Evangelistic Temple School Summer Reading List

Entering 12th Grade

Required reading: The Christian in Today's Culture by Chuck Colson

Evaluation:

•  Students will keep a reading journal on the book by taking notes or outlining each chapter. Journals should be typed or legibly handwritten and will be due the first week of school to their Bible teacher.

•  Students will use their journal throughout the year for assignments or tests.

AND

Choose one of the following books based on your interests. The books can be purchased at various bookstores or checked out from the public library. Some copies may also be available for checking out from ETS library.   Summer hours are Monday through Thursday 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Your choice must be a book you have not previously read.   If you have read all the books listed, please contact the Director of Instruction.   After reading the book, complete the Summer Reading Response for Novel sheet.   This assignment is due the first week of school.

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

            Shipwrecked English schoolboys set up their own civilization, but savagery finally emerges.

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

            Social comedy set in the 18th century England. One wealthy young and eligible bachelor moves into a neighborhood of five pretty, unmarried sisters and complications begin as games of courtship, love, and marriage are played out.

Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson.

            The story of young David Balfour, an orphan, whose miserly uncle cheats him out of his inheritance and schemes to have him kidnapped, shanghaied, and sold into slavery.

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

            After harsh early years, Pip, an orphan growing up in Victorian England, is given the means to become a gentleman by an unknown benefactor and learns that outward appearances can be deceiving.

Don Quixote De La Mancha by Cervantes

            An idealistic Country gentleman and his shrew squire set out, like knights of old, to search for adventure and to right wrongs.

Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

            Wessex, a district of scattered field farms, sets the scene for Gabriel Oak as he falls victim to the young mistress of Weatherbury Farm, Bathsheba. He stands by her through one marriage, one betrothal until a stroke of fate brings about their ultimate union.

Summer Reading Response for Novel

First Name:_____________________Last Name:___________________________

Novel Read:________________________________________________________

Author:____________________________________________________________

After reading your book, complete each of the responses on separate lined paper.   Read all directions carefully.   All writing should be neat and easy to read.

  1. Choose a character to whom you particularly relate and explain why in a detailed 10 to 12 sentence paragraph.
  2. Looking at two separate parts of the novel, list two themes.   Explain what central ideas the novel shows.   How do these themes relate to today's world? What makes them universal?
  3. Write two direct quotations from the novel about two separate ideas or issues which you feel are important, relevant, or powerful.   Then explain why you chose these quotes.
  4. Explain how this book supports a biblical worldview or an anti-biblical worldview.   Write your response giving two supporting examples from the book in one to three concise paragraphs.
  5. Write a paragraph explaining why you would or would not recommend the novel. Give three supporting reasons for your position.