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Summer Reading for 2015-16
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May 20, 2015Each summer, we assign students some reading from English and Theology classes, to keep students reading and to expand our curriculum. Each of the assignments has a review exercise included. It is important that students read the translation or edition contained in the links below.
FRESHMEN, Class of 2019 Summer 2015
• Making Senses Out of Scripture , by Mark Shea
• ODYSSEY, by Homer (translated by Robert Fagles)
FIRST 12 BOOKS (the last 12 books will be read in English class in August and September 2015)
++ Review questions for Shea book.
++ Review questions for Odyssey.
++ English I article, intro to Odyssey, with a few questions to answer
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SOPHOMORES, Class of 2018 Summer 2015
• THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES, Ignatius Catholic Study Bible
(with commentary & notes by Scott Hahn and Curtis Mitch)
• The AENEID , by Virgil (translated by Robert Fagles)
FIRST 6 BOOKS (the last 6 books will be read in English class in August and September 2014)
++ Review questions for The Acts of the Apostles are in the Ignatius Study Bible.
++ Review questions for The Aeneid.
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JUNIORS, Class of 2017 Summer 2015
• SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT (translated by Keith Harrison)
• The Screwtape Letters, by C.S. Lewis + Summer assignment for English 3
+ Summer assignment for AP Language
+ Study Questions for The Screwtape Letters (under development)
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SENIORS, Class of 2016 Summer 2015
• My Ántonia, by Willa Cather
• Catholicism: A Journey to the Heart of Faith, by Father Robert Barron (link to video series)
• US History readings - from America: A Narrative History (distributed at the close of school year) (Link to site for book, with interactive web features)
+ My Antonia Reading Assignment for English IV
+ My Antonia AP Literature Assignment
+ Catholicism Theology Reading Assignment
+ US History assignment (All Seniors!)