10th Grade



State College Area School District

Secondary English Department

10th Grade

Revised Booklist

2010-2011

10th Grade

Common core theme that will be studied by all students:

Adversity and Diversity: Justice around the World    

Common core titles that will be studied by all:

Wiesel, Elie     Night

Shakespeare, William    Julius Caesar, Henry V, or Macbeth

In addition to the above two titles, English 10 and Advanced English 10 teachers will teach one of the following:

Satrapi, Marjane     Persepolis

Achebe, Chinua     Things Fall Apart

Otsuka, Julie     When the Emperor Was Divine  

Advanced English 10 teachers will also teach one of the Following:

Bradbury, Ray     Fahrenheit 451

Dickens, Charles     Tale of Two Cities

Kingsolver, Barbara     Poisonwood Bible

In addition to the above Advanced English 10 titles, Advanced Honors English 10 teachers will also teach the following:

Conrad, Joseph     Heart of Darkness

Marlowe, Christopher     Dr. Faustus

Wilde, Oscar     The Picture of Dorian Gray

Titles that may be used as required reading for full-class instruction:

Achebe, Chinua Things Fall Apart

Anaya, Rudolfo Bless Me, Ultima

Austen, Jane Pride and Prejudice

Bradbury, Ray Fahrenheit 451

Cather, Willa O Pioneers!

Coehlo, Paul The Alchemist

Conrad, Joseph Heart of Darkness

DuMaurier, Daphne Rebecca

Fleischman, Paul Whirligig

Griffin, John Howard Black Like Me

Golding, William Lord of the Flies

Keyes, Daniel Flowers for Algernon

Marlowe, Christopher Dr. Faustus

McBride, James The Color of Water

Myers, Walter Dean Monster

Remarque, Erich All Quiet on the Western Front

Salinger, J. D. Catcher in the Rye

Shaffer, Mary Ann and Annie The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Barrows

Shaw, George Bernard Caesar and Cleopatra (Advanced 10)

Yang, Gene Luen American Born Chinese

Watson, Larry Montana 1948

Titles that may be used ONLY as optional/student choice selections:

Achebe, Chinua Arrow of God

Achebe, Chinua No Longer at Ease

Adichie, Chimamanga Purple Hibiscus

Albom, Mitch The Five People You Meet in Heaven

Albom, Mitch Tuesdays with Morrie

Abrahams, Peter Mine Boy

Angelou, Maya I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Anonymous Go Ask Alice

Arana, Marie American Chica

Bedford, Simi Yoruba Girl Dancing

Brooks, Bruce The Moves Make the Man

Cather, Willa My Antonia

Clarke, Arthur Childhood’s End

Crichton, Michael Andromeda Strain

Dillard, Annie American Childhood

Donnelly, Jennifer A Northern Light

Draper, Sharon Battle of Jericho

Goodwin, Doris Kearns Wait Till Next Year

Grisham, John Bleachers

Hugo, Victor Les Miserables

Huxley, Elspeth The Flame Trees of Thika

Kesey, Ken One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest

Kingsolver, Barbara The Poisonwood Bible

Lipsyte, Robert The Contender

Namioka, Lensey Ties That Bind, Ties That Break

Otsuka, Julie When the Emperor Was Divine

Potok, Chaim My Name Is Asher Lev

Potok, Chaim The Chosen

Santiago, Esmeralda When I Was Puerto Rican

Satrapi, Marjane Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood

Silko, Leslie Marmon Ceremony

T’iongo, Ngugi wa Weep Not Child

Wolff, Tobias This Boy’s Life

Yen Mah ,Adeline Falling Leaves

Thematic/Genre-Based Collections

African Literature by African Writers

Achebe. Chinua Arrow of God

Achebe, Chinua No Longer at Ease

Adichie, Chimamanga Purple Hibiscus

Bedford, Simi Yoruba Girl Dancing

T’iongo, Ngugi wa Weep Not Child

Multicultural Literature

Namioka, Lensey Ties That Bind, Ties That Break

Santiago, Esmeralda When I Was Puerto Rican

Satrapi, Marjane Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood

Silko, Leslie Marmon Ceremony

Otsuka, Julie When the Emperor Was Divine

Yen Mah, Adeline Falling Leaves

Competition

Brooks, Bruce The Moves Make the Man

Goodwin, Doris Kearns Wait Till Next Year

Grisham, John Bleachers

Lipsyte, Robert The Contender

Potok, Chaim The Chosen

Responsibility, Community, & Redemption

Fleischman, Paul Whirligig

Myers, Walter Dean Monster

Silko, Leslie Marmon Ceremony

Watson, Larry Montana 1948

Social Justice

Griffin, John Howard Black Like Me

McBride, James The Color of Water

Myers, Walter Dean Monster

Watson, Larry Montana 1948

Searching for Purpose, Searching for Self

Anaya, Rudolfo Bless Me, Ultima

Coehlo, Paul The Alchemist

McBride, James The Color of Water

Potok, Chaim The Chosen

Santiago, Esmeralda When I Was Puerto Rican

Satrapi, Marjane Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood

Silko, Leslie Marmon Ceremony

Wolff, Tobias This Boy’s Life

Multicultural Memoirs

Angelou, Maya I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Arana, Marie American Chica

Huxley, Elspeth The Flame Trees of Thika

McBride, James The Color of Water

Santiago, Esmeralda When I Was Puerto Rican

Satrapi, Marjane Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood

Yen Mah, Adeline Falling Leaves

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