TWO Schools, One Book

  All students at Newton South and all   students at Newton North will be reading   Zeitoun this summer !

Summer Reading 2011

Every student in every grade should read our One School, One Book choice for 2010 -

Zeitoun by Dave Eggers

Unless your class is listed below, you should also read:

Two books of your choice.

Some classes require specific summer reading:

Students entering Honors Sophomore English should read one book of your choice, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, and Zeitoun .

Students entering Honors Junior English should read Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, and Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, in addition to Zeitoun .

Students entering Honors Sophomore MGC (Modern Global Communities) should read one book of choice, Zeitoun, and EITHER The World is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman or The Post-American World (Release 2.0) by Fareed Zakaria.

Students entering Honors Junior MGC (Modern Global Communities) should read Passing by Nella Larsen, and Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, in addition to Zeitoun .

Students entering Senior MGC Shakespeare in the World should read Brave New World by Adlus Huxley, Zeitoun, and one book of choice.

Students entering Honors Senior British Literature should read Beowulf  by Seamus Heaney, Zeitoun , and two books of choice.

Students entering AP English Literature   are required to read Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, and Atonement by Ian McEwan, and should be prepared to compare the two works during the first week of school. Students should also read Zeitoun .

Students entering AP English Language should read Zeitoun and one set of three books from a list available from the instructors, Mr. Baron ( brian_baron@newton.k12.ma.us ) or Mr. Kaplan (Alexander_kaplan@newton.k12.ma.us).

One School, One Book

Every student in every grade should read our One School, One Book
choice for 2011 -

Annotated lists of suggested summer reading titles

Freshman       Sophomore       Junior       Senior

Additional summer reading assignments :

 

     AP English (Journalism)

     AP European History students should read Ken Follett's Pillars of the Earth

     All students see information below.