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ReadingListsSummer2010FORSIXTHGRADESCHOLARS:
Sixthgradescholarsmustreadaminimumoftwobooksthissummer.Onebookisthe
requiredbookthatallscholarswillreadanddiscuss.Scholarswillthenchooseonemore
bookfromthelist.Allbooksshouldbereadpriortothefirstdayofschool.
ThefollowingbookisrequiredreadingforSummer2010.Therewillbeacomprehension
testonthebookinAugust.
REQUIRED:
1. PicturesofHollisWood,PatriciaGiff
Alsochooseoneofthefollowingbooksandprepareatwo-pagebookreport,whichshould
includealistofcharacters,thepurposeofthebook,andthestudentsreactiontothebook.
ThisreportisdueThursday,August5,2010.
CHOICES:
1. FromtheMixed-UpFilesofMrs.BasilT.Frankweiler,E.L.Konigsburg2.
MathDoesntSuck:Howtosurvivemiddleschoolmathwithoutlosingyourmindor
breakinganail,DanicaMcKellar
3. AWrinkleinTime,MadelineLEngle4. TheEgyptGame,ZilphiaSnyder5.
TheHouseonMangoStreet,SandraCisneros6.
Dragonflight,AnneMcCaffrey
FORSEVENTHGRADESCHOLARS:
Seventhgradescholarsarerequiredtoreadaminimumoffourbooksthissummer.One
bookistherequiredbookthatallscholarswillreadanddiscuss.Scholarswillthenchoose
threeotherbooksfromthelist.Allbooksshouldbereadpriortothefirstdayofschool.
ThefollowingbookistherequiredreadingbookforSummer2010.TherewillbeacomprehensiontestonthebookinAugust.
REQUIRED:
1. AlCaponedoesmyshirts,GenniferCholdenko
Additionally,scholarsmustchoosethreeotherbookstoreadandshouldexpecttobeable
tocompareandcontrastthecharactersintheirchosenbooks,aswellascompareand
contrastthethemesofthethreebooks.
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CHOICES:
1. ChineseCinderella,AdelineYenMah2.
TouchingSpiritBear,BenMikaelson3. Fever1793,LaurieHalseAnderson4.
TheTrueConfessionofCharlotteDoyle,Avi5.
TheFaceontheMilkCarton,CarolineB.Cooney6.
SherlockHolmes:TheHoundoftheBaskerville,ArthurConanDoyle7.
TheHouseoftheScorpion,NancyFarmer8.
TheHouseofDiesDrear,VirginiaHamilton9.
TheWitchofBlackbirdPond,ElizabethGeorgeSpeare10.Dr.JekyllandMr.Hyde,RobertLouisStevenson11.ALongWayGone:MemoirsofaBoySoldier,IshmaelBeah12.WhenPlaguestrikes:TheBlackDeath,Smallpox,AIDS,JamesCrossGiblin
FOREIGHTHGRADESCHOLARS:
Eighthgradescholarsmustreadaminimumofthreebooksthissummer.Onebookistherequiredbookthatallscholarswillreadanddiscuss.Scholarswillthenchoosetwomore
booksfromthelist.Allbooksshouldbereadpriortothefirstdayofschool.
ThefollowingbookisrequiredreadingforSummer2010.Prepareathree-pagebook
reportincludingcharacteranalysis,theme,toneandreaderreactiontobehandedinon
Thursday,August5,2010.Apieceofrepresentationalartwork(bookcover,bookmark,
charactercreationlikeAliceasadoll,collage,drawingorpaintingofasceneoracomic
bookreview)willalsobedueonThursday,August5,2010
REQUIRED:
1.
AliceinWonderland,LewisCarrollAlsochoosetwoofthefollowingbookstoread.Studentswilltakeacomprehensionteston
thetwobookstheyhavechoseninAugust.
CHOICES:
1. NothingbuttheTruth,Avi2. TheWestingGame,EllenRaskin3.
OutoftheDust,KarenHesse4.
GatheringBlue,LoisLowry(thisisthecompanionbooktoTheGiver)5.
FlowersforAlgernon,DanielKeyes6.
SummerofMyGermanSoldier,BetteGreen7.
OverSeaUnderStone,SusanCooper8. Dragonflight,AnneMcCaffrey
