Summer Reading 2008
Grade 10
Required Reading
All required summer reading books will be available from www.varsitybooks.com after June 1, 2008. If you have any difficulty obtaining these titles, call Sue Clayton in the Business Office at (410) 263-9231, ext. 1262.
To supplement the books listed below, Key's Upper School librarians have compiled a list of websites that provide additional options for summer reading. Many reading lists are available at the Young Adult Library Services Association's Outstanding Books for the College Bound. Jayne Karsten has shared this wonderfully annotated Humanities Texas Summer Reading List, featuring books in both English and Spanish. And for the latest from the National Council of Teachers of English on how books make it into summer reading lists, check out Shaking Up Summer Reading.
Required Reading For All Upper School Students
| Gaviotas ISBN 1890132284 (guiding questions) |
Alan Weisman |
European Civilization
| The Winter King ISBN 0312156960 (guiding questions) |
Bernard Cornwell |
French III
Lisons comme ça!
Read Deuxième Partie, Les grandes figures de l'histoire, chap. 1-11, pp.66-101. Select six characters and answer the questions at the end of the chapter in French
French IV
| Le Petit Prince | Antoine St. Exupéry |
Read the entire book. Select your four favorite chapters and explain in four paragraphs in French, about ten lines each, why you selected those chapters.
Spanish II
| Realidad y fantasia | Noguez & Boyd |
Read Nada es perfecto (pages 1-10), En defenso de los vampiros, (p. 11- 14), and El perro es el mejor amigo del hombre (p. 15-20). Students are to answer all follow-up questions and be ready to do the in-class speaking exercises from each reading.
Spanish III
| Realidad y fantasia | Noguez & Boyd |
Read Juan Gómez, detective (pages 62-70), El origen de los aztecas (p. 71-75), El Cid Campeador (p. 84-91). Students are to answer all follow-up questions and be ready to do the in-class speaking exercises from each reading.