Required Summer Reading

Commencing in summer 2006, the Moeller English Department has conducted a program of required reading for all students.  It complements a program that already features required summer reading for Honors students and a voluntary program for all students.  The program is a response to the request of Moeller parents.  Our intent is to maintain the progress of our students' skill development.

Books have been chosen with the understanding that teachers are unavailable for assistance during the summer.  Hence, the reading levels of books have been judged accordingly.

Summer books are provided by Moeller.  Current students will receive books from their English teachers before the end of the school year.   They will return the copies to their new teachers in August and be evaluated at that time. 

Incoming students may pick up copies at Moeller.   

CPI and Honors teachers will write tests for summer reading evaluation.  Tests will be administered on the first day of classes.   CP2 students will complete a study guide that will be provided when they receive their books.  Study guides must be completed on the first day of classes and will be evaluated by their new teachers.   Freshmen will complete the study guide for Seven Habits for Highly Effective Students.

These are the  summer reading requirements for all students. Students entering these grades in the fall will read the following:

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9th Grade Honors English :    

The Frontiersmen   by Allan Eckert   and
Inherit the Wind   by Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee

Seven Habits of Highly Effective Students.  by Sean Covey

 

9th Grade CP1 English

Painting the Black  by  Carl Deuker

Seven Habits of Highly Effective Students   by Sean Covey

9th Grade CP2 English

Seven Habits of Highly Effective Students   by Sean Covey

10th Grade Honors English:    

A Farewell to Arms  by  Ernest Hemingway 
The Grapes of Wrath  by John Steinbeck  

10th Grade CP1 English:    

Blue Jacket  by  Allan W. Eckert  

10th Grade CP2 English:       

The Contender  by Robert Lipsyte   

11th Grade Honors English      

Great Expectations    by Charles Dickens
Wuthering Heights    by Emily Bronte

11th Grade CP1 English:     

Heart of Darkness   by Joseph Conrad

11th Grade CP2 English :     

Night   by  Elie Weisel

12th Grade Humanities English

Henry IV  Part 1   by William Shakespeare (AP)
A Doll's House   by Henrik Ibsen (AP & Honors)
Long Day's Journey into Night   by Eugene O'Neill (AP & Honors)

12th Grade CP1 English

In Cold Blood   by  Truman Capote

12th Grade CP2 English

The Long  Walk   by Stephen King

  SEE LINKS BELOW FOR STUDY GUIDES!