Summer Assignments

• Grade 5 Bilingual/Dual:  
  • Campamiento Miedo by Jaime Alfonso Sandobal
  • Merci Suárez se pone las pilas by Meg Medina

• Grade 5 English:  Grade 5 Summer Assignment

• Grade 5 Dual/Bilingual/Spanish Language Arts: Grade 5 Spanish Language Arts/Dual/Bilingual Summer Assignment

Following are links with additional recommendations to help guide you as you choose a novel:

• Here is a list of possible Student Choice Novels to help you if you are in need of recommendations
• Also see here for additional titles: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HSC2QYLodLOH_WWPA6EKaPOCEAa_D9_Q/view

• Incoming Grade 6:  Students are free to read any grade level appropriate novel of their own choosing. Students must be ready to share the novel(s) with their classes in September on the first day of school.

• Here are a few of our favorites novels in case you need recommendations to get started:

  • Stuntboy, in the Meantime by Jason Reynolds

  • Lola Reyes is So Not Worried by Cindy Rodriguez

  • 102 Days of Lying About Lauren by Maura Jortner

• Grade 6 Honors Reading (Required):
  • Harbor Me by Jaqueline Woodson
  • Grade 6 Honors English and Dual Assignment: Honors ELA Summer Assignments grade 6 (Required)
• Grade 6 Bilingual:  
  • La ciencia de las cosas que se rompen by Tae Keller
  • Fuera de mí  by Sharon Draper
  • Como pez en el árbol  by Linda Mullaly Hunt

Following are links with additional recommendations to help guide you as  you choose a novel:

• Here is a list of possible Student Choice Novels to help you if you are in need of recommendations
• Also see here for additional titles: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-TDE-3m1aCh6tJfJciPcSual0NoxBL5E/view

• Grade 7: Students are free to read any grade level appropriate novel of their own choosing. Students must be ready to share the novel(s) with their classes in September on the first day of school.
• Here are a few of our favorites novels in case you need recommendations to get started:
  • Wonder by RJ Palacio
  • Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
  • The Underdogs by Mike Lupica
  • Loser by Jerry Spinelli
• Grade 7 Honors (Required):
  • Among the Hidden by Margaret Haddix
  • Grade 7 Honors Summer Assignment:  Honors ELA Summer Assignment grade 7 (Required)
• Grade 7 Bilingual:  
  • La lección de August  by R.J Palacio
  • Yo, Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
  • Fantasma by Jason Reynolds
  • Frontera by Julia Anta
     

Following are links with additional recommendations to help guide you as  you choose a novel:

• Here is a list of possible Student Choice Novels to help you if you are in need of recommendations
• Also see here for additional titles: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11vIdEME_TUzpzDfvZu44J_2iALsTbrVh/view

• Grade 8: Students are free to read any grade level appropriate novel of their own choosing. Students must be ready to share the novel(s) with their classes in September on the first day of school. 
• Here are a few of our favorites in case you need recommendations to get started:
  • Patina by Jason Reynolds
  • New Kid by Jerry Craft
  • Miles Morales by Jason Reynolds
  • All Summer Long by Hope Larson
     
• Grade 8 Honors (Required):
  • Refugee by Alan Gratz
  • Grade 8 Honors Assignment: Honors ELA Summer Assignment grade 8 (Required)
     
• Grade 8 Bilingual:  
  • Los Rebeldes by Susan E. Hinton and Miguel Martínez-Lage Álvarez
  • Charlie Hernández y la liga de las sombras  by Ryan Calejo 
  • Stef Soto, la reina del taco by Jennifer Torres 

Following are links with additional recommendations to help guide you as you choose a novel:

• Here is a list of possible Student Choice Novels to help you if you are in need of recommendations
• Also see here for additional titles: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HGTnuLPD9ROqS0WRciJwXJ9eFpBQFPtY/view

• Grade 9 Honors (required reading): Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
  • Required Assignment: Rising 9 Honors 25-26
     
• Grade 9 CP: Students are free to read any grade level appropriate novel of their own choosing. Students must be ready to share the novel(s) with their classes in September on the first day of school. 
• Here are a few of our favorites in case you need recommendations to get started:
  • Almost American Girl by Robin Ha
  • Speak  by Laurie Halse Anderson
  • They Called us Enemy George Takei
  • A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World by Charlie Fletcher 

Following are links to additional recommendations to help guide you as you choose a novel:

• Here is a list of possible Student Choice Novels to help you if you are in need of recommendations
• Also see here for additional titles: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ipdPLmniEfbEcVIvt7eqBS8zhmXyHKQo/view

• Grade 10 Honors (required reading): Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
  • Required Assignment: Klara and the Sun
     
