Core Text

Advance Language Arts 2014-2015

Required Texts

A Separate Peace by John Knowles

Set at a boys’ boarding school in New England during the early years of World War II, A Separate Peace is a harrowing and luminous parable of the dark side of adolescence. Gene is a lonely, introverted intellectual. Phineas is a handsome, taunting, daredevil athlete. What happens between the two friends one summer, like the war itself, banishes the innocence of these boys and their world.A bestseller for more than thirty years, A Separate Peace is John Knowles’s crowning achievement and an undisputed American classic. (Goodreads)

A Midsummer’s Night Dream by William Shakespeare

Hermia refuses to marry Demetrius because she loves Lysander, and her friend Helena loves Demetrius. The romantic confusion thickens when Puck, a troublesome sprite, interferes. Shakespeare’s beloved comedy ends happily after a string of mishaps and mistaken identities have been resolved. (Amazon)

Fahrenheit 451  by Ray Bradbury

First published in 1953, Fahrenheit 451 is a classic novel set in the future when books forbidden by a totalitarian regime are burned. The hero, a book burner, suddenly discovers that books are flesh and blood ideas that cry out silently when put to the torch. (Goodreads)

While each student is strongly encouraged to purchase the books, it is not required. Owning a copy of each novel will allow students to annotate the text, practicing Pre-AP Literature strategies.  

The following options are available, please indicate the option your child is selecting and return this form to Mrs. Vogel by Friday, September 26, 2014.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Student Name _____________________________________________

____ I would like to purchase all three titles through Crossroads for $20.  

**Please make checks payable to Crossroads Middle School.

____ I will purchase the texts on my own.

____ I do not wish to purchase the texts and would like to use copies provided by the

        school.