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Summer Reading Program Philosophy

The Morris Hills Regional District’s Summer Reading Program is founded on the belief that encouraging students to read on a year-round basis is a key element in the development of lifelong learners. 

In an effort to promote reading across the curriculum, teaching for transfer, and increase participation in a communal reading experience  in our buildings and across the district, we will launch  the first district-wide summer read, mandatory for all students attending Morris Hills High School and Morris Knolls High School.   

If you would like to recommed a book for Summer Reading 2012, please complete the survey below:

http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22DBNUPJTQV

With the support of the faculty, administration, local book stores, and public libraries, all students entering grades 9-12 will be required to read the same book.  Teachers, administrators, and parents are all encouraged to join in as well.  

Last year’s district-wide selection was The Last Lecture, by Randy Pausch. This title was chosen for its universal themes of gratitude, love, loyalty, work ethic, time, relationships, and "what matters in 'Real' life" among many more.  

When students arrived in September, they worked with their English teachers and other participating teachers to build a community around the books they have read.   The answer to the following essential question is at the heart of the text:

How does making every day count shape life's journey?

Please be advised that there are additional titles for Academy, Honors, and AP students selected by teachers of the same course.  

English 9H

To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee

English 10H
Academy 10

The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne

English 11H

1984, George Orwell

English 12H

Balzac & the Little Chinese Seamstress, Dai Sijie
Click here for the Summer Reading Assignment

AP Lit. & Lang.

The Origin of Species, Charles Darwin
Candide, Voltaire
1984, George Orwell

AP Lit & Comp.

Beloved, Toni Morrison
Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë
A Passage to India, E. M. Forster

Academy 9

The Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan

Assignment for Honors, AP, and Academy students:
Students will complete a CRIS Journal for each summer reading book.
(See file below: C.R.I.S. Journal for Honors, Academy, and AP Courses in .docx or .pdf format)

Assessment for Honors, AP, and Academy students:

CRIS JOURNALS will be counted as the equivalent of a quiz grade according to the attached rubric. 
(See file titled C.R.I.S. Journal Rubric ~ The Grade in .pdf format)

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Created by: Ashley Parrish, 2010-11