Semester #1 Choice Reading Project
DUE: THURSDAY, JANUARY 15th
Semester #2 Choice Reading Project- Must be a text of higher literary merit
DUE: TUESDAY, MAY 31st
Choice Reading Suggested Lists:
- Best List
- List by Author and Year
- List by Mrs. Henning
- List by Type of Text
Suggestions/Book Reviews from class of 2016
What is Literary Merit? A great article about what qualifies as a "work of literary merit"
LINKS TO ALL BOOK REVIEWS- 2nd Semester, Spring 2016:
Aeneid, The by Virgil- Review by Jeremy Harris
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque- Review by Trevor Hubert
Animal Farm by George Orwell- Review by Jack Harris
Animal Farm by George Orwell- Review by Sean Toohey
Animal Farm by George Orwell- Review by Alex Espinoza
Atonement by Ian McEwan- Review by Alexia Gould
Bell Jar, The by Sylvia Plath- Review by Gabrielle Brugger
Bell Jar, The by Sylvia Plath- Review by Emily Mastaw
Catch 22 by Joseph Heller - Review by Fabian Segura
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut- Review by Justin Aurich
Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger- Review by Justin Ward
Cry, Thy Beloved Country by Alan Platon- Review by Chase Toczydlowski
Dante's Inferno by Dante Alighieri- Review by Roi Hafizi
Dante's Inferno by Dante Alighieri- Review by Devin Norkus
Dracula by Bram Stoker- Review by Cary Garrigan
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer- Review by Ari Parks
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury- Review by Robbie Jimenez
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes- Review by Anissa Mathiasz
Gesture Life, A by Chan-Rae Lee- Review by Kyle VanDenHeuvel
Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood- Review by Julia Stevenson
Iliad, The by Homer- Review by Sam Gann
Invisible Man, The by Ralph Ellison- Review by Preston Dull
Lord of the Flies by William Golding- Review by John Turner
Lord of the Flies by William Golding- Review by Alex Simons
Lord of the Flies by William Golding- Review by Lucas Lindale
Lord of the Flies by William Golding- Review by David Noorman
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien- Review by Noah Koorndyk
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien- Review by Christian Nguyen
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien- Review by Matt Zoet
Memory Keeper's Daughter, The by Kim Edwards- Review by Angeline Kerkstra
Night by Elie Wiesel- Review by Elsa Holmlund
Night by Elie Wiesel- Review by Brianna Batdorff
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck- Review by Maddie Wall
Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver- Review by Micah Kigar
Road, The by Cormac McCarthy- Review by Ivan Lopez
Road, The by Cormac McCarthy- Review by Brandon Asbury
Road, The by Cormac McCarthy- Review by Kasey Baker
Road, The by Cormac McCarthy- Review by Nathan Stoetzel
Road, The by Cormac McCarthy- Review by Bryce Grover
Road, The by Cormac McCarthy- Review by Noah Dupon
Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut- Review by Ryan Kelly
Things They Carried, The by Tim O'Brien- Review by Jonah Rietberg
Things They Carried, The by Tim O'Brien- Review by Zeke Tryles
Things They Carried, The by Tim O'Brien- Review by Mitch Herrema
Thousand Splendid Suns, A by Khaled Hosseini- Review by Abraham Mengistu
Thousand Splendid Suns, A by Khaled Hosseini- Review by Jeremiah McGowan
Thousand Splendid Suns, A by Khaled Hosseini-Review by Vivian Ly
Thousand Splendid Suns, A by Khaled Hosseini- Review by Abi Lenau
Thousand Splendid Suns, A by Khaled Hosseini- Review by Delonte Pearson
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson- Review by Noah Baker
LINKS TO ALL BOOK REVIEWS- 1st Semester, Fall 2015:
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare- Review by Kasey Baker
Blackhawk Down by Mark Bowden- Review by Noah Koorndyk
Black House, The by Peter May- Review by Jack Harris
**Blue Smoke and Murder by Elizabeth Lowell- Review by Alexia Gould
Brother Iron Sister Steel by Dave Draper- Review by Brandon Asbury
Can't Buy Me Love: The Beatles, Britain, and America by Jonathan Gould- Review by Chase Toczydlowski
**Civil Action, A by Jonathan Harr- Review by Brianna Batdorff
Dragon Age: Asunder by David Gaider- Review by Cary Garrigan
Eragon by Christopher Paolini- Review by Sam Gann
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury- Review by Jonah Reitburg
Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien- Review by Zeke Tryles
Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien- Review by Noah Dupon
Forever War, The by Joe Haldeman- Review by Bryce Grover
Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner - Review by Jeremiah O'Brien
Game, The by Terry Schott- Review by Sean Toohey
