The last summer reading discussion for all grades will be on Wednesday, July 28th from 11-12. It will be VIRTUAL via TEAMs. Look for the link in your school email. You can use your school computer or download the TEAM app on your phone. Be prepared to talk about your grade-level book.
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Meet your ninth grade English teachers & learn about the assignments here.
1. READ one of the following books from the list below. A limited number of the titles below are available for check out at the Cypress Creek Media Center during summer school hours.
- Sleeping Freshmen
Never Lie by David Lubar *
- Unwind by Neal Shusterman
- The Odyssey a Graphic Novel by Gareth Hinds
- The Alchemist by Paulo
Coelho
- The House on Mango
Street by Sandra Cisneros
- All American Boys by Jason Reynolds & Brandon Kiely
- Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
- Firestorm by David Klass*
- Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
- Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews (Available on SORA App)
- Out of the Darkness by Ashley Hope Perez (Available on SORA App)
- This Land is Our Land by Linda Barrett (Available on SORA App)
- Sachiko by Caren Stelson (Available on SORA APP)
2. ATTEND 1 Book
Discussion at the CCHS Media Center or digitally on one of the following days: June
24th, July 22nd, or July 28th from 11:00 am-12:00 pm. Follow @cchs.reads on Instagram to stay updated!
3. READ any other grade level book of your choice and COMPLETE a book project due Tuesday, September 7th. Directions are found on the flyer. Meet your ninth grade teachers & learn more about summer reading. QUESTIONS? Contact: Dr. Scanlon [email protected]
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GRADE 9 IB English
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1. READ one of the following books from the list below. A limited number of the titles below are available for check out at the Cypress Creek Media Center during summer school hours.
- Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie by David Lubar *
- Unwind by Neal Shusterman
- The Odyssey a Graphic Novel by Gareth Hinds
- The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
- The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
- All American Boys by Jason Reynolds & Brandon Kiely
- Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
- Firestorm by David Klass*
- Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
- Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews (Available on SORA App)
- Out of the Darkness by Ashley Hope Perez (Available on SORA App)
- This Land is Our Land by Linda Barrett (Available on SORA App)
- Sachiko by Caren Stelson (Available on SORA APP)
2. ATTEND 1 Book Discussion at the CCHS Media Center or digitally on one of the following days: June 24th, July 22nd, or July 28th from 11:00 am-12:00 pm. Follow @cchs.reads on Instagram to stay updated
3. READ Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe and complete the questions found here. Books are available for check out in the media center at Cypress during regular summer school hours.
QUESTIONS ??? Contact: [email protected]
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Meet your English II teachers and learn about summer reading here.
1. READ one of the following books from the list below. A limited number of the titles below are available for check out at the Cypress Creek Media Center during summer school hours.
- American Born
Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
- The Absolutely True
Diary of a Part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie
- Eleanor &
Park by Rainbow Rowell
- Monster by Walter Dean Myers
- Rot & Ruin by Jonathan
Maberry
- And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
- Scythe by Neil Shusterman
- Internment by Samira Ahmed
- The Disturbed Girls Dictionary by NoNiequa Ramos (available on SORA APP)
- The Dozier School for Boys by Dr. Elizabeth A. Murray (available on SORA APP)
2. ATTEND
1 Book Discussion at the CCHS Media Center or virtually on one
of the following days: June 24th, July 22nd, or July28 th from 11:00 am-12:00 pm. Follow @cchs.reads on Instagram to stay updated!
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READ any other grade level book of your choice and
COMPLETE a book project due Tuesday, September 7th. Book Project Directions see FLYER above. Need help picking a book? Try our book generator here!
QUESTIONS? Contact: Dr. Scanlon at [email protected]
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1. READ The Princess
Bride By William Goldman & COMPLETE the
assignments due Thursday, August 12th.
