney at dmulvaney@mondonhs.com.
For All Students:
Summer Grammar Assignment:
Please review all elementary school grammar, structure and usage rules to prepare for the coming school year. You may use any grammar book with a copyright date of 2000 or later, or you may use one or more websites.
These cover all grammar from kindergarten – grade eight. If you encounter difficulties, please research the topic in the Ocean County Library. If you find a particular rule or application challenging beyond your research, please avail yourself of The English Department assistance during Flex of the first two weeks of the term.
Students will demonstrate mastery of this work during the third or fourth week of English class. Each student must pass the assessment as a minimum requirement of the course.
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Summer Reading Assignments:
Please note: Students should maintain notes on every summer reading to assist them in preparing for assessments throughout the term. Students must demonstrate mastery of each book individually and as it relates to other literary works throughout the term. Assessments will be at the discretion of individual teachers; however, they may occur as early as the first week of class.
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English I Honors
Please refer to
e-board of Mr. Stefanelli for study guide information about this book. Students
must read the book with the
corresponding ISBN#.
To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
ISBN# 978-0446310789
Touching Spirit Bear– Ben Mikaelsen
ISBN# 978-0380805600
English 1 CP
Please refer to e-board of Mr. Stefanelli for study guide information about this book. Students must read the book with the corresponding ISBN#.
To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
ISBN# 978-0446310789
TOUCHING SPIRIT BEAR – Ben Mikaelsen
Read the following short stories by Edgar Allan Poe in the source of your choice. They are available online and in many Poe anthologies.
“The
Black Cat”
“The Tell-Tale Heart”
and
Please choose one contemporary work of fiction or non-fiction (copyright year 2006) and do the following:
1. Parental Permission Slip:
Download the permission slip.
Procure one of your parents’ signatures on the form.
Bring the signed from to the first day of English class.
2. Read the book.
3. Maintain notes on the book.
4. If this book has a movie counterpart,
View the movie.
Maintain notes on the movie.
Prepare to expound on the screenwriter’s decisions regarding various deviations from the book’s contents.
5. If this book does not have a movie counterpart,
Develop a creative outline of its potential for a movie.
Include prospective directors, actors, actresses and settings.
Include speculation about segments to include and exclude.
ISBN#
0-451-523512
The
Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald
ISBN
#0-030-23457-3
ISBN
#0-312-97947-9
Grendel
– John Gardner
ISBN
#0-679-72311-0
A
Streetcar Named Desire –
ISBN#
0451-16778-3
Catch-22
– Joseph Heller
ISBN
#0-684-83339-5
Angela’s
Ashes – Frank McCourt
0-684-87217-X
and
Please choose one book from the Top 25 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERS of the last ten years and do the following:
1. Parental Permission Slip:
Download from the website.
Procure one of your parents’ signature on the form.
Bring the signed from to the first day of English class.
2. Read the book.
3. Maintain notes on the book.
4. If this book has a movie counterpart,
View the movie.
Maintain notes on the movie.
Prepare to expound on the screenwriter’s decisions regarding various deviations from the book’s contents.
5. If this book does not have a movie counterpart,
Develop a creative outline of its potential for a movie.
Include prospective directors, actors, actresses and settings.
Include speculation about segments to include and exclude.
ISBN # 020530902X
Contemporary
Literary Work Permission Slip