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Summer Reading List

Following are the summer reading lists for the 2012-2013 school year. Students were asked to read and annotate the appropriate book and bring to their first classes in August. If you have any questions, the email addresses of the instructors are included within each file, or you are welcome to call St. James Academy at (913)254-4200.

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English I

 

The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder

 

Honors English I

Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

English II

Adventures of Ulysses by Bernard Evslin

Honors English II: World Literature and Composition

The Odyssey (Prestwick edition) Entire book

The Iliad (Prestwick edition) Selections: Books: 1, 3-11, 16-22 and 24

English III

A Separate Peace by John Knowles

AP Literature and Composition

Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

English IV

A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines

AP Language and Composition

Periodicals (Newspapers and Editorials) and

1984 by George Orwell

Extended Readings in Church History

Triumph 
By  H. W. Crocker III

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Due:  Before the first class of the semester
Assesment:  There will be a test when you arrive in class 
Goal: I am not expecting anyone to memorize the dates in the book but rather to have an understanding of the whole story and the main events in the plot.


Annotation Style

Annotating of Texts
Annotating 101

 
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