Cypress CreekHigh School

GRADE 9: English I & English I Honors: FLYER

1.      READ One of the Following:

•       Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie by David Lubar *
•       Pride by Ibi Zoboi
• The Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
• One of Us is Lying by Karen McManus
•         The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
•          The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
•        All American Boys by Jason Reynolds & Brandon Kiely
•        Salt to the Sea by  Ruta Sepetys
•        I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
•        Unwind by Neal Schusterman
•         Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
•         The Odyssey a Graphic Novel by Gareth Hinds
•          Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
•           Firestorm by David Klass*

      2.      ATTEND 1 Book Discussion at the CCHS Media Center or digitally on one of
       the following days: June 25, July 23, or July 30 from 11:00 am-12:00 pm.  

GRADE 9 IB English

1.      READ a book from the list above and attend a book talk session.  See choices above!

2.    READ any other grade level book of your choice and COMPLETE this book project due Friday, August 28^th.  Directions are found here.  
QUESTIONS ??? Contact: [email protected]

GRADE 10 English II & English II Honors: FLYER   

1.      READ one of the following:

•         American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang*
•        The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie * 
•        Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
•        The Boy in the Wooden Box by Leon Leyson
•        Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry*
•             And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie*
•         Scythe by Neil Shusterman
•        Crank by Ellen Hopkins (Mature Content)
•        The Education of Margot Sanchez by Lilliam Rivera
•        Monster by Walter Dean Myers*

2.    ATTEND 1 Book Discussion at the CCHS Media Center or virtually on one of the       
  following days: June 25, July 23, or July 30 from 11:00 am-12:00 pm.

3.       READ any other grade level book of your choice and COMPLETE a book project due Friday, August 28^th.  Book Project Directions see FLYER above. 

GRADE 10 IB English II: FLYER

1.      READ The Princess Bride By William Goldman & COMPLETE the assignments 
  due Wednesday, August 12^th.  

2.      READ The Catcher in The Rye by J.D. Salinger &  COMPLETE the assignments due Wednesday, September 2nd.  QUESTIONS?? Contact: [email protected]  

GRADE 11 English III & English III Honors: FLYER                                         

1.      READ One of the Following:

•        Friday Night Lights by Buzz Bissinger*
•        When I was Puerto Rico by Esmeralda Santiago *
•      Highly Illogical Behavior by John Corey Whaley
•       The Hero & the Crown by Robin McKinley
•          Into the Wild by Jon Krakeur
•          All –American Boys by Jason Reynolds & Brendan Kiely
•          The Old Man and the Sea by Earnest Hemingway
•          My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf 
•          Papertowns by John Green
•      Life as We Knew it  By Susan Beth PFeffer*
  

2.     ATTEND 1 Book Discussion at the CCHS Media Center or virtually on one of the following days: June 25, July 23 or July 30 from 11:00 am-12:00 pm.

3.      READ  any other grade level book of your choice and COMPLETE a book project due Friday, August 28th. See flyer for directions.  
Questions???? Contact:  [email protected]  *limited copies available in the media center

Grade 11 AP Language & Composition:  FLYER

1.       WRITE:  Who Are You?  500 word essay. Directions HERE!

2.       READ TWO of the following:

•         Into the Wild by John Krakeur
•         Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls*
•        Just Mercy by  Bryan Stephenson*

        3.       COMPLETE the dialectical journal assignment for ONE of the books due Friday, 
        August 14^th.  QUESTIONS???? Contact: [email protected]  
         *limited copies available in the media center 

Grade 11 IB English III: FLYER

1.      READ How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster (selected chapters) and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

2.      WATCH Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby film (2013).

3.      COMPLETE Outlines, reader response, and written analysis which is due Tuesday, August 11^th  QUESTIONS Contact [email protected]

GRADE 12 English IV College Skills or English IV Honors: FLYER

1.    READ ONE of the following:

•                      The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak
•                      The Curious Incident of a Dog at Nighttime by Mark Haddon*
•                      Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
•                      Plague Tales by Ann Benson
•                     Patriot Games by Tom Clancy
•                      Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
•                      Ms. Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ranson Riggs
•                     The Impossible Knife of Memory by Laurie Halse Anderson
•                      Every Day by David Leviathan
•                     The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult*

2.   ATTEND a Book Discussion at the CCHS Media Center or virtually on one of the following days: June 25, July 23, or July 30 from 11:00 am-12:00 pm.

 3.  READ  any other grade level book of your choice and  COMPLETE the book project due Friday, August 28th. Directions are in the flyer. Questions???? Contact:  [email protected]
 *limited copies available in the media center

GRADE 12 AP Literature:  FLYER

1.      READ:  How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster (selected
 chapters-see flyer) and William Golding's Lord of the Flies.  

2.      WRITE a 3-4 page analysis of William Golding's Lord of the Flies using a minimum of

      3 chapters of How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster.  See flyer
      for additional directions. Questions???  Contact Dr. Scanlon

GRADE 12 IB English IV: FLYER

1.      READ  Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche's Purple Hibiscus. 

2.      RESEARCH & WRITE:  See flyer for complete directions. These are due Monday, August 10^th. Questions Contact: [email protected]