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Dear Parents and Students,
Summer reading is designed to maintain student reading level, improve comprehension, and enhance vocabulary. It is critical in helping
ensure that students’ literacy skills remain strong. Our summer reading program was created to reduce the “summer slide” and provide
your child with some excellent reading material.
Our Middle School English teachers are excited about our requirements for this summer’s reading. We believe this will give our students
more freedom in choosing books with subject matters in which they are interested. Parental guidance in helping students choose books
to read is suggested.
Reading requirements for Hickory Grove rising 6th, 7th, and 8th graders
1. At least one book must be read in June and one in July. Your assigned book of the Bible should be read in August.
2. Choose books for two of the months from the attached list for your rising grade level. You must read one fiction book (for the “One Pager”) and one nonfiction book. For the remaining month, you are required to read the specific book of the Bible as directed on the reading list. If a student desires to read a book that is not on the attached list, special permission must be
given by your upcoming teacher. You may email her with the book’s information, and she will make a decision.
3. Parents must provide each month’s book information as well as their signatures on the
attached page entitled, “Summer Challenge 2018” and return it with their student no
later than Friday, August 17, 2018.
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4. Students are required to complete the “One Pager” assignment attached to
this document. Students should complete the entire checklist by using a book
from the FICTION list, and be sure these items are on the “One Pager.” The
project will be graded according to the attached rubic.
Eighth grade honors students will read one additional book from the 8th grade fiction or non-fiction list. Students will complete an in-class activity related to the chosen book during the first full week of class.
Record your monthly reading below. This form must be completed in its entirety to receive full credit.
THIS WILL BE DUE ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 17.
Email your summer reading to: 6th grade: [email protected]
7th: [email protected] 8th grade: [email protected]
JUNEStudent Name:
_______________________ _______________________
Title of Book: _____________________________________________________Author: _________________________________ Book Level (AR): __________Parent Signature: _____________________________ Date: ____/____/______
JULYStudent Name:
_______________________ _______________________
Title of Book: _____________________________________________________Author: _________________________________ Book Level (AR): __________Parent Signature: _____________________________ Date: ____/____/______
AUGUSTStudent Name:
_______________________ _______________________
Title of Book: _____________________________________________________Author: _________________________________ Book Level (AR): __________Parent Signature: _____________________________ Date: ____/____/______
8TH GRADE SUMMER READING LIST (JUNE OR JULY)Bible Reading: The book of Ecclesiastes must be read during August.
Nonfiction List (Rising 8th Grade English)
A Strong Right Arm by Green
Abraham Lincoln & Frederick Douglass by Freedman
The Adventurous Life of Myles Standish by Harness
Air Raid – Pearl Harbor! The Story of December 7, 1941 by Taylor
At the Plate with Ichiro by Christopher
Alexander Hamilton: the Outsider by Fritz
Amos Fortune: Free Man by Yates
Caught by the Sea by Paulsen
Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
Courageous Christians by Brown
Failure is Impossible by Kendall
Fourth Down and Inches: Concussions and Football’s Make or
Break Moment by McClafferty
George Washington Carver and Science & Invention in America by Harness
Guts: The True Stories behind Hatchet and the Brian books by Paulsen
Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad by Slavicek
Heart of a Champion: Dominique Dawes by Washburn
Holocaust Rescuers: Ten Stories of Courage by Lyman
Heroine of the Titanic: The Real Unsinkable Molly Brown by Landau
Hitler: Wicked History by Price
Iceberg, Right Ahead! The Tragedy of the Titanic by McPherson
In the Line of Fire by St. George
Island of Hope: The Story of Ellis Island by Sandler
Jackie Robinson: Champion for Equality by Teitelbaum
Kennedy Assassinated by Hampton
Lafayette and the American Revolution by Freedman
Leonardo Da Vinci by Lassieur
Michelangelo: Genius of the Renaissance by Petit
On the Court with Lebron James by Christopher
The Remarkable Rough-Riding Life of Theodore Roosevelt by Harness
Secrets of a Civil War Submarine by Walker
Swifter, Higher, Stronger by Macy
Through My Eyes: The Autobiography of Ruby Bridges by Bridges
The Trailblazing Life of Daniel Boone by Harness
Truce by Jim Murphy
Westward with Columbus by Dyson
With Courage and Cloth: Winning the Fight for a Woman’s
Right to Vote by Bausum
Woodsong by Paulsen
Up Close: Ronald Reagan by Sutherland
The Voice that Challenged a Nation by Freedman
Yankee Doodle Gals by Nathan
8TH GRADE SUMMER READING LIST (JUNE OR JULY)Fiction (Rising 8th Grade List)
*Be sure to read UNABRIGED versions of any classics
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Twain
All Creatures Great and Small by Herriot
All Shook Up by Pearsall
A Single Shard by Park
Christy by Marshall
The City of Ember by DuPrau
The Dreamer by Ryan
Gathering Blue by Lowry
The Giver by Lowry
Great Expectations by Dickens
Gulliver’s Travels by Swift
Heart Strangely Warmed by Vernon
The Hobbit by Tolkien
Homecoming by Voigt
Joni by Eareckson Tada
Julie of the Wolves by George
Kidnapped by Stevenson
Last of the Breed by L’Amour
The Light in the Forest by Richter
Love Comes Softly by Oke
The Messenger by Lowry
My Life in Dog Years by Paulsen
My Side of the Mountain by George
Any title from Mitford series by Karon
The One and Only Ivan by Applegate
Peak by Smith
Pilgrim’s Progress by Bunyan
Any title from Redwall series by Jacques
Robin Hood by Pyle
Robinson Crusoe by Defoe
The Secret Garden by Burnett
She Said Yes by Bernall
Soccerland by Choat
Sounder by Armstrong
Travel Team by Lupica
Treasure Island by Stevenson
White Fang by London
Wizard of Oz by Baum
ONE PAGER ASSIGNMENT
ONE PAGER CHECKLIST
Bo
rde
r
Bo
rde
r is
th
ou
gh
tfu
l, re
lev
an
t a
nd
re
pre
sen
ts a
th
oro
ug
h
un
de
rsta
nd
ing
of
the
bo
ok
.
