Hull High School
Summer
Reading 2015
Honors English 9: Students are required to read Bleachers by John Grisham. They should then complete one of the
assignments. This will be a graded assignment.
College Prep English 9: Students are
encouraged to read Bleachers by John Grisham. They should then complete one of the
assignments. This assignment will be graded for extra credit.
Honors English 10: Students are required to read The Other
Wes Moore by Wes
Moore. They should then complete one of the assignments. This will
be a graded assignment.
College Prep English 10: Students are
encouraged to read The Other
Wes Moore by Wes
Moore. They should then complete one of the assignments. This
assignment will be graded for extra credit.
Honors English 11: Students are required to read The Help by Kathryn
Stockett. They should then complete one of the assignments. This
will be a graded assignment.
College Prep English 11: Students are encouraged
to read The Help by Kathryn Stockett. They should then complete
one of the assignments. This assignment will be graded for extra credit.
Honors English 12: Students are required to read All Souls by Michael Patrick MacDonald. Please see enclosed assignment
sheet with additional extra credit assignments.
College Prep English 12: Students are encouraged
to read All Souls by Michael Patrick MacDonald. They should then complete one of the
assignments. This assignment will be graded for extra credit.
Books are
available at the Hull and Hingham Public Libraries and are all available for
$13 or less on Amazon.com.
Summer Reading Assignments
ASSIGNMENT
#1
Create a soundtrack to the book you read. Choose ten songs that
you feel correspond with the themes of your book. Explain four of the songs,
why you chose them and how they relate to the book. Please cite specific
lyrics to show evidence of this shared theme. Each one of your four
analyses should be a 1/2 page.
ASSIGNMENT
#2
Write a creative dialogue between a character in your novel and a
character from a different novel you have read in one of your past English
classes. You may want to choose a character with similar viewpoints or a
character foil (a character with opposite attributes). In a concluding
paragraph explain why you chose the character you did and how he/she relates to
the character from your summer reading novel. Your written piece should be
approximately 2-3 pages.
ASSIGNMENT
#3
Find a current newspaper article on-line that relates to an issue
in your novel. Briefly summarize the article and include it for your English
teacher’s perusal. Explain how it is addressed in the novel as well as
your thoughts on the issue. Your written piece should be approximately
2-3 pages.
