To view the summer reading assignment for Grade 11 for the 2010-2011 school year, click here.
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Overarching questions discussion groups. During the first few days of class, we discussed these questions in groups in order to connect our summer reading assignments to the course goals and themes.
Summer reading and course themes. During the first few days of class, we will work with the summer reading texts. Use this chart to keep track of connections.
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The True Story of Hansel and Gretel by Louise Murphy
An Ordinary Man by Paul Rusesabagina
This autobiography covers the horrific genocide of the Tutsis at the hands of the Hutus in 1994, in which over 800,000 were killed in approximately 100 days. Rusesabagina relates not only the history of Rwanda that led up to the genocide, but also his efforts to save as many people as he could who came to the hotel he managed. The indifference of the international world and the mistakes Rwanda made in the aftermath of the genocide are also reflected in the book.
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The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
This novel relates the demise of friendship and the precipitous decline of Afghanistan at the end of the 20th century. The story encompasses the tranquility of pre-Taliban Afghanistan of the 1960s during the last days of Afghanistan’s monarchy and the turbulent rise and dramatic fall of Taliban control.
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