Ev
ery
thin
g in
co
lor.
Bo
rde
r is
re
lev
an
t a
nd
re
late
s to
th
e
bo
ok
. E
ve
ryth
ing
is in
co
lor,
bu
t so
me
ele
me
nts
ma
y b
e u
nc
lea
r o
r h
ard
to
un
de
rsta
nd
.
Bo
rde
r is
inc
lud
ed
bu
t it
is n
ot
cle
ar
ho
w it
re
late
s to
th
e s
tory
. It
ma
y
no
t b
e in
co
lor
or
ma
y a
pp
ea
r to
b
e h
ast
ily c
om
ple
ted
. __
____
_ /
5
Vis
ua
l
Vis
ua
l im
ag
e in
clu
de
d c
lea
rly
re
late
s to
an
d r
ep
rese
nts
th
e p
lot.
Im
ag
e is
we
ll e
xec
ute
d a
nd
ea
sy
to u
nd
ers
tan
d.
Ev
ery
thin
g is
in
co
lor.
Vis
ua
l im
ag
e in
clu
de
d w
hic
h
rep
rese
nts
th
e p
lot.
Ima
ge
sh
ow
s so
me
th
ou
gh
t a
nd
is e
asy
to
u
nd
ers
tan
d.
Ev
ery
thin
g is
in c
olo
r b
ut
ma
y n
ot
be
su
pe
r n
ea
t
Vis
ua
l im
ag
e in
clu
de
d b
ut
ma
y
ap
pe
ar
ha
stily
dra
wn
. It
ma
y b
e
un
cle
ar
ho
w t
he
ima
ge
re
late
s.
Ma
y n
ot
be
in c
olo
r o
r is
me
ssy
a
nd
/or
dif
fic
ult
to
un
de
rsta
nd
.
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___
/ 5
Wo
rd C
lust
er
6 w
ord
s a
re c
ho
sen
wh
ich
cle
arl
y
rela
te t
o a
nd
re
pre
sen
t th
e v
isu
al
ima
ge
. W
ord
s a
re a
rra
ng
ed
a
rou
nd
th
e im
ag
e in
a w
ay
th
at
is
ea
sy t
o u
nd
ers
tan
d.
The
re m
ay
be
less
th
an
6 w
ord
s in
clu
de
d.
Mo
st w
ord
s a
re r
ela
ted
to
an
d r
ep
rese
nt
the
ima
ge
. W
ord
s a
re a
rra
ng
ed
aro
un
d t
he
ima
ge
in
a w
ay
th
at
is m
ost
ly e
asy
to
u
nd
ers
tan
d.
Less
th
an
six
wo
rds
are
inc
lud
ed
. It
m
ay
be
un
cle
ar
ho
w t
he
wo
rds
rep
rese
nt
or
rela
te t
o t
he
ima
ge
d
raw
n.
Wo
rds
ma
y b
e a
rra
ng
ed
in
a w
ay
th
at
is h
ard
to
un
de
rsta
nd
. __
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_ /
5
Text
C
on
ne
cti
on
s
On
e w
ell
wri
tte
n p
ara
gra
ph
in
clu
de
d w
hic
h c
lea
rly
exp
lain
s a
nd
ela
bo
rate
s te
xt c
on
ne
cti
on
s.
CIT
ED
ev
ide
nc
e is
use
d t
o s
up
po
rt
co
nn
ec
tio
ns.
