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Summer Assignments
The objective of summer reading is to provide students with meaningful, relevant selections that will help foster their critical reading and analytical skills hopefully sparking a new curiosity and appreciation for literature, as well as the wondrous world around them.
We provide a variety of assessments, including projects, writing assignments, and objective tests. English teachers will provide specific instructions and dates within the first two weeks of school. The assessments enable our students to demonstrate their comprehension of the books they read, as well as their ability to analyze and connect with the literature.
English 2025
General Information
The objective of RBC’s summer reading program is to provide our students with meaningful, relevant selections that will help foster their critical reading skills and vocabulary while hopefully sparking a greater curiosity and appreciation for literature. In the sections where choices are provided, students (and their parents) should choose a book that suits their individual level of comfort and ability.
All summer reading assessments, including any specific instructions, will be provided by students’ English teachers within the first weeks of school.
Students are not required to annotate the books they read over the summer, though they may find that annotating helps them comprehend and keep track of what they are reading, as well as prepare for the assessments when they return to school. For guidance on how to annotate a book, please click on the link labeled “Annotating a Book.”
If you should have any questions over the summer, please email Ms. Beth Boylan, English Department Chairperson, at bboylan@redbankcatholic.com (she will be on a summer schedule but will respond to any questions as soon as possible).
Tips for annotation
Freshman Year
Honors English I
Required Books:
Salt to the Sea – Ruta Sepetys
Choose 1 of the Following:
We Were Liars – E. Lockhart
Station Eleven – Emily St. John Mandel
Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore – Robin Sloan
Assessment for the required book: An objective, multiple-choice reading comprehension quiz. Questions will relate mainly to the book’s plot, characters, setting, conflicts, and overall themes.
Assessment for the book of choice: An essay written during class. Writing prompts will be provided by the teacher at that time.
For guidance on how to annotate your summer reading book, please CLICK HERE.
Accelerated College Prep English I
Required Book:
Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck
Choose 1 of the Following:
Salt to the Sea – Ruta Sepetys
Salt to the Sea – Ruta Sepetys
We Were Liars – E. Lockhart
The House on Mango Street - Sandra Cisneros
The Gospel According to Larry – Janet Tashjian
Assessment for the required book: An objective, multiple-choice reading comprehension quiz. Questions will relate mainly to the book’s plot, characters, setting, conflicts, and overall themes.
Assessment for the book of choice: An essay written during class. Writing prompts will be provided by the teacher at that time.
For guidance on how to annotate your summer reading book, please CLICK HERE.
College Prep English I
Required Books:
The Pigman – Paul Zindel
Choose 1 of the Following:
I Will Always Write Back – Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda
The Canterville Ghost – Oscar Wilde
Monster – Walter Dean Myers
The Gospel According to Larry – Janet Tashjian
Assessment for the required book: An objective, multiple-choice reading comprehension quiz. Questions will relate mainly to the plot and characters of the book.
Assessment for the choice book: A creative project. Your English teacher will provide specific instructions when you return to school in September.
Sophomore Year
Honors English II
Required Books:
Twelve Angry Men – Reginald Rose
Choose 1 of the Following:
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane – Katherine Howe
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow – Gabrielle Zevin
We have always Lived in the Castle - Shirley Jackson
The Long Loneliness: The Autobiography of the Legendary Catholic Social Activist – Dorothy Day
Walking with the Wind – John Lewis
The Nickel Boys – Colson Whitehead
The Book of Love – Kelly Link
Assessment for the required book: An objective, multiple-choice reading comprehension quiz. Questions will relate mainly to the book’s plot, characters, setting, conflicts, and overall themes.
Assessment for the book of choice: An essay written during class. Writing prompts will be provided by the teacher at that time.
For guidance on how to annotate your summer reading book, please CLICK HERE.
ACP English II
Required Books:
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet – Jamie Ford
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet – Jamie Ford
Choose any ONE of the Following:
Elatsoe - Darcie Little Badge
Bad – Jean Ferris
Friday Night Lights – H.G. Bissinger
Bad – Jean Ferris
Friday Night Lights – H.G. Bissinger
All We Have Left – Wendy Mills
Stories from Suffragette City – M.J. Rose & Fiona Davis
Into the Wild – Jon Krakauer
Gym Candy – Carl Deuker
Assessment for the required book: An objective, multiple-choice reading comprehension quiz. Questions will relate mainly to the book’s plot, characters, setting, conflicts, and overall themes.
Assessment for the book of choice: An essay written during class. Writing prompts will be provided by the teacher at that time.
For guidance on how to annotate your summer reading book, please CLICK HERE.
CP English II
All CP American Literature students must read a total of 2 books. One of those books must be the required book. The other selection must come from the second list. All of the books listed are considered “Young Adult” and are written by American authors.
