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Summer Reading Lists
Each year, all CGS students in each grade, including incoming
freshmen are expected to read several books from a selected list.
These books typically cover cultures and authors from outside the
typical US and European reading. Take a look at not only the
required reading for the coming school year, but also what books
were included in prior years, along with some recommended
reading by our CGS teachers and staff.
Summer Reading list for Fall 2009 -
* Double Entry Journal Instructions - needed for all assignments
Incoming Freshman: (printable PDF version)
CGS World Literature:
Required Text: Chinese Cinderella, by Adeline Yen Mah
In addition to the required text, choose one from the list below:
Maus I: My Father Bleeds History, by Art Spiegelman
Maus II: And Here My Troubles Began, by Art Spiegelman
The Secret Life of Bees, by Sue Monk Kidd
The Odyssey, by Homer
ASSIGNMENT: Keep a double entry journal* (see above link) for the
required reading and the work of your choice (approximately 10
entries per text).
CGS Social Studies Classes:
Chinese Social Studies:
Red Scarf Girl, by Ji-li Jiang.
A memoir of the Cultural Revolution in China.
Japanese Social Studies:
Hiroshima, by John Hershey.
The survivors tell the story of the first atomic bomb and its effects.
Middle East Social Studies:
Habibi, by Naomi Shihab Nye.
A young Arab-American girl returns to Palestine and discovers her
heritage and issues of conflict.
ASSIGNMENT: Examine four or five events that you found
interesting from different parts of the book. Write a response
explaining your feelings and reactions to the issues you have
chosen. Include your questions about the issues and your interest
in learning more. I am not looking for a summary of the parts of the
book you have chosen, I want to hear your voice and your thoughts
on the issues portrayed.
BMHS Other Classes:
Please check the BMHS website for any other classes you are
taking that may have summer assignments, such as Honors Biology
.
Grades 10, 11, 12 (printable PDF version)
World Literature
Students Entering Grade 10:
The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho (required)
Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell
Assignment:
World Literature II students: Keep a double entry journal for the
required readings (approximately 10 entries per text)
World Literature II Honors students: Write a personal essay in
which you reflect on the underlying advice of each text. What do
these authors suggest to us, warn us about, or make us question
about the nature of success or happiness? Are you convinced?
Why? Be sure to use examples from both texts and connect to your
own experience. The essay should be two pages long, 12 point font,
double-spaced. You must use quotations from both works.
Students Entering Grade 11
Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini
The Bookseller of Kabul, by Asne Seierstad
ASSIGNMENT:
World Literature III students: Keep a double entry journal for the
required readings (approximately 10 entries per text).
World Literature III Honors students: Write an essay comparing
and contrasting the commentary made by each writer about gender
in Kabul, Afghanistan. The essay should be two pages long, 12
point font, double-spaced. You must use quotations from both
works and connect to your own ideas about how gender is defined
in our own culture.
Students Entering Grade 12:
Siddhartha, by Herman Hesse
Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer
Honors students will read:
Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer
in addition to Siddhartha.
Non-honors students will choose one from the list below
in addition to Siddhartha:
This Boy’s Life, by Tobias Wolfe
Blink, by Malcolm Gladwell
Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson
Mountains Beyond Mountains, by Tracy Kidder
ASSIGNMENT: Keep a journal for the required readings. Entries are
framed by commentary, personal analysis, and inquiry. Your journal
does not need to address every chapter and is not a series of
summaries. The journal should be thoughtful, reflective, and
insightful. Approximately 15 entries per text.
AP World Lit and Comp IV (printable PDF version)
Crime and Punishment*, by Fyodor Dostoevsky
*Please purchase the Penguin Classic ISBN: 978-0-14-044913-6
You will keep a journal of your reading as a reference for discussion
purposes at the start of the school year. Journal entries are framed
by commentary, personal analysis, and inquiry. You are asked to
seek literary criticism for support to include in your journal. The
journal is considered an extensive, intense dialog with the text.
