May 20, 2026 
Dear Parents,
To encourage students to continue reading throughout the summer, the Holy Savior Menard 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 Noble.  If 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
 
Mr. Derek Foster:  English IV and IVH 
Mrs. Amy McKay:  English I and IH, English III and IIIH
Mrs. Ashley Seeling:  English II and IIH
Mrs. Angela Hawthorne:  Reading 7 and 7H, English 8 and 8H
 

Summer Reading Letter link

 

	College Prep	Honors
Reading 7	1. 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)       The story does not have a written assignment.
English 8	Gathering Blue (Lois Lowry)    Click here for the assignment.	Gathering Blue (Lois Lowry) Click here for the assignment Short Story: "Raymond’s Run” (Cade Bambara) The story does not have a written assignment.
English I	Set of short stories: Click on each for a PDF. “Marigolds” ( Eugenia Collier) "Two Kinds "(Tan) Excerpt from The House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros)            Click here for the assignment.	1. And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)      Click here for the assignment.             2. Two short stories: Click on each for a PDF.     “The Most Dangerous Game” (Richard Connell)       “A Sound of Thunder” (Ray Bradbury)                Click here for the assignment.
English II	Set of short stories: Click on each for a PDF. “Rip Van Winkle” (Washington Irving) Winter Dreams (Fitzgerald) Self-Reliance (Ralph Waldo Emerson)             Click here for the assignment.	1. Our Town (a play by Thornton Wilder)             2. Set of short stories: Click on each for a PDF.      “Rip Van Winkle” (Washington Irving)       Winter Dreams (Fitzgerald)             Click here for written task for both reading assignments.
English III	Set of short stories: Click on each for a PDF. “What Men Live By” (Leo Tolstoy) ‘The Hanging” (George Orwell) “Civil Peace” (Chinua Achebe) "Shooting an Elephant" (George Orwell)              Click here for the assignment.	1. Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen) OR 1984 (George Orwell)          2.  “What Men Live By” (Leo Tolstoy)          An explanation of the novel choices is in the assignment below.                Click here for the assignment.
English IV	The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho) Click here for the assignment.	1. The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)  Click here for the assignment.         2. “The Cathedral"(Carver) Click here for the assignment.