Required Book:
Into the Wild - Jon Krakauer
Choose 1 of the following books listed:
Dread Nation – Justina Ireland
The Initial Insult – Mindy McGinnis
All of Us Villains – Amanda Foody
Chasing King’s Killer: The Hunt for MLK Jr’s
Americanized: A Rebel Without a Green Card – Sarah Saedi
Just Mercy: A True Story of the Fight for Justice – Bryan Stevenson
Assessment for the required book: An objective, multiple-choice reading comprehension quiz. Questions will relate mainly to the plot and characters of the book.
Assessment for the choice book: A creative project. Your English teacher will provide specific instructions when you return to school in September.
Junior Year
All juniors are required to read the following book for their Religion class:
Left to Tell: Discovering God amidst the Rwandan Holocaust – Immaculee Ilibagiza
AP Seminar
Required Book:
In Cold Blood – Truman Capote
Choose 1 of the Following:
Sula - Toni Morrison
Dead Man Walking - Sister Helen Prejean
Brave New World – Aldous Huxley
The Parable of the Sower – Octavia Butler
Jane Eyre – Charlotte Brontë
The Librarian of Auschwitz – Antonio Iturbe
On Beauty – Zadie Smith
Dracula – Bram Stoker
The Age of Innocence – Edith Wharton
Honors English III
Required Book:
A Tale of Two Cities – Charles Dickens
Choose 1 of the Following:
Rebecca – Daphne du Maurier
Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
Brave New World – Aldous Huxley
Assessment for the required book: An objective, multiple-choice reading comprehension quiz. Questions will relate mainly to the book’s plot, characters, setting, conflicts, and overall themes.
Assessment for the book of choice: An essay written during class. Writing prompts will be provided by the teacher at that time.
For guidance on how to annotate your summer reading book, please CLICK HERE.
ACP English III
Required Books:
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time – Mark Haddon
Choose 1 of the Following:
1984– George Orwell
Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
Jane Eyre – Charlotte Brontë
Assessment for the required book: An objective, multiple-choice reading comprehension quiz. Questions will relate mainly to the book’s plot, characters, setting, conflicts, and overall themes.
Assessment for the book of choice: An essay written during class. Writing prompts will be provided by the teacher at that time.
For guidance on how to annotate your summer reading book, please CLICK HERE.
CP English III
Required Book:
Crooked House - Agatha Christie
Choose 1 of the Following:
The Magician’s Nephew – C.S. Lewis
Storm Breaker - Anthony Horowitz
Assessment for the required book: An objective, multiple-choice reading comprehension quiz. Questions will relate mainly to the plot and characters of the book.
Assessment for the choice book: A creative project. Your English teacher will provide specific instructions when you return to school in September.
Senior Year
AP Literature
Required Books:
The Tempest - William Shakespeare
How to Read Literature Like a Professor – Thomas C. Foster
Choose 1 of the following:
Frankenstein – Mary Shelley
A Passage to India – E.M. Forster
Seniors in AP Literature may expect to be assessed on their summer reading through an essay and objective quiz, which will focus on plot, characters, conflicts, and overall themes central to the two novels.
Honors World Literature
Required Book:
The Namesake – Jhumpa Lahiri
Choose 1 of the Following:
The Librarian of Auschwitz – Antonio Iturbe
The Astonishing Color of After – Emily X.R. Pan
How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accents – Julia Alvarez
Homegoing – Yaa Gyasi
A Tale for the Time Being – Ruth Ozeki
The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho
Siddhartha – Hermann Hesse
Seniors in Honors World Literature may expect to be assessed on The Namesake through an objective quiz, which will focus on plot, characters, conflicts, and overall themes central to the novel.
Students will be assigned a creative project to assess their understanding of the book they choose to read.
English IV
Choose 1 of the Following:
Drama High - Michael Sokolove
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd – Agatha Christie
Echo Park–Michael Connelly
The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho
Sea of Tranquility – Emily St. John Mandel
The Book of Hope – Jane Goodall
The Things They Carried – Tim O’Brien
Seniors in English IV may expect to be assessed through an objective quiz, in-class essay and/or creative project. Students should read carefully to understand the plot, characters, conflicts, and overall themes of both books.
Religion 2025
Freshman
Sophomores
Sophomores
Prayers and Mysteries of the Rosary may be found at
http://www.catholicity.com/prayer/rosary.html
- Apostles Creed
- Mysteries of the Rosary (Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful, Glorious each set has five)
- Structure of the Rosary
- Structure of the Bible
Juniors
Seniors
AP US History 2025
CLICK HERE for the summer Khan Academy Assignment.
Calculus AB/BC 2025
*optional*
The assignments are on Khan Academy. Use the course codes below to join.
Calculus AB - Class code: 65SWG893
Calculus BC - Class code: W2SNWB3R