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These novels and movies are required summer
assignments for all rising 9th, 10th, 11th,
and 12th grade students who will be enrolled at North Atlanta for the 2008-2009
school year. Students will be tested on these readings within the first two
weeks of school.
Students who did not
attend North Atlanta during the 2007-2008 will still be held accountable for the summer
reading assignments. However, they will be given time to read the
books, and they will be tested before mid-semester.
Rising 9th
Grade Literature and Composition
Books: (REQUIRED + one
book of your choice) Movies:
(REQUIRED)
The Water is Wide- Pat Conroy (Required) Coach Carter
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime- Mark Haddon
The Secret Life of Bees- Sue Monk Kidd
Twisted- Laurie Hause Anderson
Writing Assignment
(REQUIRED): Create a
comic strip/storyboard of the events in both of the novels you read. Each comic strip should include at least 12
boxes with dialogue and pictures. Two storyboards/ comic strips are required--one
for each book.
Rising 10th
Grade Literature and Composition
Books: (Both books are
required) Movies:
(Both films are required)
The Education of Little Tree - Forrest Carter The Joy Luck Club
Youngblood- John Oliver Killens
Remember the Titans
Writing Assignment
(Required): Write a
journal entry from the perspective of two characters in each novel. Two entries
per book are required.
Rising 11th
Grade American Literature
Books: (Both books are
required and must be annotated) Movies:
(Both films required)
Native Son- Richard Wright The Color Purple
Puddn'head Wilson- Mark Twain To Kill a Mockingbird
** Annotation guides are available from Ms. Preston (368),
Mr. Soules (308) and Dr. T. (275).
Rising 11th
Grade International Baccalaureate
Books: (All books are
required and must be annotated)* Movies:
(All films required)
Native Son- Richard Wright Momento
The Curtain of Green -Eudora Welty The Crucible (featuring Winona Ryder)
Life is Beautiful
* Annotation guides are available from Ms. Preston in room
#368.
** Students must bring a copy of One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Solzhenitsyn and both
summer reading novels to class on the first day of school.
Rising 12th
Grade Literature and Composition
Books: (All books are
required and must be annotated) Movies:
(Both films required)
Annie John- Jamaica Kincaid The Pianist
The Kite Runner- Khaled Hosseini Memoirs of a Geisha
Writing Assignments: Neither of these books is set in the United States. As you read, make a list of
cultural differences in the book and explain how they differ from your own
American culture. List the page number for each example; minimum 10
examples from each book
Rising 12th IB Grade Literature and Composition
Books: (All books
required and must be annotated) Movies
(All films required)
The Handmaid's Tale- Margaret Atwood Othello (featuring Lawrence Fishburne)
One Hundred Years of Solitude- Gabriel Garcia-Marquez* American Beauty
Nervous Conditions- Tsitsi Dangarembga The Shawshank Redemption
* Listed under Garcia or Marquez
** Annotation guides for
One Hundred Years of Solitude are available from Ms. McVann in room #362
Rising 12th
Grade AP Literature
Books: (All books
required and must be annotated) *
The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver
Frankenstein- Mary Shelley
* See Mrs. Ricca-Brazil in room # 347 for the required
writing assignment that is based on the summer reading.
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