LibGuides: Summer Reading 2019: Grade 11

2018 Required Summer Reading - Grade 11

Grade 11

All students starting Grade 11 in Fall Semester, 2019, have two requirements for English. Students will need to watch, listen and read Beyoncé's 'Lemonade' visual album (explicit lyrics) and complete an analysis project. Students are also required to read Feed by M.T. Anderson and complete the related writing assignment. Feed should be read in August. Questions? Email Gretchen Nordleaf-Nelson

2019 Summer Reading, Listening and Viewing for Grade 11
Description of the two assignments for English for rising 11th graders in IB Language and Literature class: watching and listening to Beyoncé's 'Lemonade' visual album and reading 'Feed' by M.T. Anderson.

Beyoncé's 'Lemonade'

Lemonade, Performed by Beyoncé ; with featured performers and accompanying musicians. Explicit lyrics.

Purchase Lemonade on Amazon
Amazon product page for Lemonade (Explicit Lyrics) by Beyoncé and other artists; 1 audio CD (46 minutes) and 1 DVD (66 minutes).

Contains: 1 CD audio, digital (46 minutes) and 1 DVD (66 minutes).

Detailed instructions on the Analysis Project for Beyoncé's visual album Lemonade and helpful resources can be found here:

Beyoncé's 'Lemonade' and Information Resources Guide

Beyoncé’s Lemonade – An Analysis Project
Overview and instructions for 11th IB Language and Literature students who will be reading Beyonce’s Lemonade (Explicit) Visual Album as a Non-Literary Text. Students will read, listen to and view the visual album while learning the necessary elements to analyze the non-literary text through cultural/literary/media analysis. They will practice the SIFT Analysis method to analyze the lyrics and Cultural Media Analysis for the video portion of the song. Author: Gretchen Nordleaf-Nelson.

Feed, by M.T. Anderson

Feed by M. T. Anderson
Call Number: F And
ISBN: 9780763662622
Publication Date: 2012-07-17
In a society dominated by 'the feed' - a next-generation Internet/television hybrid that is directly hardwired into the brain - a teenage boy named Titus tells the story of a spring break vacation to the moon disrupted by a hacker and a beautiful, intelligent girl who decides to fight her implant's messages.

Summer Reading Assignment for Feed
An overview of the novel Feed by M.T. Anderson, and the two related assignments to be completed by students in 11th Grade IB Language and Literature in Fall, 2019. Author: Gretchen Nordleaf-Nelson.