CSW’s English department is continuing to develop our summer reading options to better reflect our diverse community, as well as CSW’s mission to create global citizens. We are continually seeking a balance between classic and contemporary works by distinct voices. CSW’s English department is requiring that all students read at least one work prior to the start of the 2021-2022 school year.
See what your class selections are here!
Please note that AP students (both AP English Language and AP English Literature) will have additional readings in preparation for the rigors of an AP course. These additional readings will be communicated directly from the AP teacher to student via email.
Hopefully the selections below will be both enjoyable and interesting. As always, the summer reading program is a work in progress. Currently we are featuring:
* a lauded autobiography by a Chinese-American woman
* the celebrated debut novel by Nigeria’s premier writer paired with a primer for literary analysis
* another contemporary autobiography by a young man with a white father and a black mother growing up under apartheid South Africa
* a short story collection that includes works by: an African-American poet and cultural critic, contemporary America’s queen of gothic tales, a Pulitzer Prize winning Indian-American, a Latinx author who focused on the marginality of the working class, and Nigeria’s seminal novelist.
We encourage parents and the rest of the CSW community to explore these works, as well.
While we are requiring only a small amount of summer reading, we do hope that students take advantage of summer break to delve into reading by exploring the classics and discovering freshly published works. If you would like some guidance, please contact your English teacher, the English chair, Mrs. Rosemary Basquill, or Ms. Jennifer Becker, the school librarian.