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All Upper School students are required to read four books during the summer. At least one of the four is a selection from the Upper School Student Nominated Books List. Remaining requirements for each grade are listed below.
For a printer friendly list of 9th grade reading, click here.
English Department: Catcher in the Rye, by J. D. Salinger. (Get the Back Bay Books edition, available from Amazon.com ISBN-10: 0316769177 or ISBN-13: 978-0316769174 )
Technology Department: Watch the film Minority Report. (Starring Tom Cruise, Max von Sydow, Steve Harris and Neal McDonough). One copy will be available in the Edith Hamilton Library.
Math Department: Algebra Success in Twenty Minutes a Day is strongly recommended for all incoming 9th graders but not required, problem sets.
Personal Choice: Choose one book from the Upper School Student Nominated Books List
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For a printer friendly list of 10th grade reading, click here.
English Department: The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls.
History Department: (Modern World) Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe (paperback, $10.95)
AP World History: AP World History will read the grade wide book Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe, and a selection of AP specific works. Get specific works from Ms. Margolis.
French 4H."Rex" by Sempe-Gosciny and an additional reading/assignment to be determined. Get packet from Ms. Ryan.
Spanish 4H. Short story "El delantal blanco" by Sergio Vodanovic with vocabulary and comprehension exercises. Get packet from Ms. Gray.
Personal Choice: Choose one book from the Upper School Student Nominated Books List
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For a printer friendly list of 11th grade reading, click here.
Biology Department: Choose one-Dolphin Mysteries; Unlocking the Secrets of Communication by Kathleen Dudzinski and Toni Frohoff (paperback, $13.60) OR The Elephant's Secret Sense; The Hidden Life of the Wild Herds of Africa , by Caitlin O'Connell. (paperback $11.17)
English Department: The Things They Carried, by Tim O’Brien. (Broadway Books, $13.95)
French 4H. "Rex" by Sempe-Gosciny and an additional reading/assignment to be determined. Get packet from Ms. Ryan.
Spanish 4H. Short story "El delantal blanco" by Sergio Vodanovic with vocabulary and comprehension exercises. Get packet from Ms. Gray.
AP French Language: Packet including a short story, questions and grammar exercises. Get packet from Ms. Miller.
AP Spanish Language. Packet of short stories by Enrique Anderson Imbert. Packet includes reading comprehension and discussion questions. Get packet from Ms. Priest.
Spanish Senior Honors Seminar: "En la oscuridad" (first two acts) by Antonio Buero-Vallejo, available at the Bryn Mawrket. Get instruction sheet from Ms. Gray
Personal Choice: Choose one book from the Upper School Student Nominated Books List
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All Upper School students are required to read four books during the summer. One of the four is a selection from the Upper School Student Nominated Books List. Students enrolled in more than one AP course should read AP choices first (after the Nominated Summer Reading selection ). Since many seniors choose electives elsewhere, the students are required by honor and, it is hoped, inclination to read four books (including one or more selections from the Nominated Summer Reading Book List) from the combined lists of Departmental and AP. Teachers of BMS English and history electives have listed books which you should read if you are taking their courses. If taking Gilman or Roland Park courses, you should ask the faculty teaching those courses if they have pre-requisite reading. Suggested Reading is also provided.
For a printer friendly list of 12th grade reading, click here.
English Department Electives:
Creative Writing; Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott (Paperback $10.50)
The Literary Imagination and American Politics: In the Lake of the Woods, Tim O'Brien ( Paperback $10.20)
History Department Electives:
AP Economics: The Price of Everything: A Parable of Possibility and Prosperity by Russell Roberts. Princeton, 2008 (Paperback $11.50)
Charm City: The Beautiful Struggle, by Ta-Nahisi Coates. Spiegel & Grau; 2009 (Paperback $11.90 through Amazon)
Native American Studies: The Toughest Indian in the World, by Sherman Alexie. Grove Press, 2001. (Paperback $12.00) [Book will be discussed in first semester of Ms Henry’s Native American History/Lit.]
America in the World: The Post-American World, by Fareed Zakaria. W.W. Norton, 2009 (Paperback $9.35)
Legal Systems: In the Name of honor: A Memoir by Mukhtar Mai. (Paperback $10.00 through Amazon)
Foreign Language Electives:
French 4H: "Rex" by Sempe-Gosciny and an additional reading/assignment to be determined. Get packet from Ms. Ryan.
Spanish 4H:Short story "El delantal blanco" by Sergio Vodanovic with vocabulary and comprehension exercises. Get packet from Ms. Gray.
Spanish Senior Honors Seminar: "En la oscuridad" (first two acts) by Antonio Buero-Vallejo, available at the Bryn Mawrket. Get instruction sheet from Ms. Gray
AP Courses :
AP Biology:Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species, by Sean Carroll ( paperback $5.98)
AP Economics: The Price of Everything: A Parable of Possibility and Prosperity by Russell Roberts. Princeton, 2008 (Paperback $11.50)
AP English Bright Lights, Big City, By Jay McInerney (Paperback $9.71)
AP Environmental Science:00) Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, by Michael Pollen (paperback $9.12)
AP French Language: Packet including a short story, questions and grammar exercises. Get packet from Ms. Miller.
AP Physics C: Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman: Adventures of a Curious Character, ed. By Edward Hutchins. W.W. Norton. (Paperback, you are encouraged to purchase a used copy)
AP Spanish Language: Packet of short stories by Enrique Anderson Imbert. Packet includes reading comprehension and discussion questions. Get packet from Ms. Priest.
AP Statistics: How to Lie with Statistics, by Darrell Huff. (W.W. Norton, $11.00)
May 2011
