Entering Grade 9

On-Level Classes (IB MYP)
*Ender's Game – Card

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Pre-IB and Honor Classes (IB MYP)
*Ender's Game – Card (required for all students)
           AND
Students should also choose a second work from the list of suggested readings, such as the Montgomery County Public Library site, the Black-Eyed Susan site, and the American Library Association site. Select a work of serious fiction or nonfiction.

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Entering Grade 10

On-Level Classes (IB MYP)
*The following selected stories from Points of View – Moffett and McElheny, eds., 1995 ed.:
    Danny Santiago, The Somebody,"
    Shirley Jackson, The Lottery," and
   John Updike, A & P,"
             AND
MYP Personal Project Packet (distributed via English classes and the B-CC HS MYP website; work to be submitted and discussed via Social Studies classes in August)

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Pre-IB and Honors Classes (IB MYP)<
*Black Boy, "Part 1" – Wright
             AND
MYP Personal Project Packet (distributed via English classes and the B-CC HS MYP website; work to be submitted and discussed via Social Studies classes in August)

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Entering Grade 11

On-Level and Honors Classes
A work of literary merit, not previously studied, chosen by the student. See recommended lists from area libraries and bookstores. Students may also check out books from the English Department.

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IB English 11 Classes
*All the Pretty Horses – McCarthy
*Siddhartha – Hesse

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AP Language Classes
*The Color of Water – McBride
              AND
Select one of the following or a nonfiction work of comparable merit that interests you:

Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking – Gladwell
*A Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey From the Inner City to the Ivy League – Suskind
In Search of Our Mother's Gardens – Walker
Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer – Kidder
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America – Ehrenreich
The Omnivore's Dilemma – Pollan
The Price of Admission: How America's Ruling Class Buys Its Way Into Elite Colleges – Golden  
*The Road From Coorain< – Conway
Seabiscuit – Hillenbrand
*Silent Spring – Carson
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference – Gladwell

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Entering Grade 12

On-Level Classes
The Alchemist – Coelho

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Honors Classes
*The Things They Carried – O'Brien
            AND
* The Alchemist – Coelho

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AP Literature Classes
*The Things They Carried – O'Brien
          AND
One work of fiction, poetry, or drama, not previously studied, chosen by the student for its literary merit and interest.

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IB English 12 Classes
*For Whom the Bell Tolls – Hemingway
The God of Small Things – Roy
Wilfred Owen and Elizabeth Bishop – (packet to be provided via IB English 11 classes)

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