LA 1 HONORS PREP WWP
West Windsor-Plainsboro High School
Language Arts I Honors
Summer Reading Assignment 2013
The purpose of summer reading is to foster a lifelong love of literature in our students and to advance their literacy skills. We believe that students who read during the summer months improve their academic performance and expand their understanding of issues important in their community and the 21st century world. Discussions among administrators, teachers, students, and parents as well as consideration of the NJ Common Core Standards (http://www.state.nj.us/education/cccs/) have led to revision of the Summer Reading Assignment for 2013. The Assignment reflects the Common Core’s emphasis on the importance of reading and the skills that develop through explication and analysis of texts:
All incoming freshman students will complete a double-entry journal for each book read over the summer. The journal gives the student the opportunity to interact with and to comment on the text. The readings must include one fiction and one non-fiction titles. During the first few weeks of school, these journals will be used to help students prepare for class discussion and an in-class writing assessment. Directions for completing the double-entry journal, the grading rubric for that journal and the book lists are included below. Both class discussion and writing will count towards the students’ first marking period grade. TWO copies of the journal—one for the teacher, one for your own use—are due on the first day of class. The journal may be emailed to the teacher if the student is not present on the first day of class.
To find teachers’ email addresses begin at the district webpage at http://www.ww-p.org; click on the “Parents and Students” tab; the link to “Staff E-mail Directory” is located there.
If students transfer from one course level to another (i.e., College Prep to Honors, Honors to Advanced Placement, or Honors to College Prep), they are responsible for
Language Arts I Honors
Summer Reading Assignment 2013
The purpose of summer reading is to foster a lifelong love of literature in our students and to advance their literacy skills. We believe that students who read during the summer months improve their academic performance and expand their understanding of issues important in their community and the 21st century world. Discussions among administrators, teachers, students, and parents as well as consideration of the NJ Common Core Standards (http://www.state.nj.us/education/cccs/) have led to revision of the Summer Reading Assignment for 2013. The Assignment reflects the Common Core’s emphasis on the importance of reading and the skills that develop through explication and analysis of texts:
All incoming freshman students will complete a double-entry journal for each book read over the summer. The journal gives the student the opportunity to interact with and to comment on the text. The readings must include one fiction and one non-fiction titles. During the first few weeks of school, these journals will be used to help students prepare for class discussion and an in-class writing assessment. Directions for completing the double-entry journal, the grading rubric for that journal and the book lists are included below. Both class discussion and writing will count towards the students’ first marking period grade. TWO copies of the journal—one for the teacher, one for your own use—are due on the first day of class. The journal may be emailed to the teacher if the student is not present on the first day of class.
To find teachers’ email addresses begin at the district webpage at http://www.ww-p.org; click on the “Parents and Students” tab; the link to “Staff E-mail Directory” is located there.
If students transfer from one course level to another (i.e., College Prep to Honors, Honors to Advanced Placement, or Honors to College Prep), they are responsible for