High School

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High School Study Room Hours (September through June):

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Monday – Thursday: 3:00PM – 9:00PM
Friday: 3:00PM – 6:00PM
Saturday: 9:00AM – 5:00PM
Sunday: 1:00PM – 5:00PM
Early Release Days: Opens at 12:00PM

 

Summer Reading

*Wellesley High School English Department Summer Reading 2018 Website

*Read the text assigned for your course plus one book of your choice. Title suggestions:

Grade 12

Class Title
12CP (English 143): Different Seasons – Stephen King (Read “The Body” and one other)
12ACP (English 142): On Writing – Stephen King
Senior Creative Writing: On Writing – Stephen King
12H (English 141): The Namesake – Jhumpa Lahiri
Beyond the Binary: The Handmaids Tale – Margarate Atwood
Diverse American Voices: The Autobiography of Malcom X: As Told to Alex Haley
Humanities: Unaccustomed Earth – Jhumpa Lahiri
World Literature: Nervous Conditions – Tsitsi Dangarembga
Evolutions 11/12: The Evolutions Primer

Grade 11

Class

Title
11CP (English 133): American Born Chinese – Gene Yang
11ACP (English 132): The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates – Wes Moore
11H (English 131): 1984 – George Orwell
Evolutions (11/12): The Evolutions Primer

Grade 10

Class

Title
10CP (English 123): Dear Martin – Nic Stone
10ACP (English 122): Dear Martin – Nic Stone
 10H (English 121): The Bean Trees – Barbara Kingsolver
 Foundations 10: Where the Red Fern Grows – Wilson Rawls

Grade 9

Class

Title
9CP (English 113): Dear Martin – Nic Stone
9ACP (English 112): Dear Martin – Nic Stone
9H (English 111): Bless Me, Ultima – Rudolfo Anaya
Foundations 9: Where the Red Fern Grows – Wilson Rawls

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