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 click here for the summer assignment.

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)
• Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi) 

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)

SOCIAL SCIENCE:  

US Histories and Cultures and US Histories and Cultures Honors -- Students are to click here for the summer assignment.

ELECTIVES:

• Social Movements and Social Justice:  For ALL students:  Click here for the summer assignment.
• Economics:  No summer assignment. 
• Social Cognitive Psychology:  All students must see 'Summer Assignment' in the Preface module on Canvas after June 15.  
• 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. 

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

LANGUAGE: Click here for your summer language assignments.

ENGLISH: 

AP English: 
The Color Purple, Alice Walker
1984, George Orwell 

Electives: 

• English 420-Satire.  In the Pond, Ha Jin
• English 435–Women in Lit–Americanah, Adichie
• English 450-Mythology–Circe, Miller
• English 473–Burning Illusions–The Will To Change,  bell hooks 
• English 482– Composition- Educated, Tara Westover
   

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 complete the assignment appropriate to the class they are signed up to take:

• US Gov't: Constitutional Law:  For ALL students: Click here for the summer assignment
• 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.

ELECTIVES:

• Social Movements and Social Justice:  For ALL students:  Click here for the summer assignment.
• Economics:  No summer assignment. 
• Social Cognitive Psychology:  All students must see 'Summer Assignment' in the Preface module on Canvas after June 15.  
• 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.