Fort Pierce Central High School
2014 Summer Reading List
In August, each course will begin with the expectation that summer reading and journaling is complete.
Regular English: Select 1 Novel
Honors English: Select 2 Novels
9th Grade
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Split by Swati Avasthi
Every Day by David Leviathan
Stupid Fast by Geoff Herbash
The Selection by Kierra Cass
Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen
I Will Save You by Matt de la Pena
Bruiser by Neal Shusterman
Dash and Lily’s Book of Dares by Cohn &
Leviathan
Dirty Little Secrets by C.J. Omolulu
10th Grade
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11th Grade
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The Color of Water by James McBride
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
White Noise by Don DeLillo
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale
Hurston
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie
Ford
All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak
The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Red Kayak by Priscilla Cummings
The Nazi Hunters by Neal Bascomb
12th Grade
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Jane Eyre by Jane Austen
Game of Thrones by R. R. Martin
The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
The Natural by Bernard Malamud
Grendel by John Gardner
Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Oedipus Trilogy by Sophocles
Advanced Placement and Dual Enrollment
AP Human Geography – 9th Grade (Select One)
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Confucius Lives Next Door by T.R. Reid
Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
The Middle of Everywhere: The World’s
Refugees Come to Our Town by Mary Pipher
Why Geography Matters, Three Changes Facing
America: Climate Change, The Rise of China
and Global Terrorism by de Blij, Harm
Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green
Revolution--and How It Can Renew America by
Thomas L. Friedman
AP/Dual Enrollment World History - 10th Grade
*Plagues and Peoples, William Hardy McNeill
*The Silk Road Journey with Xuanzang, Sally Hovey
Wriggins
AP English Language - 11th Grade
*A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Betty Smith
*Hold Fast to Dreams, Beth Zasloff and Joshua Steckel
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See website for additional assignment(s)
AP English Literature - 12th Grade
*Macbeth, William Shakespeare
*Sula, Toni Morrison
http://amiforeman.wix.com/aplitandcomp
See website for additional assignment(s)
*Indicates Mandatory Title
Fort Pierce Central High School
Dialectical Journal Instructions and Template
Instructions
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A Dialectic Journal has three columns as shown below
Complete at least 10 entries that reflect the entire book (at least 10 entries per book read)
Quote important points in the text in the first column: “Quotation from the Text”
Write the page where the quote is located in the middle column: “Page #”
Record your reaction in the last column: “Respond, Analyze, and Evaluate”
- State your thoughts, feelings, reactions, and questions about characters, ideas, actions, settings, or
other details
- Do not to paraphrase or summarize the text
Example
Example from Hatchet, Gary Paulsen
Quotation from the Text
1. “ ‘Thanks. It’s really nice.’ But the words
sounded hollow, even to Brian.”
2. “No roads, no trails, no clearings. Just the
lakes, and it came to him that he would have to
use a lake for landing. If he went down into the
trees he was certain to die.”
3. “Now, with the thought of the burger, the
emptiness roared at him. He could not believe
the hunger, had never felt this way. The lake
water had filled his stomach, but left it hungry,
and not it demanded food, screamed for food.”
Page #
p.8
p.23
p.48
Respond, Analyze, and Evaluate
“Why does Brian feel that way about getting a
hatchet from his Mom? If the words sound hollow
to Brian, he must not mean it. Why is he mad at his
Mom? - Asking questions
I can’t imagine keeping my cool in a situation like
this. I’d be on my cell phone, freaking out and he’s
trying to land the plane! I guess it’s important to
keep your cool in a crisis. - Reaction to text
It’s weird how Brian’s stomach is like a character
now, driving his behavior. I’ve been hungry before,
but never like that. Is he going to start eating things
that are poison because he is so hungry?
Observation of author craft and connections
http://www.websterschools.org/uploads/LibrarySummerReading/sample%20dialectical%20journal%20entries%20hatchet.pdf
Create Your Own on a Separate Sheet of Paper
10 entries that reflect the entire book (at least 10 entries for each book read)
Quotation from the Text
Page #
Respond, Analyze, and Evaluate
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This list is also available on Fort Pierce Central High School’s Website (http://www.stlucie.k12.fl.us/FPC)
along with a reference power point. St. Lucie County public libraries, in addition to Barnes and Noble (Jensen),
have the list and most books available.