Summer Reading

ENGLISH:
English 100 and 103H:
All incoming frosh in English 100 MUST read ONE of the following. 
All incoming frosh in English 103H MUST read TWO of the following. 
Of course, we encourage all incoming frosh to read more for enjoyment!

• Turtles All the Way Down (John Green)
• Darius the Great is Not Okay (Adib Khorram)
• The Sun is Also a Star (Nicola Yoon)
• Frankly in Love (David Yoon)

RELIGIOUS STUDIES:

Students must read and view both:

• "The Journey of Ignatius of Loyola" (Rev. Kevin O'Brien, S.J. with illustrations by Thomas Fong, '23) - download
• View this video: "Ignatius of Loyola – Finding God In All Things" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oeq8p687RIY

SOCIAL SCIENCE:
Students must read all three books: 

• March, Book One (John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell) 
• March, Book Two (John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell) 
• March, Book Three (John Lewis, Andres Aydin, Nate Powell) 

https://www.amazon.com/March-Issues-3-Book-Series/dp/B01JM9RVII/ref=sr_1_1 

LANGUAGE:
Freshmen who are enrolled in any language class are not required to do summer work. 

ENGLISH:  
English 200 and 203H:
All sophomores  must read two of the following:

• Lobizona (Romina Garber)
• Gods of Jade and Shadow  (Silvia Moreno-Garcia)
• The Island of Missing Trees (Elif Shafak)

SOCIAL SCIENCE:   
MODERN WORLD HISTORY -- Students are to read one of the following:

• Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea (Barbara Demick)
• In the Shadow of the Banyan (Vaddey Ratner)
• A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (Ishmael Beah)
• City of Thieves (David Benioff)
• The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey (Ernesto Che Guevara and Cintio Vitier) 
• Born a Crime (Trevor Noah)

SCIENCE:  Scroll down for Science Summer Reading. 

COMPUTER SCIENCE: Scroll down for AP Computer Science Summer Reading. 

LANGUAGE:  Click here for your summer language assignments.

ENGLISH:  
English 300
1) Read one of the following books:

• Behold the Dreamers (Imbolo Mbue)
• Last Night at the Telegraph Club (Malinda Lo) 
• There There (Tommy Orange) 
• Salvage the Bones (Jesmyn Ward)
• The Firekeeper's Daughter (Angeline Boulley)
• Dust Child (Nguyen Phan Que Mai)

2) View the film Real Women Have Curves, directed by Patricia Cardoso; Screenplay - Josephina Lopez.  To access and view the movie, please check your English 300/303H course on Canvas.  

English 303H
1) Read two of the following books: 

• Behold the Dreamers (Imbolo Mbue)
• Last Night at the Telegraph Club (Melinda Lo)
• There There (Tommy Orange)
• Salvage the Bones (Jesmyn Ward)
• The Firekeeper's Daughter (Angeline Boulley)
• Dust Child (Nguyen Phan Que Mai)

2) View the film Real Women Have Curves, directed by Patricia Cardoso; Screenplay - Josephina Lopez.  To access and view the movie, please check your English 300/303H course on Canvas. 

SOCIAL SCIENCE:  

US Histories and Cultures and US Histories and Cultures Honors -- Students are to read one of the following:

• Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi)
• Enrique's Journey (Sonia Nazario)
• The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
• Out of the Shadow (Rose Cohen)
• On Gold Mountain (Lisa See)

Economics:  No summer reading assignment.

Social Movements and Social Justice:  For ALL students:  Click here for the summer assignment.

Social Cognitive Psychology:  All students must see 'Summer Assignment' in Preface module on Canvas on July 1. 

Behavioral Neuroscience:  All students must buy and read the Introduction and Part one "The Fundamentals" (Chapters 1, 2, and 3) of Atomic Habits: Tiny changes, Remarkable results by James Clear.

SCIENCE:  Scroll down for Science Summer Reading. 

COMPUTER SCIENCE:  Scroll down for AP Computer Science Summer Reading.

LANGUAGE: Click here for your summer language assignments.

ENGLISH: 
Students are to read the one appropriate to the class(es) they are signed up to take:

• Eng. 403AP:  The Color Purple (Alice Walker) ISBN: 9780156028356 AND Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
• Eng. 420: Satire in Literature and Popular Culture:  Beauty Queens (Libba Bray) 
• Eng. 430: Modern American Authors: No Reading Assignment
• Eng. 435: Women in Literature: Americanah (Chimamanda Adichie)
• Eng. 440: Shakespeare: No Reading Assignment
• Eng. 450: Mythology:  Circe (Madeline Miller) 
• Eng. 460: Fiction into Film:  View the film “The Godfather” and "The Godfather II" before class.
• Eng. 473: Burning Illusions:  The Will to Change (Bell Hooks)
• Eng. 482: Literature and Composition:  Educated (Tara Westover) 
• Eng. 492: Poetry and Dramatic Literature: The Ides of March (Thorton Wilder)

RELIGIOUS STUDIES:

RS 477: Ecological Justice and Spirituality:  

1. Read Part One (chapters 1-4, pages 3-23) of The Story of More by Dr. Hope Jahren.
2. Listen to Act Three (15 minutes) of the podcast "My Lying Eyes" from This American Life.
3. Listen to the podcast "A Code Red for Humanity" from the NY Times and answer these questions in writing:

• Briefly describe each of the three “main takeaways” from the IPCC report on climate change.

• Name two questions you have about the information in the IPCC report.
• Briefly describe one specific action you might take in response to this information about climate change.

SOCIAL SCIENCE:
Students are to read the one appropriate to the class they are signed up to take:

• US Gov't: Constitutional Law:  Students should view these two PBS programs BEFORE their first day of class:  "Plot to Overturn the Election " (54:23 m)  https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/plot-to-overturn-the-election/ AND  "Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power, and the Supreme Court" https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/clarence-and-ginni-thomas/.  (1:54 min). Students should be prepared for a quiz on the first day of class. 
• US Gov't: Crime, Law and the Constitution:  For ALL students:  Read Just Mercy (Bryan Stevenson) 
• US Gov't: San Francisco Case Studies:  For ALL students:  Read 1906 (James Dalessandro) before the first day of class. 
• US Gov't: Race, Gender and Power:  For ALL students:  Click here for the summer assignment. 
• Social Movements and Social Justice:  For ALL students:  Click here for the summer assignment.
• Economics:  No summer reading assignment.
• Social Cognitive Psychology:  All students must see 'Summer Assignment' in Preface module on Canvas on July 1.
• Behavioral Neuroscience:  All students must buy and read the Introduction and Part one "The Fundamentals" (chapters 1, 2, and 3) of Atomic Habits: Tiny changes, Remarkable results by James Clear.

SCIENCE:  Scroll down for Science Summer Reading.

COMPUTER SCIENCE:  Scroll down for AP Computer Science Summer Reading. 

LANGUAGE: Click here for your summer language assignments.

Freshmen who are enrolled in any language class are not required to do summer work.

Students entering other classes: Click here for your summer language assignments.

AP Biology and AP Chemistry:  The summer assignment will be available on the class canvas page on July 1, 2024. 

AP Physics:  
Students should read the chapters and do the practice problems listed:
Chapter 1: #1, 3, 5, 8, 9, 12, 18, 21, 23, 30.
Chapter 2: #1-11 odds, 15, 16, 18, 19, 23-41 odds.  This covers Sections 2.1-2.4 which is mostly linear motion similar to what students should have learned in Honors Physics (with a few exceptions).
This is all due at the beginning of class on the first day of class.

AP Computer Science:  Please click here for the summer reading assignment. The assignment is on Canvas.