UPDATED TEXT LIST: These are the books we will be reading, for sure, this year. There may be additional texts, but you don't need to purchase them.
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
1984 by George Orwell
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
1984 by George Orwell
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
The following are the possible texts we may be reading this year. This list is subject to change and does not include short selections or excerpts. Please contact Ms. Waite if you have any questions or concerns about any of the reading material we may be using this year. Students who have reasonable objections to a particular text may request an alternative reading assignment.
*1984 by George Orwell A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith *Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns *The Crucible by Arthur Miller (we'll be using a class set of this - no need to purchase) Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller *A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls *The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck Hamlet by William Shakespeare Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini Letters from a Slave Girl by Mary E. Lyons *Macbeth by William Shakespeare Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare Night by Elie Wiesel Our Town by Thornton Wilder *Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen *The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne *Starred texts are ones we will be reading for certain. |