Language Arts

SUMMER READINGS

Begin next year with extra credit points! Read one of the books on this list and take an extra credit test on the book when you return to school.

ENGLISH I

The Pearl – John Steinbeck

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – C. S. Lewis

The Pigman – Paul Zindel

Something Wicked This Way Comes – Ray Bradbury

ENGLISH II

All Quiet on the Western Front – Erich Remarque

Bridge of San Luis Rey – Thornton Wilder

Lord of the Flies – William Golding

Tale of Two Cities – Charles Dickens

ENGLISH III

The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald

Red Badge of Courage – Stephen Crane

Grapes of Wrath – Joh Steinbeck

The Old Man and the Sea – Ernest Hemingway

Slaughterhouse Five – Kurt Vonnegut

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – Mark Twain

ENGLISH IV

Rebecca – Daphne du Maurier

The Good Earth – Pearl S. Buck

Ivanhoe – Sir Walter Scott

Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad

Lost Horizen – James Hilton

During the week of April 4, two actors from the Great Lakes Theater Festival Residency Program appeared in Mrs. Powers' English I and English IIIA classes, in Mrs. Passerrello's English II class, in Mr. Santiago's English IIIA class, in Ms. Stevens' English IA class, and in Mrs. Weir's English II class.

TEACHERS

Cassie Lundgard--English II, Journalism I

Curtis Meanor--Department Chair, English IVA, AP English, English II

Amanda Passerrello--English III, English IIA, English IA

Jane Powers--CBI English, English IIIA, English IV

Ashley Rykaceski--English I

Loren Santiago--English IV, English III

Rory Scarvelli--English I

Jackie Stevens--Broadcasting, English II, English IV

Karen Weir--English III, English IIA, Journalism II