The Well Trained Mind Summer Reading Program ;)

[BlsdMama]

Fill in the blanks:

 

 

If my *high school* child was to be assigned just four books that were "must read" this summer, they would be __________, ____________, _________________ and __________________.

[Haiku]

The Jungle, Oedipus, Walden & Civil Disobedience, and Things Fall Apart

 

It's nearly impossible to say, though, because I don't know what your child has read and what your goals are for the summer reading. I just chose four books I think every young person should read because they cover various themes and social situations.

[Carol in Cal.]

Antigone, Anna Karenena, Macbeth, Common Ground

[73349]

My baby sister is a rising freshman in a mediocre district. I am going to mail her first How to Read a Book, then Folks, This Ain't Normal and The $64 Tomato to compare/contrast, and then The Work-Smart Academic Planner.

 

:bigear:  for literature ideas to send her for her birthday or next summer. I already gave her The Aeneid, The Iliad and The Odyssey.

[Liza Q]

This is not a four most important books to read in high school list, right?

 

I have a few lined up for summer reading, but they are specific to us - where we are in history, his reading level and preferences, what he has read before, etc.

 

Carrying the Fire (Collins), Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Huckleberry Finn, The Chosen

 

 

[lizlatorre]

They Say, I Say: Moves that Matter in Academic Writing

Taming of the Shrew

The Odyssey

Reading Lolita from Tehran

[Sebastian (a lady)]

Books that wrap up our American Lit studies:

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

The Great Gatsby

The Things They Carried

 

Books that are summer reading for next year:

Popular books about economics - The Ascent of Money, 1-2 books by Michael Lewis (I'm leaning towards The Big Short and Boomerang)

 

King Leopold's Ghost - just because it's been on my to do list for a while.

The Image - I try to read this every presidential election cycle.  Especially relevant this year.

Berlin Diary by William Shirer - I just finished this and I think it is a book worth reviving.  

 

 

[fourisenough]

Following

[chiguirre]

This summer we're wrapping up ancients and moving to medieval so we plan to read:

 

Antigone (because T's class didn't cover it)

Marcus Aurelius

Confessions and City of God

 

Her medieval class starts with Beowulf.

 

 

[rlestina]

The Chosen, Potok

The Crucible, Miller

The Divine Comedy, Dante

Les Miserables, Hugo