Every student will have a required summer reading assignment in English and Social Studies. Additionally, some courses in mathematics and science require a summer learning assignment. These assignments along with specific instructions on the assignments will be posted to the Walton website in May. Please consider these requirements when planning your course selection for the 2023-2024 school year.
English Summer Reading:
9th Grade English Literature and Composition (All levels – one book with assignment)
Between Shades of Gray (Sepetys)
10th Grade English World Literature (One required book with assignment)
The Alchemist (Coelho)
10th Grade English Honors World Literature (One required book with assignment)
Life of Pi (Martel)
10th Grade English ISA Honors World Literature (One required book with assignment)
Life of Pi (Martel)
10th Grade World Literature Small Group (One required book with assignment)
Of Mice and Men (Steinbeck)
10th Grade AP Language and Composition (Two required books with assignment)
Thank You for Arguing (Heinrichs)
The Elements of Style (Strunk and White)
11th Grade English American Literature (Choice of ONE book with assignment)
Choose one: Range (Epstein), David and Goliath (Gladwell), Grit (Duckworth), or Quiet (Cain)
11th Grade English Honors American Literature (One required book with assignment)
Choose one: Range (Epstein), David and Goliath (Gladwell), Grit (Duckworth), or Quiet (Cain)
11th Grade English LA Honors American Literature (Two required books)
Choose one: Range (Epstein), David and Goliath (Gladwell), Grit (Duckworth), or Quiet (Cain) How to Read Literature Like a Professor (Foster)
11th Grade American Literature Small Group
(One required book with assignment) Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Douglass)
11th Grade AP Language and Composition/American Literature (Two required books with assignment)
Choose one: Range (Epstein), David and Goliath (Gladwell), Grit (Duckworth), or Quiet (Cain) Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Douglass)
*In addition to summer reading, all 12th graders must complete the Post-Secondary Options Packet available on the “Information” page of the School Counseling website by the end of summer. Home | Walton High School Counseling Department (waltonhighcounseling.com)
12th Grade English British Literature
(One required book) * Buried Giant (Ishiguro)
12th Grade Dramatic Writing
(one book and one movie required) * The Martian (Weir – novel) and The Martian (film, 2015)
12th Grade English Honors British Literature
(One required book with assignment) * Buried Giant (Ishiguro)
12th Grade British Literature Small Group
(One required book with assignment) * The Hound of the Baskervilles (Doyle)
12th Grade AP Literature and Composition
(Two required books with assignment) * Grendel (Gardner) Oryx and Crake (Atwood)
12th Grade ISA AP Literature and Composition
(One required book with assignment) * One Hundred Years of Solitude (Garcia Marquez)
Social Studies Summer Reading:
World Geography & AP Human Geography
Refugee (Gratz)
Economics, Honors Economics, & AP Microeconomics
How an Economy Grows and Why it Crashes (Schiff and Schiff)
Government The United States Constitution:
A Graphic Adaptation (Hennessey)
Honors Government & AP Government
Nickel & Dimed (Ehrenreich)
U.S. History, Honors U.S. History & AP U.S. History
No Reading. All US History classes will complete summer assignment.
World History & Honors World History
A History of the World in Six Glasses (Introduction & Chapter 1-4 ONLY) (Standage)
AP World History
A History of the World in Six Glasses (Introduction & Chapter 1-4 ONLY) (Standage)
AP European History
Brunelleschi’s Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture (King)
Science Summer Assignment:
The AP Biology Summer Assignment is posted on CTLS in the AP Biology course that you should see if you are enrolled. If you do not see the AP Biology class/assignment or have any questions about the assignment, please email Mr. Wolfe douglas.wolfe@cobbk12.org . State your name, student ID, grade level (11th/12th) and if you are in the STEM program.
Math Summer Assignment:
All Students enrolled in Accelerated Geometry/Algebra 2 will have a summer packet to complete. The packet will be available on the Mathematics Department page of the Walton website https://www.waltonhigh.org/domain/45.
