Summer Reading Assignments

so, what does everyone have to do for summer reading for school?

For Economics- Fast Food Nation
Ap Lit- Ethan Frome, A Prayer for Owen Meaney
AP Bio- read 8 chapters and answer questions for each.
AP History- Franklin Pierce:martyr of the union , and either Summer of the Gods or Triangle. I chose Summer of the Gods.

so, what do you people have to do?

nothingggg lol. we don't get those..but i do have to study act crap.

I don't have to do anything that involves school

The program that I'm ,doing at university next year has a required book list of 48 books (still growing), so I've got a bit of a start on it.

yayy im so glad im graduated from hs because i had to read at least 5 novels + lots of projects/essays for each of them...and outline some textbooks...YUCK

i only have to read "the omnivores dilemma"...its on the bestsellers list but im 40 pages in and all hes talked about is corn

For english-
To Kill A Mockingbird
Adventures of Huck Finn
The Great Gatsby

For history-
Black Like Me

I've already read two of the four books (years ago), but I don't remember them so I have to read them again

Selected bible passages + The grapes of wrath.

They dont give us assignments (yaaaay )
But I've been reading over the summer.

Night
by elie wiesel <-- really good btw
and some james herriot books.

and I got to keep a history textbook because the teacher didnt want it.. I really like history and have read bits of that.

and I asked for some math assignments from my teacher so I could remember what I've learned ..haha

You guys are lucky to actually have schools with more then 3 ap classes

I have a bunch of Calc stuff to do, but that's just reading the textbook.

I'm pretty sure I have something for English. Hm. I should look it up and find out.

Making Sense of Your Faith
Christainty and the Constitution-Like 400 pages it sucks
Huckleberry Finn

we dont have to read anything for school but im reading tons so far. ive read great gatsby, sisterhood of the traveling pants 3, a nicholas sparks book, twilight. i am currently reading cold mountain, grapes of wrath, hiding places, and a diary of a teenage girl. ill probably get thru lots more before school starts again. anyone have any reading suggestions or favorites.

We only have to read Farenheit 451. It's only like 160 pages, but it's incredibly boring and terribly written. I hate how authors butcher English prose and we call their works classics.

well the entire high school has to read life is so good because the author is touring the area during fall. and my school is regional, with three towns. and NONE of the libraries around here have it. so pretty much everyone has to buy it. then for each grade you have a choice of five books. so i'm sure they'll be out of the library all summer long too, so i'll have to buy another book. ugh.

The Tao of pooh, good earth, peak,
and snow falling in spring are what i have to read

funrunner wrote:We only have to read Farenheit 451. It's only like 160 pages, but it's incredibly boring and terribly written. I hate how authors butcher English prose and we call their works classics.

you would rather read the book then watch the movie, trust me.
the book the terrible but the movie even worse, i laughed at it though.

xc_babe09 wrote:we dont have to read anything for school but im reading tons so far. ive read great gatsby, sisterhood of the traveling pants 3, a nicholas sparks book, twilight. i am currently reading cold mountain, grapes of wrath, hiding places, and a diary of a teenage girl. ill probably get thru lots more before school starts again. anyone have any reading suggestions or favorites.

My sister's keeper - jodi picoult
19 minutes - jodi picoult
perfect match - jodi picoult (i love jodi picoult, if you hadn't noticed)
keeping faith - jodi picoult
the girls - lori lansens
memoirs of a geisha - arthur golden
the lovely bones - alice sebold

to name a few

RUNxxWILD07 wrote:

funrunner wrote:We only have to read Farenheit 451. It's only like 160 pages, but it's incredibly boring and terribly written. I hate how authors butcher English prose and we call their works classics.

you would rather read the book then watch the movie, trust me.
the book the terrible but the movie even worse, i laughed at it though.

haha, I didn't think the book was too bad. I may have not got all of the meaning, but I have a general idea. in 8th grade I read it in like a night.

& I won't get a summer reading list until next year.

We don't have summer reading.

i only have to read Best Intentions: The Education and Killing of Edmund Perry, for AP US history. its pretty good

ATribeCalledGreg wrote:I just finished The Fountainhead. It is really sweet actually. I can describe it more if anyone thinks they may read it.

I finished Atlas Shrugged a few months back. I'm probably going to read The Fountainhead soon.

AP english: read elements of style and to other books i cant remember then write papers on them.

study for PSAT & SAT

just my monthly RW. lol

but ill get out a book everynow and then, if i feel like it.

I'm in any honors class you can get in my school but the only give out summer reading projects for Honors English. I only have to read two since I'll only be a sophmore. I have to read To Kill A Mocking Bird and write a 5 page essay on it, then I have to read Anthem and write another 5 page essay on that book also.Most people fail the summer reading last year i got a D.

Surprising how much Ayn Rand is getting read in the US.