| In a continued effort to
improve student reading and comprehension skills, the English Department,
with approval from the administration, is requiring all students to read a
novel and to answer comprehension questions over the summer break. The
questions will be due the first full day of classes and should be turned in
to the student’s homeroom teacher. All students will be tested on the novel
during the first week of their English Part A class. The novels for the
various grade and ability levels are listed.
May 25, 2011
Dear Students and Parents:
As we head off to what will hopefully be a relaxing
summer, NCC’s English department would like to remind you of the summer
reading requirement.
The summer reading novels for each grade are listed
below. Comprehension questions for each novel are available on the school
website (www.ncchs.com)
or in the main office. Although completion of these questions is not
required, it is strongly suggested to guide student reading and
understanding of the novel.
All students will be tested over their novel the
second day of school regardless of whether or not the student has English
during the first trimester.
Instructional English:
The Lottery Rose, Irene Hunt -
QUESTIONS
English 1: A Day
No Pigs Would Die, Robert Newton Peck -
QUESTIONS
Honors English 1:
To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee -
QUESTIONS
English 2: The
Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain -
QUESTIONS
Honors English 2:
1984, George Orwell -
QUESTIONS
English 3: The Old
Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway -
QUESTIONS
Honors English 3:
The Scarlett Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne -
QUESTIONS
English 4: Silas
Marner, George Eliot -
QUESTIONS
Advance Placement
English: Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The English Department thanks our students and their
parents for their support and cooperation in this endeavor.
Have a safe and fantastic summer break!
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