Summer Reading Guidelines
A.P. Summer Reading List Requirements 10th Grade Honors –
Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee by Dee Brown Uglies – Summer Reading Project
During the summer of 2013, all students who are entering grades 9-12 will read the book Uglies. For their summer reading project, students should choose one project from the choices below. Projects will be due to their English teachers on Friday, August 30.
Create a diary or journal in the voice of a character from your book. Follow the events of the novel and give your chosen character's impressions and reflections on those events. Be sure to go beyond the obvious. Sure, she might have been worried about getting caught when she crossed the river, but how would she write about that in a journal? What thoughts are racing through her mind? Pick this project if you feel like the book's characters really came alive for you.
You must write at least 12-15 journal entries. The project should be 250-800 words (2-4 typed pages, double spaced.)
Write letters between characters. This project can be done in two ways. You could write letters back and forth between two characters from your book. Or you could think outside the box a bit more and write letters between one character in your book and another person from literature or history. For example, say you read The Hunger Games and think its protagonist, Katniss, might be a good pen pal to Tally from Uglies. What would they say to each other?
How would they get along? What stories might they share? Choose this project if you think interaction between characters is more interesting than introspection from one character. You may write as many letters as you would like.
The project should be 250-800 words (2-4 typed pages, double spaced.) Make sure your interactions are grounded in the books.
Discover the book's relevance for you. If you like to write personal essays, full of your own
Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee by Dee Brown Uglies – Summer Reading Project
During the summer of 2013, all students who are entering grades 9-12 will read the book Uglies. For their summer reading project, students should choose one project from the choices below. Projects will be due to their English teachers on Friday, August 30.
Create a diary or journal in the voice of a character from your book. Follow the events of the novel and give your chosen character's impressions and reflections on those events. Be sure to go beyond the obvious. Sure, she might have been worried about getting caught when she crossed the river, but how would she write about that in a journal? What thoughts are racing through her mind? Pick this project if you feel like the book's characters really came alive for you.
You must write at least 12-15 journal entries. The project should be 250-800 words (2-4 typed pages, double spaced.)
Write letters between characters. This project can be done in two ways. You could write letters back and forth between two characters from your book. Or you could think outside the box a bit more and write letters between one character in your book and another person from literature or history. For example, say you read The Hunger Games and think its protagonist, Katniss, might be a good pen pal to Tally from Uglies. What would they say to each other?
How would they get along? What stories might they share? Choose this project if you think interaction between characters is more interesting than introspection from one character. You may write as many letters as you would like.
The project should be 250-800 words (2-4 typed pages, double spaced.) Make sure your interactions are grounded in the books.
Discover the book's relevance for you. If you like to write personal essays, full of your own