Girl You Left Behind, The by JoJo Moyes- Review by Gabrielle Brugger
Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls- Review by Arion Parks
Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls- Review by Savannah Greenert
Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls- Review by Trevor Hubert
God of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs- Review by John Turner
I, Robot by Issac Asimov- Review by Lucas Lindale
I am America! (And So Can You) by Stephen Colbert- Review by Anissa Mathiasz
Into Thin Air by John Krakauer- Review by Jeremiah McGowan
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton- Review by Matt Zoet
Jungle, The by Upton Sinclair- Review by Julia Stevenson
Looking for Alaksa by John Green- Review_ by Abigail Lenau
Looking for Alaska by John Green- Review by Angeline Kerkstra
Love May Fail by Matthew Quick- Review_ by Delonte Pearson
**Martian, The by Andy Weir- Review by Alex Espinoza
Million Little Pieces, A by James Frey - Review by Emily Mastaw
Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut- Review by Justin Aurich
Other Bound by Corinne Duyvis- Review by Fabian Segura
Other Wes Moore, The by Wes Moore- Review by Angeline Kerkstra
Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver- Review_ by Roi Hafizi
Positive by Paige Rawl- Review by Vivian Ly
Prey by Michael Crichton- Review by Kyle VanDenHeuvel
Prey by Michael Crichton- Review by Nathan Stoetzel
Road, The by Cormac McCarty- Review by Robbie Jiménez
Roots by Alex Haley- Review by Abraham Mengistu
Saint by Ted Dekker- Review by Devin Norkus
Space Chronicles by Neil deGrasse Tyson- Review by David Noorman
Sun Also Rises, The by Ernest Hemingway- Review by Elsa Holmlund
Time Travelers (a compilation of short stories) Edited by Peter Haining- Review by Noah Baker
Urban Fortunes by John R. Logan and Harvey L. Molotch- Review by Preston Dull
Virginian, The by Owen Wister- Review by Micah Kigar
Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks. Review by Christian Nguyen
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen- Review by Maddie Wall
War at the End of the World, The by Mario Vargas Llosa- Review by Jeremy Harris
Recommended Websites to Use:
Weebly
Wikispaces
Google Sites
Reviews from Class of 2015:
http://mrshenningwmaachoicebookreviews.wikispaces.com/English+12+Homepage
Reviews from Class of 2016:
http://mrshenningwmaachoicebookreviews.wikispaces.com/English+11H+Homepage
DUE: THURSDAY, JANUARY 15th
Semester #2 Choice Reading Project- Must be a text of higher literary merit
DUE: TUESDAY, MAY 31st
Choice Reading Suggested Lists:
- Best List
- List by Author and Year
- List by Mrs. Henning
- List by Type of Text
Suggestions/Book Reviews from class of 2016
What is Literary Merit? A great article about what qualifies as a "work of literary merit"
LINKS TO ALL BOOK REVIEWS- 2nd Semester, Spring 2016:
Aeneid, The by Virgil- Review by Jeremy Harris
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque- Review by Trevor Hubert
Animal Farm by George Orwell- Review by Jack Harris
Animal Farm by George Orwell- Review by Sean Toohey
Animal Farm by George Orwell- Review by Alex Espinoza
Atonement by Ian McEwan- Review by Alexia Gould
Bell Jar, The by Sylvia Plath- Review by Gabrielle Brugger
Bell Jar, The by Sylvia Plath- Review by Emily Mastaw
Catch 22 by Joseph Heller - Review by Fabian Segura
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut- Review by Justin Aurich
Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger- Review by Justin Ward
Cry, Thy Beloved Country by Alan Platon- Review by Chase Toczydlowski
Dante's Inferno by Dante Alighieri- Review by Roi Hafizi
Dante's Inferno by Dante Alighieri- Review by Devin Norkus
Dracula by Bram Stoker- Review by Cary Garrigan
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer- Review by Ari Parks
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury- Review by Robbie Jimenez
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes- Review by Anissa Mathiasz
Gesture Life, A by Chan-Rae Lee- Review by Kyle VanDenHeuvel
Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood- Review by Julia Stevenson
Iliad, The by Homer- Review by Sam Gann
Invisible Man, The by Ralph Ellison- Review by Preston Dull
Lord of the Flies by William Golding- Review by John Turner
Lord of the Flies by William Golding- Review by Alex Simons
Lord of the Flies by William Golding- Review by Lucas Lindale
Lord of the Flies by William Golding- Review by David Noorman
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien- Review by Noah Koorndyk
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien- Review by Christian Nguyen
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien- Review by Matt Zoet
Memory Keeper's Daughter, The by Kim Edwards- Review by Angeline Kerkstra
