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Holy Savior Menard Central High School

4603 Coliseum Boulevard

Alexandria, LA 71303

(318) 445-8233

www.holysaviormenard.com

May 25, 2021

Dear Parents,

To encourage students to continue reading throughout the summer, the English teachers have selected summer reading for their classes.

Students should finish the reading before the first day of school and should be prepared to take a test, complete an analysis, or write an essay on the selections during the first week or two of school. Some classes do not require an assignment to be completed with the reading.

If the reading is a novel, please purchase an unabridged copy from any bookstore or web site such as Amazon, Books a Million, or Barnes and Noble. If the reading is a set of short stories/essays, access the file on the Holy Savior Menard website using the link provided in the previous paragraph.

	Non-Honors	Honors
English 7	Novel of choice: Details and assignment	1--Novel of choice: Details and assignment 2—Short Story "The Ransom of Red Chief” (Henry)
English 8	Gathering Blue (Lois Lowry) Details and assignment	1--Gathering Blue (Lois Lowry) Details and assignment 2—Short Story "The Treasure of Lemon Brown" (Myers)
English I	Set of short stories “Marigolds” (Collier) “The Scarlet Ibis” (Hurst) “The Open Window” (Saki) Excerpt from The House on Mango Street	1--And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie) 2--Set of short stories (3) “The Most Dangerous Game” (Connell) “A Sound of Thunder” (Bradbury) “The Scarlet Ibis” (Hurst) Details and assignment
English II	Set of short stories/essays “Rip Van Winkle” (Irving) “Self-Reliance” (Emerson) "The Snows of Kilimanjaro” (Hemingway) Details and assignment	Set of short stories/essays “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” (Irving) “Self-Reliance” (Emerson) ‘The Snows of Kilimanjaro” (Hemingway) “The Minister’s Black Veil” (Hawthorne) “The Purloined Letter” (Poe) Details and assignment
English III	Frankenstein (Mary Shelley) Detials and assignment	1--Frankenstein (Mary Shelley) Details and assignment 2--Set of essays (7) Assignment
English IV	The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)	1--The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho) 2--Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton)

Non-Honors

Honors

English 7

Novel of choice:

Details and assignment

1--Novel of choice: Details and assignment

2—Short Story