Summer Assignments

Judaic Studies

English

9^th Grade

Parshat Toldot in preparation for her study of Sefer Bereishitin 9^th grade. This entails learning the Hebrew peshat of all of Parshat Toldot. She is not required to learn Rashi or any other mefarshim on the parsha, but she should be fully familiar with the Hebrew peshat of the parsha.

 A Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers

10^th Grade

Mishnayot Masekhet Sanhedrin, perakim 3-5 (You will be learning Masekhet Makkot during the   year, but these perakim of Sanhedrin provide background information that is helpful for understanding Makkot)

The Crucible  by Arthur Miller

11^th Grade

BaMidbar Perakim 1-10

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Your teachers will give you a test on these 10 perakim the first Friday of school.

Beowulf— Seamus Heaney translation. No other translation is acceptable.

Grendel by John Gardner

12^th Grade

Mishnayot Masekhet Kiddushin, perek 1.

The Good Earth by Pearl Buck

For AP students:

How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas Foster

Reading Lolita in Tehran by    Azar Nafisi

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

AP

AP US History Assignment

AP Psychology Assignment

AP Biology Assignment