7th - 12th Grade

Summer Reading

Dear Parents,
 
            To encourage students to continue reading throughout the summer, the English teachers have selected summer reading for their classes. 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 NobleIf the reading is a short story or a set of short stories/essays, access the file on the Holy Savior Menard website, using the following steps:  holysaviormenard.com – Academics English Department– Summer Reading.  A summer reading link should also appear on the home page.
             Students should finish the reading before the first week 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.   Furthermore, students need to access, print, and complete the written assignments that are posted on the school website; each one provides a due date.
            Please encourage your child to complete this summer assignment.
 
Sincerely,
Holy Savior Menard English teachers

 
College Prep Honors
English 7 Novel of choice:
Click here for an instructional handout and assignment.
1--Novel of choice: Click here for an instructional handout and assignment.

2—Short Story: "Stop the Sun” (Gary Paulsen)
Click here for the story.
 
English 8 Gathering Blue (Lois Lowry)
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1--Gathering Blue (Lois Lowry)
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2--Short Story: "Raymond’s Run” (Cade Bambara)
Click here for the story.

 
English I Set of short stories: Click on each for a PDF.
Click here for the assignment. 
 
1--And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
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2--Two short stories: Click on each for a PDF.
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English II Set of short stories: Click on each for a PDF.
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1--Our Town (a play by Thornton Wilder)

2--Set of short stories: Click on each for a PDF.
Click here for written task for both reading assignments.
 
English III Set of short stories: Click on each for a PDF.
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1--Great Expectations, chapters 1-19 (Dickens)
Please refer to the written task handout below before buying a copy of the novel. 

2--Set of essays: Click on each for a PDF.
Click here for written task for both reading assignments.
 
English IV The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
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1--The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
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2--“The Cathedral (Carver)
Click here for the story.
 Click here for the assignment.