Summer Reading Assignment

Juniors

2014-2015

Why the heck should I read over summer? It’s my break!

Yes, you are correct, this is your break from school, but it should not be your break from learning.

There are many reasons why it’s a great idea for you to read over the summer.

Studies show that many student who do not read actually lose reading skills over summer.

Students who continue to read actually gain reading skills.

Summer reading increases…

Reading comprehensionIdentification of the effective use of

languageCritical thinking Academic vocabularyAnalytical skills

11 On-LevelInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer

Into the Wild is a true story about the life and death of Christopher McCandless. McCandless was a young man with seemingly every advantage. Raised by a successful and self-made family in an upscale suburb near Washington, D.C., McCandless graduates with honors from Emory University. By the time he enters the world as an independent young adult, Chris has a college degree, a loving family, a car that he loves, and some $25,000 in his savings account. So, why would this young man break all contact with his parents, give away all his money, abandon his vehicle, and spend the next two years living as a homeless drifter? That is the question author Jon Krakauer sets out to investigate.

Into the Wild

What would cause a person to walk away from everything and everyone?

In this true story Jon Krakauer attempts to answer this question as he reports on Chris McCandless, a man whose abandoned body was found in Alaska in 1992.

11 AP Thank You for Arguing–Jay Heinrichs

Thank You for Arguing is your master class in the art of persuasion, taught by professors ranging from Bart Simpson to Winston Churchill.  The time-tested secrets this book discloses include Cicero’s three-step strategy for moving an audience to action—as well as Honest Abe’s Shameless Trick of lowering an audience’s expectations by pretending to be unpolished. But it’s also replete with contemporary techniques such as politicians’ use of “code” language to appeal to specific groups and an eye-opening assortment of popular-culture dodges—including The Yoda Technique, The Belushi Paradigm, and The Eddie Haskell Ploy. 

11 AP Thank You for Arguing–Jay Heinrichs

Whether you’re an inveterate lover of language books or just want to win a lot more anger-free arguments on the page, at the podium, or over a beer, Thank You for Arguing is for you. Written by one of today’s most popular language mavens, it’s warm, witty, erudite, and truly enlightening. It not only teaches you how to recognize a paralipsis and a chiasmus when you hear them, but also how to wield such handy and persuasive weapons the next time you really, really want to get your own way.

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