Summer Reading for Wheeler H.S. 2015-2016

This is, in essence, a re-post from March of this year.

For those students headed to Wheeler High School in August, you must be sure to read the texts outlined in the link below:

Summer Reading 2015-16

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From March 2015:

I just received information about the Summer Reading Requirements for the students attending Wheeler HS next school year and have copied and pasted them below.  Please do not hesitate to get these books sooner than later.  Besides, it will make for a more restful summer. 🙂

9th Grade Honors

1. All students must read and prepare outline (provided on Wheeler’s web site) on The Woman in White by Wilkie
   Collins. ****All students must prepare a TYPED outline for submission to Turnitin.com the first week of the semester on this book.
   1. Each heading and subheading must have at least two parts. Do not exceed 2 pages typed using 1”
      margins and Times New Roman 12 point font.
   2. Be consistent. Use either complete sentences or brief phrases, but do not use both.
   3. This outline will be submitted to www.turnitin.com once information is provided by the teacher at the beginning of class.
   4. Be prepared to discuss this novel and participate in novel-related activities the first two weeks of the
      semester.
2. All students will select a second book to read from the On-Level 9th Grade Reading List (see below), then be prepared to write an in-class essay on the novel the first week of the semester.
   • During the essay, students may use one handwritten 4 x 6 index card containing notes on
     characters, plot, setting, etc. The card is NOT required, but if students use a card, it will be
     collected and kept at the end of the essay test. Typed and/or cut and pasted notes are NOT acceptable.

9th Grade Reading List

• Hole in My Life—Jack Gantos
• Bless Me, Ultima—Rudolfo A. Anaya
• Monster—Walter Dean Myers
• Speak—Laurie Halse Anderson
• Tears of a Tiger—Sharon Draper
• The Afterlife—Gary Soto
• The Beast—Walter Dean Myers
• The Skin I’m In—Sharon Flake
• Sara’s Key—Tatiana de Rosnay

Should I receive or find information about the summer reading requirements for any of the other Magnet schools, I will be sure to update and republish this post–links and all!

-Ms. W.