• DIRECTIONS: PLEASE GO TO YOUR CLASS TAB TO SEE THE ASSIGNMENT FOR YOUR CLASS. THE SUMMER MATH TAB IS FOR 10TH, 11TH, AND 12TH GRADERS. INCOMING FRESHMAN, EVERYTHING FOR YOUR CLASS C/O 2026 IS LISTED IN YOUR TAB ENTITLED C/O 2026 (INCLUDES MATH & ENGLISH).

      c/o 2027

      c/o 2026

      AP c/o 2025

      • Cass Technical High School Summer Reading Assignment

        Rising Juniors, Class of 2025

        AP Language and Composition and IB Language and Literature 11 

        Rising Juniors, Class of 2025: The Glass Castle Summer Reading Assignment

         

        All rising AP Language and Composition students, as well as IB Language and Literature 11 students are charged with purchasing a physical copy of Jeannette Walls memoir, The Glass Castle. As you read, please annotate the text with your thoughts, questions, reactions, and analysis. Your teacher will be checking in your annotations and the following work, divided by the text’s sections, when we return to school in the Fall. Before you begin reading, please review this note about mature content. 

         

        Part I: Woman on the Street

        • Additional read: Read the four critical theory lenses here 

        • Writing task: Click here and answer all questions

        • Language Study: Click here and complete this chart as you read each section. 

         

        Part II: The Desert

        • Additional read: Review the four critical theory lenses here 

        • Writing task: Click here and complete both pages of the assignment

        • Language Study: Click here and continue to complete this chart as you read each section. 

         

        Part III: Welch

        • Additional read: Review the four critical theory lenses here 

        • Writing task: Click here and complete both pages of the assignment 

        • Language Study: Click here and  continue to complete this chart as you read each section. 

         

        Part IV: New York City

        • Additional read:Review the four critical theory lenses here  

        • Writing task: Click here and complete both pages of the assignment 

        • Language Study: Click here and  continue to complete this chart as you read each section. 

         

        Part V: Thanksgiving

        • Additional reads:  Writing theme statements: read this and see a list of thematic ideas here 

        • Writing Task: Click here and complete the assignment

        • Language Study: Click here and  continue to  complete this chart as you read each section. 

         

         

      c/o 2024

      •  Cass Technical High School Summer Reading Assignment

        Rising Seniors, Class of 2024

        Senior Summer Reading  

        Senior Summer Reading