LCUSD Core Reading List

Ms. Skalla, Ms. Salardino- 7^th grade (verified 8/3/11)

¨ Freak the Mighty

¨ The Miracle Worker

¨ The Diary of Anne Frank

¨ The Giver

 

Ms. Blandford 8^th grade (verified 8/29/11)

¨ Romeo and Juliet-Pelican Edition

¨ The Killer Angels

¨ Fahrenheit 451

 

Ms. Baldwin 8^th grade (verified 8/24/10)

¨ A Christmas Carol -Tor Edition

¨ Romeo and Juliet-Pelican Edition

¨ The Killer Angels

¨ Fahrenheit 451 TBD

 

Ms. Moore- 9th grade (verified 8/03/11)

¨ Odyssey (Mandlebaum translation)

¨ To Kill a Mockingbird

¨ Of Mice & Men (Penguin ed.)

¨ Othello (Folger Ed.)

¨ Lord of the Flies

 

Ms Willshire-9^th Grade (verified 8/18/11)

¨ Odyssey (Mandlebaum ed.)

¨ To Kill a Mockingbird

¨ Of Mice and Men

 

Ms. Calhoun, English 1 (verified Sept 7, 2011)

¨ Edith Hamilton, Mythology

¨  The Odyssey by Homer (Mandelbaum translation)

¨ To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

¨   Lord of the Flies by Golding or Of Mice and Men by Steinbeck TBD

¨   Othello by Shakespeare, (Folger edition)

 

Mr. Torres 9^th Grade (verified 8/22/11)

¨ Odyssey ( Penguin edition—E.V.Riev edition)****

¨ Animal Farm

¨ Of Mice and Men

¨ Othello

 

Ms. Carlson 9^th Grade (verified 8/22/11)

¨ To Kill a Mockingbird

¨ The Odyssey (Mandelbaum ed.)

¨ Othello

¨ No Fear Shakespeare Othello (Recommended)

¨ Lord of the Flies

 

Ms. Pelletier 9^th Grade (verified 9/10/11)

¨ To Kill a Mockingbird

¨ The Odyssey (Mandelbaum)

¨ Animal Farm

¨ Othello

¨ Of Mice and Men

 

Ms. Lewsadder 10^th Grade (verified 8/1/11)

¨ Norton Anthology of World Literature, Shorter Edition volume 1.  (We regret that we are not able to supply you with the Norton Anthology, because we do not offer textbooks.)

¨ Frankenstein

¨ 1984

¨ Night

 

Ms. Carlson 10^th Grade (verified 8/22/11)

¨ Norton Anthology of World Literature, Shorter Edition volume 1.  (We regret that we are not able to supply you with the Norton Anthology, because we do not offer textbooks.)

¨ Frankenstein

¨ 1984

¨ Dracula

 

Ms. Lewsadder and Mr. Valassidis 10th Grade Honors (verified 8/1/11)

¨ Norton Anthology of World Literature, Shorter Edition volume 1 and 2.  (We regret that we are not able to supply you with the Norton Anthology, because we do not offer textbooks.)

¨ Frankenstein

¨ 1984

 

Mr. Valassidis –11^th Grade (College Prep English 3) (verified 9/02/09)

¨ The Metamorphosis—Kafka

¨ 1984 –Orwell

¨ Brave New World—Huxley

¨ A Streetcar Named Desire—Williams

¨ Frankenstein—Shelley

¨ Taming of the Shrew—Shakespeare

¨ Dr. Faustus—Marlowe

¨ Death of A Salesman—Miller

¨ Six Characters in Search of an Author—Pirandello

¨ One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest—Kesey

 

Ms. Calhoun –11^th Grade (verified 9/7/11)

¨  The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne (Penguin Classics)

¨  The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Twain

¨  The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald

¨  The Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck

¨  The Catcher in the Rye by Salinger

¨   One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest- Kesey

 

Ms. Moore -11^th Grade (verified 8/3/11)

¨  Epic of Gilgamesh (Penguin Edition)

¨ The Three Theban Plays by Sophocles (Penguin ed.)

¨ Death of a Salesman (Miller) Penguin ed.

¨ Things Fall Apart ( Achebe)

¨ 1984 (Orwell) with forward by Thomas Pynchon

¨ Frankenstein (Shelley)  Penguin ed.

 

Ms. Pelletier –AP Language and Composition (verified 10/11/11)

¨ 1984 –George Orwell –Oct.

¨ Brave New World—Aldous Huxley- Dec/Jan

 

Mr. Powers-AP Language and Composition (verified 8/9/11)

¨ Consolation of Philosophy (Boethius)

¨ Troilus & Criseyde (Chaucer—Coghill ed.)

¨ One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Kesey)

¨ Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare)

¨ Frankenstein (Shelley)

¨ Oedipus the King (Bernard Knox translation)

¨ Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do? -Sendal

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Mr. Padilla—Mirror Themes in Literature and the Fine Arts- Grade 12 (verified 8/18/11)

¨ Plato Six Great Dialogues (Dover Thrift Ed.)

¨ Dante’s Inferno (Ciardi Ed.)

¨ Canterbury Tales (selected stories by Chaucer) Coghill  Translation

¨ The Fall (Camus) or The Stranger TBD

¨ Hamlet (Shakespeare)

¨ Macbeth (Shakespeare) TBD

¨ Martin Eden (Jack London)

¨ Annotated Mona Lisa

¨ Native Son (Richard Wright) TBD

 

Ms. Willshire—AP English Lit and Composition (verified 8/11/11)

¨ Beowulf(Burton Raffel translation)

¨ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Tolkein translation)

¨ A Tale of Two Cities (Dickens)

¨ Pride and Prejudice (Austen)

¨ Gulliver’s Travels (Swift)

¨ The Canterbury Tales (Coghill translation.)( Signet parallel translation)

¨ The Importance of Being Ernest (Wilde)

¨  Hamlet

¨ Heart of Darkness

¨ The Awakening

¨ The Stranger

¨ Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

¨ Mrs. Dalloway

 

Mr. Powers English 4 (verified 8/10/11)

¨ Hamlet –Folger Shakespeare ed.

¨ Canterbury Tales—Coghill ed.

¨ Crime and Punishment ( Constance Garnett translation)

¨ Christmas Carol—Tor ed.

¨ Things They Carried –TBD

¨ Slaughterhouse 5--TBD