Grades 8-10

Lectures d’été en anglais / English Summer Reading
4eme à la 2de / Grades 8-10
For students entering 8th grade / Pour les élèves rentrant en 4ème
1. Whirligig by Paul Fleischman (required / lecture obligatoire)
2. A separate Peace by John Knowles (not required but a good read / Facultatif mais
recommandé)
For students entering 9th grade (BAC TRACK) / Pour les élèves rentrant en 3ème (Filière BAC)
1. Oh Pioneers! by Willa Cather (required / lecture obligatoire)
2. My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult (not required but thought provoking / Facultatif mais
recommandé)
For students entering 9th grade (IB TRACK) / Pour les élèves rentrant en 3ème (Filière IB)
1. Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin (required / lecture obligatoire) The author tells of his
experiences after he darkened his skin and traveled through the South in order to find out how
it feels to be black.*
*Summary courtesy of Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com
2. Oh Pioneers! by Willa Cather (required / lecture obligatoire)
3. My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult (not required but thought provoking / Facultatif mais
recommandé)
Supplementary suggested reading for 9th pre-IB / Lectures facultatives additionnelles pour les
3ème filière pré-IB
If you wish to improve your comprehension and identification of allusions and symbols in your
English literature texts, then here are some suggested pieces of classic literature that you
should read.
Si vous souhaitez améliorer votre compréhension et l’identification des allusions et symboles
dans les textes de littérature anglaises, voici quelques lectures suggérées de littérature
classique.
Aesop’s Fables—all of them (they are very short)!
Classic Fairy Tales (be sure to read the classic versions): The Frog Prince, Rumplestilskin,
Rapunzel, Hansel and Gretel, Little Read Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, Jack and the Beanstalk,
Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, The Elves and the Shoemaker,
Cinderella, The Emperor’s New Clothes, The Fisherman and His Wife, The Gingerbread Man,
The Little Mermaid, The Little Match Girl, The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs, Tom Thumb,
Thumbellina, The Judgement of Midas, The Story of the Three Bears, The Pied Piper of Hamlin,
The Read Shoes, Snow White and Rose Read, The Story of the Three Little Pigs, The Ugly
Duckling
Classic Folk Tales: Brer Rabbit and the Tar Baby, Paul Bunyan, The Boy Who Cried Wolf, George
Washington, John Henry, Johnny Apleseed, Honest Abe
For students entering 10th grade (Bac TRACK) / Pour les élèves entrant en 2nde (Filière BAC)
Rita Heyworth and the Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King
For students entering 10th grade IB Track and OIB
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (to be discussed in the first weeks of school in preparation
for reading The Tempest)