Summer 2011 Reading Information
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1. All students must read the required book for the grade level they are
entering. This book should probably be read closer to the beginning of
the school year since we will be discussing it in class the first two weeks.
Grade 6 – Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
Grade 7 – Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Grade 8 – The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
2. In addition to the required book students must choose two books from
their grade level reading list and complete the following assignments.
a) Create a glossary. As you read, pay close attention to new vocabulary
words. Keep a list of words (10-15 is plenty) that are unfamiliar to
you and are important to your understanding of the book. Look these
words up in a dictionary. For each, write a definition in your own
words.
Example: learning- when a person is able to gain knowledge or skill.
b) Choose ONE of the following:
a. Interview a character from the book. Write 15 open ended questions the interviewer asks and create the answers the character might provide.
b. Create a story map of the setting of the story. Design the map and make sure you mark the places where each important event occurred. Be creative.
c. Design at least 7-10 illustrations, with appropriate captions, for the book that portray important events of the book.
Please make sure to bring your assignments to class the first day of school. We encourage you to read more books on your grade list!
More summer reading information can be found in the article
“It’s Summer LET’S READ!” at www.scholastic.com/instructor
SUMMER READING FOR STUDENTS ENTERING GRADE 6:
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Crash by Jerry Spinelli
Holes by Louis Sachar
Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Peak by Roland Smith
Schooled by Gordan Korman
Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
A Boy at War by Harry Mazer
Olive’s Ocean by Kevin Henkes
Sounder by William H. Armstrong
Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer
Here Today by Ann Martin
Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key by Jack Gantos
Zen and the Art of Faking It by Jordan Sonnenblick
A Million Miles From Boston by Karen Day
The Summer Before Boys by Nora Raleigh Baskin
Aliens on Vacation by Clete Barrett Smith
Junonia by Kevin Henkes
*Students may also research other published sites and select appropriate books from those summer reading lists for their assignments. Please provide a reference for the alternate reading lists.
We would encourage students in all grades to read the book
Seven Habits of Highly Successful Teens by Sean Covey.
Most of all have a wonderful time reading this summer!
SUMMER READING FOR STUDENTS ENTERING GRADE 7:
Molly Donnelly by Jean Thesman
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
Rules by Cynthia Lord
Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick
Tangerine by Edward Bloor
Bomb by Theodore Taylor
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
White Fang by Jack London
The Wanderer by Sharon Creech
Heat by Mike Lupica
When Zachary Beaver Comes to Town by Kimberly Wills Holt
Watership Down by Richard Adams
Yellow Star by Jennifer Roy
Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson
13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson
The Last Little Blue Envelope by Maureen Johnson
Okay for Now by Gary Schmidt
*Students may also research other published sites and select appropriate books from those summer reading lists for their assignments. Please provide a reference for the alternate reading lists.
We would encourage students in all grades to read the book
Seven Habits of Highly Successful Teens by Sean Covey.
Most of all have a wonderful time reading this summer!
SUMMER READING FOR STUDENTS ENTERING GRADE 8:
My Brother Sam is Dead by Christopher Collier and James Collier
Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank
Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne W. Houston
Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
The Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt
Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman
Absolutely Normal Chaos by Sharon Creech
My Life in Dog Years by Gary Paulsen
Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Hoops by Walter Dean Myers
Black Duck by Janet Taylor Lisle
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
Waiting for Normal by Leslie Connor
Song of a Sparrow by Lisa Ann Sandell
Scat by Carl Hiaasen
Olive’s Ocean by Kevin Henkes
Secrets, Lies, and Algebra by Wendy Lichtman
*Students may also research other published sites and select appropriate books from those summer reading lists for their assignments. Please provide a reference for the alternate reading lists.
We would encourage students in all grades to read the book
Seven Habits of Highly Successful Teens by Sean Covey.
Most of all have a wonderful time reading this summer!
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