Judge Memorial Summer Reading 2010
Summer reading is required for all Judge Memorial Catholic High School students, including members of the incoming ninth grade class. Reading lists are distributed to all students before the end of the current school year. Please review the 2010 required Summer Reading List for Judge students in grades nine through 12.
A student's critical reading skills are fundamental to academic success and essential to continued success in college. Reading builds a student's vocabulary and comprehension skills, enhances communication skills, and improves writing abilities. Required summer reading is a tool that enables our students to stretch, develop and stay engaged throughout the year.
Summer reading for a number of other courses is also listed here, including AP European History, AP U.S. History, and AP Psychology. Additional updates will be announced as available via Web postings and e-mails. These books will be available on the e-Follett online virtual bookstore by June 1, (http://www.judgememorial.bkstr.com). Happy reading, Bulldogs!
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required reading for our incoming ninth grade class - Class of 2014: English 1105
- Funny in Farsi by Firoozeh Dumas; publisher Random House, ISBN 978-081296837-8
- When the Emperor was Divine by Julie Otsuka; publisher: Anchor Reprinted Edition, ISBN 978-038572181-3
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required reading for our Sophomores - Class of 2013: English 1201
- First They Killed My Father by Loung Ung publisher: Harper Perennial, ISBN 978-006085626-7
- The Old Man Who Read Love Stories by Luis Sepulveda; publisher Harcourt, ISBN 7-801-5600272-1
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required reading for our Juniors - Class of 2012: English 1303
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey; publisher Penguin, ISBN 978-014028334-1
- In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick; Penguin, ISBN 978-014100182-1
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required reading for our Seniors - Class of 2011: English 1401
- Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder; publisher Random House, ISBN 978-081298055-4
- Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell; publisher Random House, ISBN 978-031601792-3
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required reading for AP Literature: English 1321, instructor Mrs. Pam Oles
- Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck; publisher Penguin Classics, ISBN 978-014303943-3
- Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad; publisher W.W. Norton & Co.; 4th edition, ISBN 978-0393926361
- Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison; publisher Vintage; 2nd edition, ISBN 978-067973276-1
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required reading for AP English Language: English 1421
- Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell; publisher Random House, ISBN 978-031601792-3
- A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink; ISBN-10: 1594481717
- Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder; publisher Random House, ISBN 978-081298055-4
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required reading for AP European History: 2202
- Cracking the AP European History Exam 2010 by Princeton Review; publisher Random House, ISBN 978-037542945-3
- Dr. Paul Savage provides a detailed summer reading assignment document each year. The assignment is taken from the "Cracking the AP" book listed here. This document is provided below in the file attachments in PDF format.
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required reading for AP U.S. History: 2302
- no summer reading assignment for this class for summer 2010
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required reading for AP Government and Politics: 2404
Mr. Peter Van Orden has provided a summer reading guidelines document detailing AP Government and Politics summer reading, suggestions, guidelines and tips. This document is provided below in the file attachments in PDF format.
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required reading for AP Psychology: 2713
Over the summer, please read ONE of the five books listed below. You don't need a particular edition and can check the book out from a library if you do not wish to buy it.
Take notes as you read, not on every single thing, but on twenty or so ideas or experiments that catch your interest, disturb you, or make you want to find out more. During the first week of class we will have an open-note quiz on the book. You will simply be asked to elaborate in a structured way on several of your items of interest. So don’t get stressed and try to memorize things; just read and enjoy the whole book and don't forget to write some ideas down and save your notes. The books to choose from are:
Animals in Translation by Temple Grandin and Catherine Johnson (0-15-603144-2)
Blink, by Malcolm Gladwell (978-0-316-01066-5)
This is Your Brain on Music by Daniel J. Levitin (978-0-452-28852-2)
Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain by John J. Ratey and Eric Hagerman (0-316-11350-6)
The Spiritual Brain: A Neuroscientist's Case for the Existence of the Soul by Mario Beauregard and Denyse O’Leary (978-0-06-085883-4 or 978-0-06-162598-5)
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