Summer Reading 2019
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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 2023• 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 2019)
++ 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 2022
• 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 2019)
++ Review questions for The Acts of the Apostles
++ Review questions for The Aeneid
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~JUNIORS, Class of 2021
• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain
• The Abolition of Man, by C.S. Lewis
• 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
+ Study Questions for The Abolition of Man
+ Dual Credit U.S. History Assignment
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~SENIORS, Class of 2020
• Beowulf, by Seamus Heaney
• Catholicism: A Journey to the Heart of Faith, by Father Robert Barron
• United States History, by Newman and Schmalbach (Dual Credit U.S. History Only)
+ Beowulf Reading Assignment for English IV
+ Beowulf AP Literature Assignment
+Catholicism Theology IV Summer Reading Assignment (TBA)
+ Dual Credit U.S. History Assignment