Avoid online notes because, frankly, they are misleading and mostly
shallow – but more importantly, they are not a substitution for your
motivation and inquisitiveness that will deepen your ability to
discern an author’s purpose. Journals will be submitted for formal
assessment upon completion of our discussion of the novel. But be
aware, you must submit your journals on the first day of class for my
perusal – I need to know how dedicated and sincere you are in your
quest for knowledge. The novel is made up of thirty-eight chapters;
therefore, you will have approximately thirty-eight journal entries,
word-processed.
Writing Requirement:
A Narrative - You are required to produce one piece of writing for the
first day of class. The piece is in the form of a narrative that will later
be shaped into a college essay. I will evaluate the piece based on
the demands of an Advanced Placement course – facility with
grammar and structure - a distinctive voice in the essay. The writing
assignment will be assessed and the assessment will count
towards 10% of your first quarter grade. Topics for the narrative vary.
First, search the internet for colleges and universities in which you
may be interested. Secondly, on their sites, choose an essay
question. Thirdly, write the essay and be prepared to share it in a
writing workshop environment within the first few days of class.
CGS Social Studies Class
(for those students new to the CGS 2009-2010 - in any grade):
Chinese Social Studies:
Red Scarf Girl, by Ji-li Jiang.
A memoir of the Cultural Revolution in China.
Japanese Social Studies:
Hiroshima, by John Hershey.
The survivors tell the story of the first atomic bomb and its effects.
Middle East Social Studies:
Habibi, by Naomi Shihab Nye.
A young Arab-American girl returns to Palestine and discovers her
heritage and issues of conflict.
ASSIGNMENT: Examine four or five events that you found
interesting from different parts of the book. Write a response
explaining your feelings and reactions to the issues you have
chosen. Include your questions about the issues and your interest
in learning more. I am not looking for a summary of the parts of the
book you have chosen, I want to hear your voice and your thoughts
on the issues portrayed.
BMHS Other Classes:
Please check the BMHS website for any other classes you are
taking that may have summer assignments, such as Honors
Biology.
Summer Reading Archive:
Summer 2008 for the 2008-09 school year.
Summer 2007 for the 2007-08 school year.
Summer 2006 for the 2006-07 school year.
Summer 2005 for the 2005-06 school year.
Each year, all CGS students in each grade, including incoming
freshmen are expected to read several books from a selected list.
These books typically cover cultures and authors from outside the
typical US and European reading. Take a look at not only the
required reading for the coming school year, but also what books
were included in prior years, along with some recommended
reading by our CGS teachers and staff.
Summer Reading list for Fall 2009 -
* Double Entry Journal Instructions - needed for all assignments
Incoming Freshman: (printable PDF version)
CGS World Literature:
Required Text: Chinese Cinderella, by Adeline Yen Mah
In addition to the required text, choose one from the list below:
Maus I: My Father Bleeds History, by Art Spiegelman
Maus II: And Here My Troubles Began, by Art Spiegelman
The Secret Life of Bees, by Sue Monk Kidd
The Odyssey, by Homer
ASSIGNMENT: Keep a double entry journal* (see above link) for the
required reading and the work of your choice (approximately 10
entries per text).
CGS Social Studies Classes:
Chinese Social Studies:
Red Scarf Girl, by Ji-li Jiang.
A memoir of the Cultural Revolution in China.
Japanese Social Studies:
Hiroshima, by John Hershey.
The survivors tell the story of the first atomic bomb and its effects.
Middle East Social Studies:
Habibi, by Naomi Shihab Nye.
A young Arab-American girl returns to Palestine and discovers her
heritage and issues of conflict.
ASSIGNMENT: Examine four or five events that you found
interesting from different parts of the book. Write a response
explaining your feelings and reactions to the issues you have
chosen. Include your questions about the issues and your interest
in learning more. I am not looking for a summary of the parts of the
book you have chosen, I want to hear your voice and your thoughts
on the issues portrayed.
BMHS Other Classes:
Please check the BMHS website for any other classes you are
taking that may have summer assignments, such as Honors Biology
.
Grades 10, 11, 12 (printable PDF version)
World Literature
Students Entering Grade 10:
The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho (required)
Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell
Assignment:
World Literature II students: Keep a double entry journal for the
required readings (approximately 10 entries per text)
World Literature II Honors students: Write a personal essay in
which you reflect on the underlying advice of each text. What do
these authors suggest to us, warn us about, or make us question
about the nature of success or happiness? Are you convinced?