Night by Elie Wiesel- Review by Elsa Holmlund
Night by Elie Wiesel- Review by Brianna Batdorff
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck- Review by Maddie Wall
Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver- Review by Micah Kigar
Road, The by Cormac McCarthy- Review by Ivan Lopez
Road, The by Cormac McCarthy- Review by Brandon Asbury
Road, The by Cormac McCarthy- Review by Kasey Baker
Road, The by Cormac McCarthy- Review by Nathan Stoetzel
Road, The by Cormac McCarthy- Review by Bryce Grover
Road, The by Cormac McCarthy- Review by Noah Dupon
Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut- Review by Ryan Kelly
Things They Carried, The by Tim O'Brien- Review by Jonah Rietberg
Things They Carried, The by Tim O'Brien- Review by Zeke Tryles
Things They Carried, The by Tim O'Brien- Review by Mitch Herrema
Thousand Splendid Suns, A by Khaled Hosseini- Review by Abraham Mengistu
Thousand Splendid Suns, A by Khaled Hosseini- Review by Jeremiah McGowan
Thousand Splendid Suns, A by Khaled Hosseini-Review by Vivian Ly
Thousand Splendid Suns, A by Khaled Hosseini- Review by Abi Lenau
Thousand Splendid Suns, A by Khaled Hosseini- Review by Delonte Pearson
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson- Review by Noah Baker
LINKS TO ALL BOOK REVIEWS- 1st Semester, Fall 2015:
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare- Review by Kasey Baker
Blackhawk Down by Mark Bowden- Review by Noah Koorndyk
Black House, The by Peter May- Review by Jack Harris
**Blue Smoke and Murder by Elizabeth Lowell- Review by Alexia Gould
Brother Iron Sister Steel by Dave Draper- Review by Brandon Asbury
Can't Buy Me Love: The Beatles, Britain, and America by Jonathan Gould- Review by Chase Toczydlowski
**Civil Action, A by Jonathan Harr- Review by Brianna Batdorff
Dragon Age: Asunder by David Gaider- Review by Cary Garrigan
Eragon by Christopher Paolini- Review by Sam Gann
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury- Review by Jonah Reitburg
Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien- Review by Zeke Tryles
Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien- Review by Noah Dupon
Forever War, The by Joe Haldeman- Review by Bryce Grover
Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner - Review by Jeremiah O'Brien
Game, The by Terry Schott- Review by Sean Toohey
Girl You Left Behind, The by JoJo Moyes- Review by Gabrielle Brugger
Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls- Review by Arion Parks
Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls- Review by Savannah Greenert
Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls- Review by Trevor Hubert
God of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs- Review by John Turner
I, Robot by Issac Asimov- Review by Lucas Lindale
I am America! (And So Can You) by Stephen Colbert- Review by Anissa Mathiasz
Into Thin Air by John Krakauer- Review by Jeremiah McGowan
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton- Review by Matt Zoet
Jungle, The by Upton Sinclair- Review by Julia Stevenson
Looking for Alaksa by John Green- Review_ by Abigail Lenau
Looking for Alaska by John Green- Review by Angeline Kerkstra
Love May Fail by Matthew Quick- Review_ by Delonte Pearson
**Martian, The by Andy Weir- Review by Alex Espinoza
Million Little Pieces, A by James Frey - Review by Emily Mastaw
Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut- Review by Justin Aurich
Other Bound by Corinne Duyvis- Review by Fabian Segura
Other Wes Moore, The by Wes Moore- Review by Angeline Kerkstra
Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver- Review_ by Roi Hafizi
Positive by Paige Rawl- Review by Vivian Ly
Prey by Michael Crichton- Review by Kyle VanDenHeuvel
Prey by Michael Crichton- Review by Nathan Stoetzel
Road, The by Cormac McCarty- Review by Robbie Jiménez
Roots by Alex Haley- Review by Abraham Mengistu
Saint by Ted Dekker- Review by Devin Norkus
Space Chronicles by Neil deGrasse Tyson- Review by David Noorman
Sun Also Rises, The by Ernest Hemingway- Review by Elsa Holmlund
Time Travelers (a compilation of short stories) Edited by Peter Haining- Review by Noah Baker
Urban Fortunes by John R. Logan and Harvey L. Molotch- Review by Preston Dull
Virginian, The by Owen Wister- Review by Micah Kigar
Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks. Review by Christian Nguyen
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen- Review by Maddie Wall
War at the End of the World, The by Mario Vargas Llosa- Review by Jeremy Harris
Recommended Websites to Use:
Weebly
Wikispaces
Google Sites
Reviews from Class of 2015:
http://mrshenningwmaachoicebookreviews.wikispaces.com/English+12+Homepage
Reviews from Class of 2016:
http://mrshenningwmaachoicebookreviews.wikispaces.com/English+11H+Homepage