The English Department participates in and encourages Nolan Catholic’s Summer Reading Program. Teachers may strongly recommend individual titles for specific courses. Students will benefit from following these recommendations. Good writers and thinkers develop language awareness by reading both classic and contemporary writers with challenging views. The goal of the English department is to create an enlightened, literate, and persuasive graduate who reads, thinks, writes, and speaks effectively. In the first week of school, students’ accountability for summer reading will occur in compositions, tests or class discussions. The department recommends that specific notes be taken by the student as the reading occurs. The four-year English sequence provides an emerging philosophical focus from the initial quest to an evolution of a personal ethic by each student. Course placement of a new, incoming student is determined by the department chairperson, who uses all pertinent data available at the time of registration. If a student is placed in an advanced course, the level of required selections demands a socially, emotionally and spiritually mature reader and thinker. Parents/ guardians need to be aware of the maturity level of their students before agreeing to advanced placement reading lists. For all honors courses, teachers have high expectations and rigorous homework requirements.
In addition to the NCHS Universal Reading book, Ender's Game, the English department has announced summer reading assignments by class. Please click on the following English class to view that book title and assignment.
English I and English I Honors
Engish II and English II Honors
English III and English III AP
If you have any questions, please contact Scott Laurange, English Department chair.
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