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Summer Assignments

Summer Assignments for 2024 - 2025 School Year 

Students should be prepared to discuss / test on all of their assigned reading books during the first days of school.

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2024 BVHS Summer Reading

Summer Reading

 

Required Essay Assignment – 500 words

After reading your Summer Reading selections, explain which one you liked the best and provide specifics from the works for your choice.  In addition, include a character who made a distinct personal impression on you and provide supportive reasons for your choice. The impression can be either positive or negative, but make sure you give reasons for your choice.

 

For All Students - Theology Book Requirement

Shadow of His Wings - Fr. Gereon Goldmann

Abridged Edition (168 pages)

https://catholic.market/authors-not-featured/fr-gereon-goldmann/shadow-of-his-wings/#description

For English Classes

  • Freshman - College Prep
    • Lord of the Flies - Golding
  • Freshman - Honors
    • Lord of the Flies - Golding
    • Fahrenheit 451 - Bradburry
       
  • Sophomore - College Prep
    • Of Mice and Men - Steinbeck
  • Sophomore - Honors
    • The Jungle - Upton Sinclair
    • The Great Gatsby - Fitzgerald
       
  • Junior - College Prep
    • A Tale of Two Cities - Dickens
  • Junior - Honors
    • Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
    • Animal Farm - George Orwell
  • Senior - College Prep
    • 1984 - Orwell
  • Senior - Honors
    • Long Day's Journey Into Night - O'Neill
    • Waiting for Godot - Beckett
    • Oedipus Rex - Sophocles
       
  • AP Literature
    • Klara and the Sun - Ishiguro
    • Brave New World - Huxley
    • A Prayer For Owen Meany - Irving
  • AP Seminar
    • The Jungle - Upton Sinclair
    • The Great Gatsby - Fitzgerald
    • Their Eyes are Watching God - Hurston
  • AP Research
    • They Say, I Say - Graft and Birkenstein
  • AP Language and Composition
    • Great Expectation - Dickens
    • Jane Eyre - Bronte
    • Frankenstein - Shelley

AP Summer Assignments

Senior College Summer Tasks

All seniors should be completing the college tasks assigned by the Student Services department in the spring. Click HERE to view the tasks, which includes the college essay prompts.