2. READ The Catcher in The
Rye by J.D. Salinger & COMPLETE the
assignments due Wednesday, August 31st. QUESTIONS?? Contact: Mr. Hawthorne at [email protected]
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GRADE 11 English III & English III Honors: Directions Here
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Meet your junior English teachers and learn more about the summer reading assignments here.
1. READ one of the following books from the list below. A limited number of the titles below are available for check out at the Cypress Creek Media Center during summer school hours.
- When I was Puerto Rico by Esmeralda Santiago *
- Highly Illogical Behavior by John Corey Whaley
- Into the Wild by Jon Krakeur
- Life as We Knew it By Susan Beth PFeffer*
- All –American Boys by Jason Reynolds & Brendan Kiely
- Old Man and the Sea by Earnest Hemingway
- Papertowns by John Green
- Persepolis by Marjane Satpari
- See No Color by Shannon Gibbey (Available on SORA)
- Girls on the Line by Jennie Liu (Available on SORA)
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2. 2. ATTEND 1 Book Discussion at the CCHS Media Center or virtually on one of the following days: June 24th, July 22nd or July 28th from 11:00 am-12:00 pm. Follow @cchs.reads on Instagram to stay updated!
3. READ any other grade level book of your choice and COMPLETE a book project due Tuesday, September 7th. See flyer for directions. Questions???? Contact: [email protected]
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Grade 11 AP Language & Composition:
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Meet your teacher and learn about the summer reading assignment here.
1. READ one of the following books from the list below. A limited number of the titles below are available for check out at the Cypress Creek Media Center during summer school hours. (If you’d like to get in the AP Lang mindset, I highly recommend Into the Wild.
- When I was Puerto Rico by Esmeralda Santiago *
- Highly Illogical Behavior by John Corey Whaley
- Into the Wild by Jon Krakeur
- Life as We Knew it By Susan Beth PFeffer*
- All –American Boys by Jason Reynolds & Brendan Kiely
- Old Man and the Sea by Earnest Hemingway
- Papertowns by John Green
- Persepolis by Marjane Satpari
- See No Color by Shannon Gibbey (Available on SORA)
- Girls on the Line by Jennie Liu (Available on SORA)
2. ATTEND 1 Book Discussion at the CCHS Media Center or virtually on one of the following days: June 24th, July 22nd or July 28th from 11:00 am-12:00 pm. Follow @cchs.reads on Instagram to stay updated!
3. LISTEN & LOG: Listen to the PODCAST SERIAL and complete the Reflection Log. Directions HERE! All assignments are due by Monday, August 16th. Questions: Contact: [email protected] Follow on IG @lang.lady.laufer
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Grade 11 IB English III
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1. READ & RESPOND to How to Read
Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster (selected chapters), The Great Gatsby by
F. Scott Fitzgerald and a poem assignment. Find the specific directions here. The assignments are due Thursday, August 12th QUESTIONS? Contact [email protected]
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GRADE 12 English IV College Skills or
English IV Honors
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Learn more about your senior summer reading assignments here!
1. READ one of the following books from the list below. A limited number of the titles below are available for check out at the Cypress Creek Media Center during summer school hours. Directions Here!
2. ATTEND a Book Discussion at the CCHS Media Center or virtually on one
of the following days: June 24th, July 22nd, or July 28th from 11:00 am-12:00 pm. Follow @cchs.reads on Instagram to stay updated!
3. READ any other grade level
book of your choice and COMPLETE the book project due Tuesday, September 7th. Directions are in the flyer. Questions? Contact: Dr. Scanlon at [email protected]
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GRADE 12 AP Literature
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1. READ : How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster (selected
chapters-see flyer), William Golding's Lord of the Flies and the poem, The Landlady (Directions found here).
2. RESPOND: See the flyer for the complete directions for your written responses to the above texts.
Questions? Contact: Dr. Scanlon at [email protected]
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GRADE 12 IB
English IV
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1. RESEARCH, READ, & WRITE. Follow this link for complete directions. These assignments are due Tuesday, August 10th. Questions Contact: [email protected]
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