Reading List 2009-2010

 The following is a list of the novels and plays that you will be reading in the various English classes at BLHS. We strongly encourage each student to read ahead.

 *Please note that this list is for 2009-2010 only; we periodically update our list when we are able to purchase new novels.

R=required reading    S=supplemental reading    RSR=required summer reading

 I, II, III, IV=Basic  CP=College Prep  H=Honors

 English I

English I...

  (R) The Miracle Worker by the play by William Gibson, The Odyssey by Homer, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain 

 (S) Clover by Dori Sanders, Edith Hamilton's Mythology by Edith Hamilton 

 (RSR) No Book Left Unread...please pick up your log sheets and the activity sheet from an English teacher or from the Media Center.  You may read whatever you choose this summer....just be sure to log it!

 English I CP...

(R) Clover by Dori Sanders, The Miracle Worker the play by William Gibson, The Odyssey by Homer, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain 

(S) Edith Hamilton's Mythology by Edith Hamilton, Great Expectations Charles Dickens, The Red Pony by John Steinbeck 

(RSR)  No Book Left Unread...please pick up your log sheets and the activity sheet from an English teacher or from the Media Center.  You may read whatever you choose this summer....just be sure to log it!


English I H...

(R) Clover by Dori Sanders, Edith Hamilton's Mythology by Edith Hamilton, The Miracle Worker the play by William Gibson, The Odyssey by Homer, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

(S) Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, The Red Pony by John Steinbeck 

(RSR) No Book Left Unread...please pick up your log sheets and the activity sheet from an English teacher or from the Media Center.  You may read whatever you choose this summer....just be sure to log it!


 English II

English II...

(R) Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee 

(S) Antigone by Sophocles, A Separate Peace by John Knowles, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou, The Water is Wide by Pat Conroy 

 (RSR) No Book Left Unread...please pick up your log sheets and the activity sheet from an English teacher or from the Media Center.  You may read whatever you choose this summer....just be sure to log it!

 English II CP...

(R) Death Be Not Proud by John Gunther, Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

 (S) Antigone by Sophocles, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou, A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, A Separate Peace by John Knowles, The Water is Wide by Pat Conroy 

(RSR) No Book Left Unread...please pick up your log sheets and the activity sheet from an English teacher or from the Media Center.  You may read whatever you choose this summer....just be sure to log it!


 English II H...

(R) Death Be Not Proud by John Gunther, Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 

(S) Antigone by Sophocles, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou, A Separate Peace by John Knowles, The Water is Wide by Pat Conroy 

(RSR) No Book Left Unread...please pick up your log sheets and the activity sheet from an English teacher or from the Media Center.  You may read whatever you choose this summer....just be sure to log it!

English III

Communications III...

 (R) The Crucible by Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck 

(S) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston 

(RSR) No Book Left Unread...please pick up your log sheets and the activity sheet from an English teacher or from the Media Center.  You may read whatever you choose this summer....just be sure to log it!


English III CP...

(R) The Crucible by Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne 

 (S) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams, Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston 

(RSR) No Book Left Unread...please pick up your log sheets and the activity sheet from an English teacher or from the Media Center.  You may read whatever you choose this summer....just be sure to log it!
      

English III H...

(R) The Crucible by Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams 

(S) Light in August by William Faulkner, Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, The Ballad of the Sad Cafe by Carson McCullers 

(RSR) No Book Left Unread...please pick up your log sheets and the activity sheet from an English teacher or from the Media Center.  You may read whatever you choose this summer....just be sure to log it!


  English IV

 Communications IV...

(R) Animal Farm by George Orwell, Beowulf author is anonymous, The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, Macbeth by William Shakespeare 

 (S) The Bride Price by Buchi Emecheta, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë 

(RSR) No Book Left Unread...please pick up your log sheets and the activity sheet from an English teacher or from the Media Center.  You may read whatever you choose this summer....just be sure to log it!


 English IV CP...

 (R) Animal Farm by George Orwell, Beowulf author is anonymous, The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, Macbeth by William Shakespeare, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

 (S) 1984 by George Orwell, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, The Bride Price by Buchi Emecheta, A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë 

(RSR) No Book Left Unread...please pick up your log sheets and the activity sheet from an English teacher or from the Media Center.  You may read whatever you choose this summer....just be sure to log it!

English IV H...

(R) 1984 by George Orwell, Animal Farm by George Orwell, Beowulf author is anonymous, The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, Hamlet by William Shakespeare, Macbeth by William Shakespeare, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge 

(S) Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, The Bride Price by Buchi Emecheta, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens 

(RSR)  No Book Left Unread...please pick up your log sheets and the activity sheet from an English teacher or from the Media Center.  You may read whatever you choose this summer....just be sure to log it!

English V AP