Grade 11 Advanced Placement Language & Composition
Salinger, A Biography by Paul Alexander
Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
Glossary of Rhetorical Terms: Read the package four times over the course of the summer in order to familiarize yourself with the various rhetorical terms and devices.
Grade 11 (Honors, College Prep, and Alternative English)
Honors- Students are required to read Mean Spirit by Linda Hogan. Also, choose two additional readings from the listed below.
| Novel/Play | Author |
| The Crucible | Arthur Miller |
| A Farewell to Arms | Ernest Hemingway |
| Slaughterhouse Five | Kurt Vonnegut |
| The Autobiography of Malcolm X | Malcolm X |
| The Bean Trees | Barbara Kingsolver |
| Annie John | Jamaica Kincaid |
| Tennessee Williams | |
| Arthur Miller | |
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College Prep English- Students are required to read The Crucible by Arthur Miller . Also, choose one additional selection from the list below.
Alternative English-Students are required to read one of the options below.
| Novel/Play | Author |
| The Scarlet Letter | Nathaniel Hawthorne |
| A Farewell to Arms | Ernest Hemingway |
| The Grapes of Wrath | John Steinbeck |
| Slaughterhouse Five | Kurt Vonnegut |
| The Autobiography of Malcolm X | Malcolm X |
| The Bean Trees | Barbara Kingsolver |
| Annie John | Jamaica Kincaid |
| I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings | Maya Angelou |
| The Bell Jar | Sylvia Plath |
| Secret life of Bees | Sue Monk Kidd |
| Color of Water | James McBride |
| In Cold Blood | Truman Capote |
| In These Girls, Hope is a Muscle | Madeleine Blais |
| Tennesse Williams | |
| Arthur Miller | |
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