State-recommended literature
www.cde.ca.gov/ci/cr/rl/
"How to Start Getting Ready for College in 9th and 10th Grade"
https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/get-in/applying-101/how-to-start-getting-ready-for-college-in-9th-and-10th-grade
"101 Great Books Recommended for College-Bound Readers"
http://wcpscollegeandcareer.weebly.com/uploads/7/7/1/1/7711918/college_board_recommended_books.pdf
This excellent recommended list includes poetry and non-fiction
http://als.lib.wi.us/Collegebound.html
And a final one from the National Endowment for the Humanities
edsitement.neh.gov/feature/edsitements-recommended-reading-list-college-bound-students
Honors students will choose one on these books or two plays for an independent book project in second semester. All would be good preparation for college. * denotes books typically read in junior and senior English. (NOTE: Distributed list contains 1984 by George Orwell. Remove from your list. We are reading it later this semester.)
! Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck
! * The Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger
! * To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee
! As I Lay Dying William Faulkner
* The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald
Ceremony Leslie Marmon Silko
House Made of Dawn N. Scott Momaday
The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne AND
* + “The Crucible” Arthur Miller
! A Separate Peace John Knowles
* + “The Crucible” AND
* + “Death of a Salesman” Both by Arthur Miller
The Joy Luck Club Amy Tan
* Great Expectations Charles Dickens
Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen
Jane Eyre Charlotte Bronte
* + “Hamlet” William Shakespeare
* + “Macbeth” William Shakespeare
+ “Othello” William Shakespeare
Crime and Punishment Fyodor Dostoyevsky
! Native Son Richard Wright
! Their Eyes Were
Watching God Zora Neale Houston
! Invisible Man Ralph Ellison
* Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe
! * Bless Me, Ultima Rudolfo Anaya
One Hundred Years
of Solitude Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Like Water for Chocolate Laura Esquivel
The House of Spirits Isabelle Allende
State-recommended literature
www.cde.ca.gov/ci/cr/rl/
"How to Start Getting Ready for College in 9th and 10th Grade"
https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/get-in/applying-101/how-to-start-getting-ready-for-college-in-9th-and-10th-grade
"101 Great Books Recommended for College-Bound Readers"
http://wcpscollegeandcareer.weebly.com/uploads/7/7/1/1/7711918/college_board_recommended_books.pdf
This excellent recommended list includes poetry and non-fiction
http://als.lib.wi.us/Collegebound.html
And a final one from the National Endowment for the Humanities
edsitement.neh.gov/feature/edsitements-recommended-reading-list-college-bound-students
Honors students will choose one on these books or two plays for an independent book project in second semester. All would be good preparation for college. * denotes books typically read in junior and senior English. (NOTE: Distributed list contains 1984 by George Orwell. Remove from your list. We are reading it later this semester.)
! Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck
! * The Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger
! * To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee
! As I Lay Dying William Faulkner
* The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald
Ceremony Leslie Marmon Silko
House Made of Dawn N. Scott Momaday
The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne AND
* + “The Crucible” Arthur Miller
! A Separate Peace John Knowles
* + “The Crucible” AND
* + “Death of a Salesman” Both by Arthur Miller
The Joy Luck Club Amy Tan
* Great Expectations Charles Dickens
Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen
Jane Eyre Charlotte Bronte
* + “Hamlet” William Shakespeare
* + “Macbeth” William Shakespeare
+ “Othello” William Shakespeare
Crime and Punishment Fyodor Dostoyevsky
! Native Son Richard Wright
! Their Eyes Were
Watching God Zora Neale Houston
! Invisible Man Ralph Ellison
* Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe
! * Bless Me, Ultima Rudolfo Anaya
One Hundred Years
of Solitude Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Like Water for Chocolate Laura Esquivel
The House of Spirits Isabelle Allende