RBCA 2008 SUMMER READING LIST

Dear Parents and Students,

Several of our teachers wish to encourage students to prepare for the coming school year by doing selected readings over the summer. The classes listed are the class you will be in next year (AY2008-2009.) I have notified the recommending teachers to test on these books the first week of school.

ENGLISH (Mrs Thomas, Mrs Knie, Mr Ward)
 

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7^th GRADE--- JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH by Jules Verne or ANNE OF GREEN GABLES by L.M. Montgomery 

8^th GRADE—HUCKLEBERRY FINN by Mark Twain or THE YEARLING by Marjorie Rawlings

9^th GRADE ---FAHRENHEIT 451 by Ray Bradbury or TO KILL A MOCKING BIRD by Harper Lee

10^th GRADE -–TIME MACHINE  by H.G. Wells or CHRISTY by Catherine Marshall

11^th GRADE --- PERSUASION-by Jane Austen or LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding

12^th GRADE --– TALE OF TWO CITIES- by Charles Dickens or 1984 by George Orwell 
 

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AP ENGLISH–Read one of the 12^th Grade novels; take copious notes on themes, tone, imagery, and literary devices. You will need three pages of double-spaced notes on each novel. In addition, provide an extra typed page or two of the ten most important characters of the book. As you read each novel, highlight and take margin notes. You will take your multiple choice and essay test the second day of class.

LATIN III/AP VERGIL---THE ILIAD by Homer

AP CALCULUS AB/BC—Worksheets due first day of class will count as test grade.

AP LITERATURE–METAMORPHOSIS- by Franz Kafka—This year, students wishing to take AP Lit 2^nd semester must pass an AP book test on METAMORPHOSIS the 1^st week of school in their Philosophy class to be eligible to take AP Lit 2^nd semester. 

AP CHEMISTRY—Know the elements, polyatomic ions 1-40, and solubility rules. These are on the website. You will be tested the first three days of school respectively.