Oak Hill Academy
"Education should be the process of helping everyone to discover his uniqueness, to teach him how to develop that uniqueness, and then to show him how to share it because that's the only reason for having anything." --Leo Buscaglia
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Oak Hill Academy "Education should be the process of helping everyone to discover his uniqueness, to teach him how to develop that uniqueness, and then to show him how to share it because that's the only reason for having anything." --Leo Buscaglia
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Summer Reading ListListed below are the 2008 summer reading selections. Students are encouraged to read not only the selections listed below but also to continue reading throughout the summer with selections of their own choosing. Studies show that consistent reading results in improved vocabulary, higher ACT and SAT scores, and better comprehension and writing skills. In addition to reading the selections listed below, students are also expected to complete a writing assignment. Students will receive a copy of this summer reading list and the accompanying assignment in May before they leave school for the summer. English 7: *White Fang - Jack London *The Witch of Blackbird Pond - Elizabeth George Speare English 8: *The Scarlet Pimpernel-Baroness Emmuska Orczy *The House on Mango Street-Sandra Cisneros English I: *Fahrenheit 451-Ray Bradbury Honors English I: *David Copperfield-Charles Dickens English II: *And Then There Were None-Agatha Christie Honors English II: *Once and Future King-T.H. White English III: *My Antonia-Willa Cather Honors English III: *The Poisonwood Bible-Barbara Kingsolver English IV: *The Grapes of Wrath-John Steinbeck AP English Language and Composition: *In Cold Blood-Truman Capote *Under the Banner of Heaven-Jon Krakauer AP English Literature and Composition: *Wuthering Heights- Emily Bronte *Pygmalion-Georege Bernard Shaw |
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