1. ALONZO AND TRACY MOURNING SENIOR HIGH BISCAYNE BAY CAMPUS
Summer Reading List
Students will read the novels for their incoming grade levels, and follow the directions for their assignments based on the course/grade-level, on the other side of this page. Students should also be prepared for an assessment the first day of school in August Reading during summer break is necessary for students to keep their fluency, literacy, and vocabulary skills. These books can be purchased at Barnes and Noble, on the internet (Amazon, EBay), or borrowed from a local library. Choices may contain mature language and mature subject matter.
Dual Enrollment American Literature
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Into the Wild Jon Krakauer
Grade 8 9                      The Alchemist by Paolo Coelho Grade 9  10                  Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson Grade 10  11                                                                                                                                                   A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams Grade 11  12                  Brave New World by Aldous Huxley AP Language and Composition The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien The Life and Adventures of a Haunted Convict  by Austin Reed  AP Literature How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster (PDF online- see AP Lit handout) A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini Othello by William Shakespeare * AP Lit assignments on separate handout. Please visit mrstorresonline.com for the assignment  
ESOL levels 1-2 (less proficient) choose 1 books
The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz (Informational)
House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros (Fiction)
Dreaming in Cuban by Cristina Garcia (Fiction)
ESOL Levels 3-4 (more proficient) choose 1 books
The Prince of Los Cocuyos by Richard Blanco (Memoir)
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne (Fiction)
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (Fiction)

2. 10th Grade Honors and AP Language must do the assignment in the first column
All other levels except AP Literature, select a project for each novel from the list below. Dual Enrollment will present their work with a 5 – 8 min. visual presentation for each project.
10th grade Honors and AP Lang. project
Project #1
Project #2
Project # 3
Project #4
Complete dialectic journal –
As you read the novel, follow the Elements of Fiction (Plot, Setting, Character, conflict and Point of view) and theme. Also, include Literary techniques (metaphors, alliteration, allusion, imagery), as you find them through the reading.
For each chapter complete at least one entry for each of the Elements of Fiction and literary techniques, (but you may add more than one instance, if it is relevant to the development of the story). If the point of view is consistent, there is no need to discuss it any further.
Remember, that for each entry you need a quote, page number, and on the right hand side of the chart, discuss in complete sentences. You can include any questions that you may have about the reading.
Assignment must be typed and ready to submit on Edmodo, at the beginning of the school year. Be ready for a class discussion grade, and Test.
Write a character diary –
Write at least eight journal entries as if you are the main character in the story. Write down events that happened during the story and reflect on how they affected the character and why.
Typed
8 journal entries
Point of view of the main character
Include reflection of events from the novel
Work looks visually appealing, professional, and complete.
All writing must be your original work.
Few, if any, grammatical errors
Alternate Beginning and Ending – Write and illustrate an alternate beginning and ending to the story.
Minimum of 3 well-developed paragraphs for beginning
Minimum 3 well-developed paragraphs for ending
Content and style of writing demonstrates
understanding of the original novel.
Minimum of 3 drawings,
Sketches, or collages illustrating new story elements
Creative, visually appealing presentation (may be poster, booklet or other creative format)
Work looks visually appealing, professional and complete.
Top Ten List –
Create a top 10 list in which you write about and illustrate events and ideas from the book.
Select ten important ideas/themes from the novel and write a separate paragraph about each.
Each paragraph should contain:
- Main idea
- Development and
support of main idea
- Closing sentence
Include an illustration for each idea.
 Work looks visually appealing, professional and complete.
Tour of the Town/Setting --
Imagine that you have been given the task of conducting a tour of the town in which the book you read is set. Create a video or Power Point in which you describe the homes of your characters and the places where important events in the book took place. Be creative!
Format: Video or Power Point
Select 5 locations important to your novel.
Include a detailed description of each location.
All writing must be your original
work.
7.Few, if any, grammatical errors