• Grade 10 CP: Students are free to read any grade level appropriate novel of their own choosing. Students must be ready to share the novel(s) with their classes in September on the first day of school. 
• Here are a few of our favorites in case you need recommendations to get started
  • Monday’s Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson
  • A Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
  • Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
  • Solito: A Memoir by Javier Zamor 

Following are links to additional recommendations to help guide you as you choose a novel:

• Here is a list of possible Student Choice Novels to help you if you are in need of recommendations
• Also see here for additional titles: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ipdPLmniEfbEcVIvt7eqBS8zhmXyHKQo/view

• Grade 11 Honors (required reading): The Anthropocene Reviewed: Selected Essays by John Green 
• They Say, I Say: The moves that matter in academic writing
  1. Required Assignment: 11 Honors Summer Reading Assignment
      
• Grade 11 CP: Students are free to read any grade level appropriate novel of their own choosing. Students must be ready to share the novel(s) with their classes in September on the first day of school. 
• Here are a few of our favorites in case you need recommendations to get started
  • Home is Not a Country by Safia Elhillo
  • Displacement by Kiku Hughes
  • All American Girl by Meg Cabot
  • I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika Sánche 

Following are links to additional recommendations to help guide you as  you choose a novel:

• Here is a list of possible Student Choice Novels to help you if you are in need of recommendations
• Also see here for additional titles: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ipdPLmniEfbEcVIvt7eqBS8zhmXyHKQo/view

• Grade 12 Honors/College Concurrent: Concurrent and Rutgers ( These are Required): 
  1. HONORS/CONCURRENT: How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C Foster
  2. HONORS/CONCURRENT: College Essay (summer college essay bootcamp available)
  3. Rutgers College Writing : Why Italian? By Lahiri - Read and annotate
  • Required Assignment: Honors summer reading assignment
     
• Grade 12 CP: Students are free to read any grade level appropriate novel of their own choosing. Students must be ready to share the novel(s) with their classes in September on the first day of school. 
• Here are a few of our favorites in case you need recommendations to get started
  • The Glass Castle by  Jeannette Walls
  • Sanctuary  by Paola Mendoza and Abby Sher
  • The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
  • The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimalin 

Following are links to additional recommendations to help guide you as you choose a novel:

• Here is a list of possible Student Choice Novels to help you if you are in need of recommendations
• Also see here for additional titles: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ipdPLmniEfbEcVIvt7eqBS8zhmXyHKQo/view

Advanced Placement Literature Required Assignment: AP Lit summer assignment 2025

• AP Literature Required Readings: 
  • How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas Foster
  • The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
  • The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

Advanced Placement Language and Composition Required Assignment: AP Language and Composition 2025 Summer Reading

• AP Language and Composition Required Readings:
  • They Say, I Say (excerpts) by Gerald Graff
  • Thank You for Arguing (excerpts) by Jay Heinrichs
  • The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

All readings, viewings and assignments for AP and Honors are required to be completed independently over the summer with additional possible assignments during the first week of school in September. Please Join the Summer Google Classrooms linked in the assignments where appropriate

US I Honors: United States History I Honors Summer Assignment 2025

All readings, viewings and assignments for AP and Honors are required to be completed independently over the summer with additional possible assignments during the first week of school in September. Please Join the Summer Google Classrooms linked in the assignments where appropriate

Summer Assignment for US History II: United States History II Honors Summer Assignment 2025

All readings, viewings and assignments for AP and Honors are required to be completed independently over the summer with additional possible assignments during the first week of school in September. Please Join the Summer Google Classrooms linked in the assignments where appropriate

World History Honors: World History Honors Summer Assignment 2025

All readings, viewings and assignments for AP and Honors are required to be completed independently over the summer with additional possible assignments during the first week of school in September. Please Join the Summer Google Classrooms linked in the assignments where appropriate

Advanced Placement Human Geography: APHUG Summer Work DIRECTIONS 2024-2025

All readings, viewings and assignments for AP and Honors are required to be completed independently over the summer with additional possible assignments during the first week of school in September. Please Join the Summer Google Classrooms linked in the assignments where appropriate.

Advanced Placement World History: AP World Summer Assignments 2025

All readings, viewings and assignments for AP and Honors are required to be completed independently over the summer with additional possible assignments during the first week of school in September. Please Join the Summer Google Classrooms linked in the assignments where appropriate.

Advanced Placement United States History: APUSH Summer Assignment 2025

All readings, viewings and assignments for AP and Honors are required to be completed independently over the summer with additional possible assignments during the first week of school in September. Please Join the Summer Google Classrooms linked in the assignments where appropriate.

Advanced Placement Psychology: