<p>I am wondering what, if any, summer assignments people have received from the schools they will be attending the fall. Also, please indicate the school.</p>
<p>Andover asked all incoming Juniors to read the Grapes of Wrath. I don't care for the Steinbeck I've read, but it's only one book for the whole summer. I agree that's the way to do it, keeping summer assignment short; summers should be for pursuing interests outside of school, not doing homework.</p>
<p>Kitty -</p>
<p>You're getting off really easy imho - Grapes of Wrath is a great book!</p>
<p>Did anyone get summer assignments from Exeter yet?</p>
<p>For previous summers, there was no summer reading for Exeter</p>
<p>For Choate 3rd Form:</p>
<ol>
<li>Part One of Black Boy; Part Two is optional.</li>
<li>One book from the Short List - choose from My Antonia, The Red Tent, Cat's Cradle and the Once and Future King - I think I'll choose My Antonia.</li>
<li>A third text of my choice - any work which interests me.</li>
</ol>
<p>Then about 27 other recommended books that are encouraged.</p>
<p>Hi Olivia, where did you get the reading list from?</p>
<p>Daily Notice ... I emailed it to you!!</p>
<p>Exeter doesn't assign summer reading. </p>
<p>And The Grapes of Wrath is an amazing book!</p>
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<p>Here is a link to most assignments at Blair <a href="http://web.blair.edu/News_Events/2006_2007/news_ev_summer_reading.shtm%5B/url%5D">http://web.blair.edu/News_Events/2006_2007/news_ev_summer_reading.shtm</a> Last summer, there were language assignments too. We haven't received the mailing yet for this summer.</p>
<p>I started the thread and didn't post my son's assignment:
He has to read The Bean Trees and The Catcher in the Rye. He has to write a paper for each one....don't have the topics here. There also two poems, Birches and one other. There is no language assignment, but he did receive a language placement test and will also have a telephone interview for the language. Looks like possibly math and science placement exams as well as he is entering as a second year freshman, so has signed up for some non-freshman courses.</p>
<p>Agh, I had to read Grapes of Wrath last summer for Andover... so glad that's over. Once I got to the chapter entirely devoted to a turtle crossing a road, I knew there would be no enjoying the book. I don't even like thinking about it. As for getting off easy? Last I checked, it's five hundred pages of DUST. DUST. Sigh. Sorry for being such a downer--there were people who liked it, but I can never help jumping into these conversations. :)</p>
<p>I'm surprisingly enjoying The Grapes of Wrath (though I only just started it--I'm about 100 pages in). I can see what you mean, though, SsPixie. I can see how the (sometimes excessive) description could get boring. It probably would be for me, if I didn't like descriptive writing so much (I like doing it myself, that is, so it makes me more tolerate when other people do it :)).</p>
<p>Re: getting off easy - </p>
<p>Andover - all incoming Juniors: The Grapes of Wrath</p>
<p>St. Paul's - all incoming III formers (9th): Homer's The Odyssey</p>
<p>I think I'd rather read The Odyssey, actually.</p>
<p>I actually kind of wish Exeter gave us a summer reading assignment. Oh well.</p>
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<p>Why, Tom? You can still do plenty of reading over the summer, you just can pick what to read.</p>
<p>I know, it's just kind of a community thing, you know?</p>
<p>Francis--I'll check it out.</p>