Westmoor High School

Summer Reading Assignments
(for incoming freshman and returning students)

Welcome to Westmoor's required
summer reading assignment
This mandatory assignment will be a significant part of your grade.

  • Make sure you take notes and write down important quotes to be prepared for a test that will be administered to all students the first week of school.
  • You will also be asked to respond to a writing prompt assigned by your teacher upon your return.
Please locate your assignment below:

9th Grade Summer Reading Assignment
(all incoming freshmen including all levels of ELD and freshman enriched.)

Catching Fire
by Suzanne Collins

All 10th, 11th, and 12th Grade students
(See below for enriched or AP summer reading/assignments)

Catching Fire
by Suzanne Collins

English 3-4 Enriched
(All 10th graders in English Enriched)

Catching Fire
by Suzanne Collins
Of Mice and Men
by John Steinbeck

AP English 5/6
(Mr. Harmon and Mrs. Grandfield's AP English Class)

Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
by Eric Schlosser
Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight (2004 edition)
by Thom Hartmann

Part One:

For the book The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight, complete a double entry or dialectical journal (Quote & Response). Discuss the author's major theme, the writing that stands out and makes the work distinctive. What is your opinion on the topic or subject? Copy quotes that you think are particularly important or telling. Take risks with your thinking; read between the lines.
  • Type only; no ink or pencil. Double space for the journal entry responses. Number your pages. Single space only for the quotes.
  • Copy and respond to at least 6 quotes,but not more than 8; include the page number. The journal should be from 3 to 4 pages. Analyze; do not summarize.
  • Quotes chosen should point to one of the important issues or major themes in the book.
  • Students should not copy each other’s quotes. Be original; be individual.
  • At least two quotes must be from the last one third of the book.
Part Two:
There will be an in-class assessment (essay, test, quiz, etc.) on the second book, Fast Food Nation, within the first 2 weeks of school.
For contact information, see the following: AP English Language and Composition Summer Assignment

AP English 7/8

Frankenstein
by Mary Shelley
How to Read Literature Like a Professor
by Thomas C. Foster