Pa
rag
rap
h is
inc
lud
ed
bu
t te
xt
co
nn
ec
tio
ns
ma
y n
ot
be
we
ll e
xpla
ine
d o
r e
lab
ora
ted
. E
vid
en
ce
is
inc
lud
ed
bu
t it
ma
y n
ot
be
CIT
ED
o
r it
ma
y b
e u
nre
late
d
Pa
rag
rap
h is
inc
lud
ed
bu
t is
in
co
mp
lete
an
d m
ay
be
mis
sin
g
exp
lan
ati
on
s, e
lab
ora
tio
n o
r e
vid
en
ce
. It
is u
nc
lea
r w
ha
t c
on
ne
cti
on
is b
ein
g m
ad
e
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0
Qu
ote
s
Po
we
rfu
l qu
ote
s a
re c
ho
sen
w
hic
h s
ho
w a
de
ep
u
nd
ers
tan
din
g o
f th
e s
tory
. A
na
lysi
s d
em
on
stra
tes
hig
he
r o
rde
r th
ink
ing
. P
ag
e n
um
be
rs a
re
cit
ed
Go
od
qu
ote
s a
re c
ho
sen
wh
ich
sh
ow
a c
lea
r u
nd
ers
tan
din
g o
f th
e
sto
ry.
An
aly
sis
de
mo
nst
rate
s o
n-
lev
el t
hin
kin
g b
ut
co
uld
ha
ve
be
en
ta
ke
n a
ste
p f
urt
he
r. P
ag
e n
um
be
rs
are
cit
ed
.
Qu
ote
s a
re in
clu
de
d b
ut
the
y d
o
no
t h
elp
to
sh
ow
an
y
un
de
rsta
nd
ing
of
the
sto
ry.
An
aly
sis
ma
y b
e m
issi
ng
or
are
dif
fic
ult
to
u
nd
ers
tan
d.
Pa
ge
nu
mb
ers
ma
y
be
mis
sin
g.
____
___
/ 2
0
Sum
ma
ry
On
e p
ara
gra
ph
ob
jec
tiv
e
sum
ma
ry in
clu
de
s th
e m
ost
re
lev
an
t e
lem
en
ts o
f th
e b
oo
k.
All
wri
tin
g is
in o
wn
wo
rds.
On
e p
ara
gra
ph
su
mm
ary
is w
ritt
en
, w
hic
h in
clu
de
s e
lem
en
ts f
rom
th
e
bo
ok
. Su
mm
ary
ma
y m
iss
som
e
ele
me
nts
bu
t is
in o
wn
wo
rds.
Sum
ma
ry is
inc
lud
ed
, b
ut
ma
y b
e
too
sh
ort
in le
ng
th.
Ma
y n
ot
inc
lud
e
the
mo
st r
ele
va
nt
ele
me
nts
an
d/o
r m
ost
of
it w
as
fro
m t
he
te
xt.
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___
/ 2
0
Ch
ara
cte
r A
na
lysi
s
An
aly
sis
sho
ws
a d
ee
p
un
de
rsta
nd
ing
of
the
ch
ara
cte
r a
nd
th
e w
ay
s th
ey
ch
an
ge
d o
ve
r th
e c
ou
rse
of
the
sto
ry.
Ev
ide
nc
e
is u
sed
to
su
pp
ort
An
aly
sis
sho
ws
an
un
de
rsta
nd
ing
of
the
ch
ara
cte
r a
nd
th
e w
ay
s th
ey
c
ha
ng
ed
. E
vid
en
ce
is in
clu
de
d b
ut
ma
y n
ot
be
cit
ed
or
un
rela
ted
.
An
aly
sis
is in
clu
de
d b
ut
ma
y b
e
inc
om
ple
te a
nd
do
es
no
t sh
ow
a
tru
e u
nd
ers
tan
din
g o
f th
e w
ay
s th
e
ch
ara
cte
r c
ha
ng
ed
. E
vid
en
ce
m
ay
be
mis
sin
g o
r u
nre
late
d.
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0
Cre
ati
vit
y /
N
ea
tne
ss
Fin
al p
rod
uc
t sh
ow
s a
sig
nif
ica
nt
am
ou
nt
of
cre
ati
vit
y,
ne
atn
ess
a
nd
eff
ort
. E
nti
re p
ag
e is
fill
ed
-
Exe
mp
lary
wo
rk!
Fin
al p
rod
uc
t sh
ow
s c
rea
tiv
ity
, n
ea
tne
ss a
nd
eff
ort
. A
lmo
st t
he
e
nti
re p
ag
e is
fill
ed
. N
ice
job
!
Fin
al p
rod
uc
t m
ay
no
t b
e n
ea
t,
an
d s
ho
ws
a la
ck
of
eff
ort
. E
nti
re
pa
ge
ma
y n
ot
be
fill
ed
. N
ee
ds
wo
rk!
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