Announcements for Catonsville High School

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Dr. Brad Sachs, a nationally known expert on teens, will speak on “The Good Enough Family: Promoting the Parent-Teen Dialogue” at Catonsville High School, Tuesday, March 5, 2008, at 7 PM. The public is invited to this free event, and students and parents are encouraged to attend together. Sponsored by the CHS PTSA, Student Government Association, and the Department of Student Services. 410-646-1360.

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Pre-course Reading for English Classes at Catonsville High School 

Students registered for Honors English are required to read the work listed and one novel from the suggested list prior to beginning their English class. Students enrolled in the GT/AP program must read the two required works and one from the suggested list. Standard English students should read one book from the suggested list. Honors and GT/AP students will be tested on their pre-course reading in their English classes; Standard English students will receive extra credit upon completing an assessment on their book.

9^th grade- Genres in Literature
Honors- Farenheit 451 (Bradbury)
GT- The Once and Future King (White) and Jurassic Park (Crichton)
Suggested Works: The Bean Trees, Cold Mountain, The Secret Life of Bees, Stones in Water, Little Women

10^th grade- World Literature
Honors- Life of Pi
GT- Poisonwood Bible and Leaf Storm (Marquez- Rabassa translation)
Suggested Works: The House of Spirits, Artist of the Floating World, Passage to India, Palace Walk, Waiting, The Namesake, How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accent, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, Alias Grace, Candide, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Plague, Fathers and Sons

11^th grade- American Literature
Honors- Grapes of Wrath (Steinbeck) or East of Eden (Steinbeck)
AP- Grapes of Wrath or East of Eden (Steinbeck) and Catcher in the Rye (Salinger)
Suggested Works: The Sun Also Rises, A Lesson Before Dying, Tender is the Night,  Invisible Man (Ellison), The Color Purple, On the Road, The Awakening, Catch 22, If I Die in a Combat Zone, In Cold Blood, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant

12^th grade- British Literature
Honors- Jane Eyre (Bronte)
AP- Jane Eyre (Bronte) and The Picture of Dorian Gray (Wilde)
Suggested Works: Island of Dr. Moreau, Gulliver’s Travels, Wuthering Heights, Frankenstein, 1984, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Dracula,
A Clockwork Orange, Jude the Obscure, Great Expectations