Paideia High School Summer Reading 2025: John Capute

John's English Classes

Read the ONE assigned book for the class, and TWO additional free-choice books, for a total of THREE books.  Lit & Film should also watch 2 movies of your choice, according to John's instructions.

For each Free-Choice book, you will submit a Reading Response form for your grade.

11th & 12th Grade Themes:  "Lit & Film"

Read Carrie by Stephen King, plus any TWO additional books of your choice for a total of THREE books over the summer. 

You will submit a Reading Response form for each Free-Choice book.

Lit & Film Summer Viewing. In addition to reading three books (including Carrie), you must also watch TWO movies over the summer. By the beginning of the school year, please have watched both a Western and a Musical. Some of my recommendations may be streaming: some may not. You youngsters will figure out how to find the following or something else on your own. 

1. a Western. This means a movie that takes place in the American West during the 19th or early 20th century. Some examples and possibilities include:

• True Grit, either the 1968 version directed by Henry Hathaway and starring John Wayne, or the 2010 version directed by the Coen Brothers and starring Jeff Bridges. 
• Shane (1953) directed by George Stevens and starring Alan Ladd.
• The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (1966) directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood.
• Unforgiven (1992) directed by Clint Eastwood, and starring Clint Eastwood.
• The Harder They Fall (2021) directed by Jeymes Samuel, starring Jonathan Majors, Zazie Beetz, Regina King, Idris Elba.

2. a Musical -  This means a movie that has singing and dancing. Some examples and possibilities include:

• Singin’ in the Rain (1952) directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donan, and starring Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds.
• Dreamgirls (2006) directed by Bill Condon, and starring Beyonce, Jennifer Hudson, and Jamie Foxx.
• La La Land (2016) directed by Damien Chazelle, and starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone.
• The Wizard of Oz (1939) directed by Victor Fleming and starring Judy Garland.
• Funny Girl (1968) directed by William Wyler, and starring Barbra Streisand.
• Once (2007) directed by John Carney, and starring Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova.
• Lagaan (2001) directed by Ashutosh Gowariker and starring Aamir Khan and Gracy Singh.

11th & 12th Grade Seminar: "Age & Experience"

Read Our Town by Thornton Wilder,  

plus any TWO additional books of your choice for a total of THREE books over the summer. 

You will submit a Reading Response form for each Free-Choice book.