Lower school students are required to read a minimum of three books during the summer, both fiction and nonfiction books.  The school has not vetted all titles and therefore does not endorse all books from these websites. Please assist your student is making book choices that align with the values of your family.  Here are several websites that offer extensive book choices:

• www.arbookfinder.com
• www.goodreads.com
• www.readingrockets.com
• www.scholastic.com

To increase student motivation, the media center provides incentives to readers. To earn incentives, please follow these directions.

Incentives:

1. To earn an incentive, students must read at least three books.
2. Record ALL the books you read this summer on the Reading Record Form.
3. Parents, please sign the Reading Record beside the book title.
4. Please bring your summer Reading Record to school on the first day of school in August 2012. You may turn your Reading Record in to your classroom teacher.
5. Teachers will submit the Reading Records to the media center.
6. READING RECORDS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED LATER THAN FRIDAY, AUG. 31.

Students who read at least three books will earn a sticker. Additional and/or different incentives will be provided for students who read 10 or more; 20 or more; and 40 or more books.

Reading Record Form
Reading Knights Information

Middle school students in all grades (6, 7, 8) are required to read two Accelerated Reader™ books, one fiction and one non-fiction, of their choice. Students will be given an individual zone of proximal development (zpd) from which they can choose books to read. The (zpd) is determined by a Star Reading™ test given during the final weeks of school. Students must read these two books and successfully pass (score 80 percent or higher) on the corresponding Accelerated Reader™ quiz for each book.

A list of available books, interest level, reading level, and points for each individual book can be found at *www.arbookfind.com.

*Charlotte Christian subscribes to Accelerated Reader Enterprise™. This gives our students access to all current quizzes in order to maximize student choices of books that are both appealing and rigorous. However, the school has not vetted all titles and this subscription does not translate to an endorsement of any book. Please assist your student is making book choices that align with the values of your family.

To complete this assignment, the media center will be available on the following dates and times:

Students must have completed both of these two Accelerated Reader™ quizzes by the first day of school, Aug. 21.

For upper school students, summer reading prepares them for the academic courses that they will take in the fall. The quantity of thought-provoking supplementary books that are beneficial to students preparing themselves for college grows every year. Students can use the summer months to their advantage by reading a wide variety of books. Reading prepares students to deal with new ideas and provides a basis for discussion and reflection about a common theme.

Teachers have specific units and activities planned that will deal with the content of the required books. Teachers may ask students to read, paying attention to specific concepts, themes, ideas, characterization and so forth. It is a good plan to review the assignment prior to reading the assigned book.

Each student is required to read the book that is assigned by grade level. Certain courses have additional required reading. If a course has summer assignments, these assignments are also posted with that course. Please click on each course for additional information. If a course is not listed, that course does not have summer reading or summer assignments. All summer reading assignments are due the first day of school, Aug. 21.

CLASSICAL & MODERN LANGUAGE

French II
Summer Assignment

French II Honors
Summer Assignment

French III Honors
Summer Assignment

French IV Honors
Summer Assignment

AP French
Summer Assignment

AP Spanish Language
Summer Assignment

FINE ARTS

AP Art History
Suggested reading for extra credit.
Vanished Smile: the Mysterious theft of Mona Lisa by R.A. Scoiti
Summer Extra Credit

LANGUAGE ARTS

English 9

• The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

English 9 Honors

• The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway AND
  
• Peace Like a River by Leif Enger

English 10

• Killer Angels by Michael Shaara

English 10 Honors

• Killer Angels by Michael Shaara AND

Select ONE book from the following list:

• How Should We Then Live by Francis Schaeffer
• John Adams by David McCullough (required for AP US History students – chapters 1-7)
• The Crucible by Arthur Miller
• The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
• The Light and the Glory by Peter Marshall
• Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

English 11

• Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton

Summer Assignment

English 11 Honors

• Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton AND

Select ONE book from the following list:

• Ake: The Years of Childhood by Wole Soyinka
• Barefoot Heart by Elva Trevino Hart
• Jesus Among Other Gods by Ravi Zacharias
• Pavilion of Women by Pearl Buck
• Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
• The Autobiography of Malcolm X
• The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende

Summer Assignment

AP Language and Composition (Grade 11)

• Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton AND

Select ONE book from the following list:

• Ake: The Years of Childhood by Wole Soyinka
• Barefoot Heart by Elva Trevino Hart
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
• Jesus Among Other Gods by Ravi Zacharias
• Pavilion of Women by Pearl Buck
• Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
• The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X
• The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
• Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig

Summer Assignment

English 12

• The Stranger by Albert Camus

Summer Assignment

English 12 Honors

• The Stranger by Albert Camus AND
• Anthem by Ayn Rand

Summer Assignment

AP Literature and Composition (Grade 12)
Read ALL THREE books.

• The Stranger by Albert Camus
  
• Anthem by Ayn Rand
• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Summer Assignment

SCIENCE

AP Environmental Science

Summer Assignment

SOCIAL STUDIES

AP European History

• The Politically Incorrect Guide to Western Civilization (pp. 1-165) by Anthony Esolen

AP US Government & Politics

• Original Intent: The Courts the Constitution & Religion by David Barton

Summer Assignment

AP United States History

• John Adams by David McCullough (Chapters 1-7)