Summer Reading 2024

Choose Our Own Adventure!

For this summer’s reading experience, we want you to choose a path…for us.

Read a book, one you haven’t experienced before, that could have been taught in any of your 2023-2024 classes.

• For grades 6 through 8, write two paragraphs (typed, double-spaced) about why that book should or should not be taught in the class next year. Turn this in to your English teacher on September 9th.
• For grades 9 and 10, write four paragraphs (typed, double-spaced) about why that book should or should not be taught in the class next year. Turn this in to your English teacher on September 9th.
• For grades 11 and 12, write five paragraphs (typed, double-spaced) about why that book should or should not be taught in the class next year. Turn this in to your English teacher on September 9th.

Some questions to consider while writing about the book you choose:

• In which class would reading this book make the most sense? Why?
• What did you like about the book? 
• What was interesting or enjoyable about it? Is it like other books that you have read before? Explain.
• What did you not enjoy about the book? 
• Why might it not be a good fit for your peers to read?
• Why would students benefit from reading this book? 
• What valuable or important information can students learn by reading it?
• What about this book might be challenging for students? 
• Was the topic difficult to read about? Was the language hard to understand?

Note: If you are in American Studies (grade 11) or Contemporary Issues (grade 12) you will be emailed additional summer reading requirements.