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Summer Reading
OUR SAVIOR NEW AMERICAN SCHOOL
SUMMER READING ASSIGNMENT 2012-2013
High School English
9th – 12th grade OSNAS students are required to read two novels if placed in an English Regular’s or Honor’s class and three novels if placed in an AP English class:
Several grades will be given for the summer reading.
 Dialectical response journals for each book (rubric attached).
 Exams on the assigned novels within the first days of school.
 In class essay questions on each of the novels.

9th Grade Regulars and Honors - Reading Assignment:
1. Fiction novel: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein
*12 Dialectical Journal Entries
2. Nonfiction: A Walk Across America by Peter Jenkins
*12 Dialectical Journal Entries
10th Grade Regular and Honors - Reading Assignment:
1. Fiction novel: Matched by Ally Condie
*12 Dialectical Journal Entries
2. Nonfiction: (Unabridged version) Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals
*12 Dialectical Journal Entries
11th Grade Regular – Reading Assignment
1. Fiction novel: My Antonia by Willa Cather
*15 Dialectical Journal Entries
2. Nonfiction: The Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass by Fredrick Douglass
*15 Dialectical Journal Entries
11AP Language and Composition – Reading Assignment
1. Fiction novel: My Antonia by Willa Cather
*15 Dialectical Journal Entries 2. Nonfiction: The Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglas by Fredrick Douglas
*15 Dialectical Journal Entries
3. Classic: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
*15 Dialectical Journal Entries
12th Grade Regular - Reading Assignment:
1. Fiction novel: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
*15 Dialectical Journal Entries
2. Nonfiction: Rachel’s Tears: The Spiritual Journey of Columbine Martyr Rachel Scott by Darrell Scott, Steve Rabey and Beth Nimmo
*15 Dialectical Journal Entries
12AP Literature and Composition - Reading Assignment:
1. Fiction novel: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
*15 Dialectical Journal Entries
2. Nonfiction: Rachel’s
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