2025 College English 101 and 102 Summer Reading

College English 101 Summer Reading Project

OCCC/Pine Bush High School
J. Napolitano

One of the primary objectives in College English 101 is to develop your skills in the critical reading of non-fiction. 

To this end, please read the following text in its entirety BEFORE completing the writing assignment:

  • Noah, Trevor. Born a Crime. New York: One world, 2016. Print

DUE on the first day of class in September. There will be an assessment.

 

 

College English 102 Summer Reading Project

OCCC/Pine Bush High School
J. Napolitano

You are to make your own poetry anthology, consisting of 8 poems. Your completed anthology is due the first day of third quarter

Requirements: 

  1. The poems must be chosen from the attached list of poets whose selected poems are available at http://www.famouspoetsandpoems.com or https://www.poetryfoundation.org/

You must include at least one poem by each of the following poets:

  • William Shakespeare
  • Emily Dickinson
  • Robert Frost
  • Langston Hughes
  • Gwendolyn Brooks
  • Billy Collins
  • Mary Oliver
  • Naomi Shihab Nye

There should be variety to the lengths of poems. Use your good judgment in meeting the expectations of the assignment. 

Format: 

  1. Order the poems in your anthology one of the two following ways: 
  • chronologically from earliest to latest. If unsure of publication year of the poem, use the poet’s birth year as a guide. 
  • thematically, clearly identifying the thematic subject(s). 

2. When you find a poem on either website, cut and paste the title, the poet’s full name and the poem itself into a Google document. 

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