Why? Be sure to use examples from both texts and connect to your
own experience. The essay should be two pages long, 12 point font,
double-spaced. You must use quotations from both works.
Students Entering Grade 11
Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini
The Bookseller of Kabul, by Asne Seierstad
ASSIGNMENT:
World Literature III students: Keep a double entry journal for the
required readings (approximately 10 entries per text).
World Literature III Honors students: Write an essay comparing
and contrasting the commentary made by each writer about gender
in Kabul, Afghanistan. The essay should be two pages long, 12
point font, double-spaced. You must use quotations from both
works and connect to your own ideas about how gender is defined
in our own culture.
Students Entering Grade 12:
Siddhartha, by Herman Hesse
Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer
Honors students will read:
Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer
in addition to Siddhartha.
Non-honors students will choose one from the list below
in addition to Siddhartha:
This Boy’s Life, by Tobias Wolfe
Blink, by Malcolm Gladwell
Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson
Mountains Beyond Mountains, by Tracy Kidder
ASSIGNMENT: Keep a journal for the required readings. Entries are
framed by commentary, personal analysis, and inquiry. Your journal
does not need to address every chapter and is not a series of
summaries. The journal should be thoughtful, reflective, and
insightful. Approximately 15 entries per text.
AP World Lit and Comp IV (printable PDF version)
Crime and Punishment*, by Fyodor Dostoevsky
*Please purchase the Penguin Classic ISBN: 978-0-14-044913-6
You will keep a journal of your reading as a reference for discussion
purposes at the start of the school year. Journal entries are framed
by commentary, personal analysis, and inquiry. You are asked to
seek literary criticism for support to include in your journal. The
journal is considered an extensive, intense dialog with the text.
Avoid online notes because, frankly, they are misleading and mostly
shallow – but more importantly, they are not a substitution for your
motivation and inquisitiveness that will deepen your ability to
discern an author’s purpose. Journals will be submitted for formal
assessment upon completion of our discussion of the novel. But be
aware, you must submit your journals on the first day of class for my
perusal – I need to know how dedicated and sincere you are in your
quest for knowledge. The novel is made up of thirty-eight chapters;
therefore, you will have approximately thirty-eight journal entries,
word-processed.
Writing Requirement:
A Narrative - You are required to produce one piece of writing for the
first day of class. The piece is in the form of a narrative that will later
be shaped into a college essay. I will evaluate the piece based on
the demands of an Advanced Placement course – facility with
grammar and structure - a distinctive voice in the essay. The writing
assignment will be assessed and the assessment will count
towards 10% of your first quarter grade. Topics for the narrative vary.
First, search the internet for colleges and universities in which you
may be interested. Secondly, on their sites, choose an essay
question. Thirdly, write the essay and be prepared to share it in a
writing workshop environment within the first few days of class.
CGS Social Studies Class
(for those students new to the CGS 2009-2010 - in any grade):
Chinese Social Studies:
Red Scarf Girl, by Ji-li Jiang.
A memoir of the Cultural Revolution in China.
Japanese Social Studies:
Hiroshima, by John Hershey.
The survivors tell the story of the first atomic bomb and its effects.
Middle East Social Studies:
Habibi, by Naomi Shihab Nye.
A young Arab-American girl returns to Palestine and discovers her
heritage and issues of conflict.
ASSIGNMENT: Examine four or five events that you found
interesting from different parts of the book. Write a response
explaining your feelings and reactions to the issues you have
chosen. Include your questions about the issues and your interest
in learning more. I am not looking for a summary of the parts of the
book you have chosen, I want to hear your voice and your thoughts
on the issues portrayed.
BMHS Other Classes:
Please check the BMHS website for any other classes you are
taking that may have summer assignments, such as Honors
Biology.
Summer Reading Archive:
Summer 2008 for the 2008-09 school year.
Summer 2007 for the 2007-08 school year.
Summer 2006 for the 2006-07 school year.
Summer 2005 for the 2005-06 school year.