Wren High School

2012 Required

Summer Reading Lists

Reading Matters!

Studies have shown that academic excellence is directly

correlated to the amount of reading students do each

day. The better your reading skills are, the better you

will do in all areas of study. To encourage your growth

in this important area, you will be required to read

during the summer break. These assignments must be

completed outside of class. This includes checking out

the book and taking the associated AR test. The

deadline to complete all reading and AR assessments is

3:05 p.m. on Thursday, September 13, 2012.

The Wren High School Library will not be open during

the summer. However, all English classes will have an

opportunity to visit the school library before final exams

if students wish to check out books over the summer.

Books can also be checked out from the main school

office during the summer, or from the Anderson

County Library system. Go to andersonlibrary.org for

the hours of operation of the branch near you.

ANDER SON S C HOOL

D I S T R I C T ON E

905 Wren School Road

Piedmont, SC 29673

G. Robert Binnicker, Principal

(864) 850-5900

All required reading material contained in this brochure is available for students to check out or print within the school’s library. Faculty will be available during summer school to administer reading assessments for students who possess a valid form of identification. The final turn-in time by which you must have all summer reading assignments completed is no later than 3:05 pm on Thursday, September 13, 2012.

A library is a hospital for the mind. ~ Anonymous ~

Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life. ~ Mortimer J. Adler ~

General Notes to All Students:

Complete each of the assigned readings for the courses you are registered to take. Books are available for check out over the summer from the school’s library. Online materials may be printed. Do not read an abridged version of the book or book notes and expect good test results. One goal of the summer reading program is to help students become more proficient at independently assimilating detailed information. Complete the Accelerated Reader reading quizzes and tests available for each assignment.

*denotes Reading Practice quiz + denotes Literacy Skills test # denotes written assessment

You may take your AR assessments during summer school between 8:30—2:30 or wait until you return to school in August. You must have a picture ID or some way to verify your identity.

The final turn-in time by which you must have all summer reading assignments completed is no later than 3:05 pm on Thursday, September 13, 2012.

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Books checked out from the school library for the summer are due August 28th 2012. Fines are .05 cents per school day .

Social Studies Global Studies

Crispin: The Cross of Lead (Avi) *

World History

Soldier X (Wulffson) *

U.S. History

Ashes of Roses (Auch) *

AP U.S. History

Founding Brothers (Ellis)* Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Brown)*

Gov/Econ Honors

ONLINE. See link on school webpage. # USDA Government Inspected *

AP World History

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Diamond) #

AP Human Geography

Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman’s Quest to Make a Difference (St. John) #

English English I H Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods & Heroes

(Hamilton)

English I CP/TP

Scribbler of Dreams (Pearson) *

English II Honors

To Kill a Mockingbird (Lee) *+ Night (Weisel) + (study guide on web)

English II CP/TP

Night (Wiesel) + (study guide on web)

English III Honors

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle (Wroblewski)# AND one choice of the following: *

The Awakening (Chopin) The Color Purple (Walker) The Great Santini (Conroy)

The Joy Luck Club (Tan) The Sun Also Rises (Hemingway)

Their Eyes Were Watching God (Hurston)

English III CP/TP

Choice of one (1) of the following: *

The Bluest Eye (Morrison) Breathing Underwater (Finn) Catcher in the Rye (Salinger)

The Chocolate War (Cormier) Fallen Angels (Myers)

The Great Santini (Conroy) The House on Mango Street (Ciseros)

The Promise (Potok) Tuesdays With Morrie (Albom)

Whale Talk (Crutcher) The Lovely Bones (Sebold)

The Road (McCarthy)

World Lit. The Maneater of Malgudi (Narayan) #

English IV CP/TP

Choice of one of the following (required). Read additional title(s) for extra credit.

Brave New World (Huxley)* Shattering Glass (Giles)*

Flowers for Algernon (Keyes)* The Screwtape Letters (Lewis)*

Silas Marner (Eliot)*+ Treasure Island (Stevenson)*+ Wuthering Heights (Bronte)*+

All Creatures Great and Small (Herriot)*

Science

Physical Science

ONLINE. Locate from link on school webpage. #

Biology The Hot Zone (Preston) * Quiz: Choose Hot Zone (Scott), The

Chem. CP, and Applied

Online Chemistry Matters, April 2007. Assessment questions included. # (Download from the school’s website)

Chem.H AP

ONLINE. Locate from link on school webpage.

Physics Honors/CP

Online. http://superstringtheory.com/ #

Physics for Tech I/II

ONLINE. Locate from link on school webpage.

Mathematics Calculus CP & AP

"calculus." Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online School Edition. Encyclopædia Britannica, 2010. Web. 10 Mar. 2010 # (link located on webpage)

Math Tech II

The Number Devil: a Mathematical Adventure (Enzensberger) *

Algebra ONLINE . See link on school webpage. #

Geometry

ONLINE. See link on school webpage. #

Prob. & Stats.; Stats for Tech.

ONLINE. What are the odds? Pat Murphy & Paul Dohert. The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (May 2002): 128. # ( link located on webpage)

Math Tech I

Online. See link on school webpage. #

Math Tech III

ONLINE. Available from link on school webpage. #

Pre-calc ONLINE. See link on school webpage. #

English (continued)

English IV Honors

1984 (Orwell) * + AND once choice of the following:

Brave New World (Huxley)* Frankenstein (Shelley)*+

Jane Eyre (Bronte)*

AP Lit. Select one you haven’t already read from each: Group A

The Road (McCarthy)*# The Things They Carried (O’Brien)*# A Prayer for Owen Meaney (Irving)*#

Group B Wuthering Heights (Bronte)*+#

Jude the Obscure (Hardy)*# Highly Recommended

How to Read Lit. Like a Professor (Foster) The Lively Art of Writing (Payne)