Summer Reading 2020
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Each summer, we assign students some reading from English and Theology classes, to keep students reading and to expand our curriculum. Each of the assignments has a review exercise included. It is important that students read the translation or edition contained in the links below.
**Summer Reading assignments are due the first day of school unless noted otherwise in the assignment.
FRESHMEN, Class of 2024• Bible Basics for Catholics , by John Bergsma
• ODYSSEY, by Homer (translated by Robert Fagles)
FIRST 12 BOOKS (the last 12 books will be read in English class in August and September 2020)
+ Theology I Summer Reading Assignment
+ Review questions for Odyssey
+ English I article, intro to Odyssey, with a few questions to answer
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SOPHOMORES, Class of 2023
• THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES, Ignatius Catholic Study Bible
(with commentary & notes by Scott Hahn and Curtis Mitch)
• The AENEID , by Virgil (translated by Robert Fagles)
FIRST 6 BOOKS (the last 6 books will be read in English class in August and September 2020)
+ Review questions for The Acts of the Apostles
+ Review questions for The Aeneid
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~JUNIORS, Class of 2022
• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain
• The Man Who Was Thursday, by G.K. Chesterton
• United States History, by Newman and Schmalbach (Dual Credit U.S. History Only)+ Huckleberry Finn Reading Assignment for English III
+ Huckleberry Finn AP Language Assignment
+ The Man Who Was Thursday Summer Reading Assignment
+ Dual Credit U.S. History Assignment
+ Dual Credit U.S. History Chapter 1 Assignment
+ Dual Credit U.S. History Chapter 2 Assignment
+ Dual Credit U.S. History Chapter 3 Assignment
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~SENIORS, Class of 2021
• Beowulf, by J.R.R Tolkien
• The Man Who Was Thursday, by G.K. Chesterton
• United States History, by Newman and Schmalbach (Dual Credit U.S. History Only)
+ Beowulf Reading Assignment for English IV
+ Beowulf AP Literature Assignment
+ The Man Who Was Thursday Summer Reading Assignment
+ Dual Credit U.S. History Assignment
+ Dual Credit U.S. History Chapter 1 Assignment
+ Dual Credit U.S. History Chapter 2 Assignment
+ Dual Credit U.S. History Chapter 3 Assignment